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'''Lee Delano''' is an American actor born in New York City, New York, who portrayed [[Kalo]] in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode {{e|A Piece of the Action}}.
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'''Lee Delano''' {{born|19|January|1931}} is an American actor born in New York City, New York, who portrayed [[Kalo]] in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode {{e|A Piece of the Action}}. He filmed his scenes between Thursday {{d|2|November|1967}} and Monday {{d|6|November|1967}} at [[Paramount Stage 19|Desilu Stage 11]] and [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]'s McFadden Street backlot.
   
 
Delano graduated from the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York, where fellow classmates included {{w|Steve McQueen}} and [[Susan Oliver]]. After graduation, McQueen convinced Delano to move to Hollywood. In 1968, Delano began a career in improvisational comedy alongside {{w|Sid Caesar}}, and the two have performed together on stage and on television around the world. Delano's talent for comedy was further revealed when Caesar's association with comic {{w|Mel Brooks}} led to Delano receiving film roles in Brooks' ''{{w|Silent Movie}}'' (1976), ''{{w|High Anxiety}}'' (1977), and ''{{w|History of the World, Part I}}'' (1981).
 
Delano graduated from the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York, where fellow classmates included {{w|Steve McQueen}} and [[Susan Oliver]]. After graduation, McQueen convinced Delano to move to Hollywood. In 1968, Delano began a career in improvisational comedy alongside {{w|Sid Caesar}}, and the two have performed together on stage and on television around the world. Delano's talent for comedy was further revealed when Caesar's association with comic {{w|Mel Brooks}} led to Delano receiving film roles in Brooks' ''{{w|Silent Movie}}'' (1976), ''{{w|High Anxiety}}'' (1977), and ''{{w|History of the World, Part I}}'' (1981).
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Lee Delano (born 19 January 1931; age 93) is an American actor born in New York City, New York, who portrayed Kalo in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "A Piece of the Action". He filmed his scenes between Thursday 2 November 1967 and Monday 6 November 1967 at Desilu Stage 11 and Paramount's McFadden Street backlot.

Delano graduated from the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York, where fellow classmates included Steve McQueen and Susan Oliver. After graduation, McQueen convinced Delano to move to Hollywood. In 1968, Delano began a career in improvisational comedy alongside Sid Caesar, and the two have performed together on stage and on television around the world. Delano's talent for comedy was further revealed when Caesar's association with comic Mel Brooks led to Delano receiving film roles in Brooks' Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977), and History of the World, Part I (1981).

Delano also has a few dramatic pieces to his credit, including Template:IMDb-name (1975, with "A Piece of the Action" co-star Vic Tayback) and Executive Action (1973, with Gilbert Green, John Anderson, Paul Sorenson, Ed Lauter, Dick Miller and Paul Carr).

His other film credits include William Castle's Template:IMDb-name (1968, with Monte Markham, Maryesther Denver, Keye Luke and Phillip Pine), Template:IMDb-name (1982, with Vince Deadrick Jr., Harvey Vernon, Phil Rubenstein, Nick Dimitri, Freddie Hice, Dick Durock, and Ralph Garrett), Splash (1984, with Clint Howard, Patrick Cronin, Charles Macauley, Valerie Wildman, Christopher Thomas, Jill Jacobson, Bill Smitrovich, and Shecky Greene), and The birdcage (1996, with Al Rodrigo, Mike Starr, Jim Jansen, Brian Reddy, Herschel Sparber, David Sage, Ann Cusack, Tim Kelleher and Scott Burkholder). He also appeared in the made-for-TV movies Template:IMDb-name (1973, with William Lucking and Craig Richard Nelson), Template:IMDb-name (1975, with Lucille Ball, Joan Swift, Dean Martin, and "A Piece of the Action" co-star Jay Jones), and Template:IMDb-name (1977, with Salome Jens, Robert Sampson, Stanley Kamel, Booth Colman and Anthony Zerbe), and has appeared in episodes of Mission: Impossible, Charlie's Angels, and Taxi (with Christopher Lloyd).

Along with Jack Donner, Delano founded the Oxford Theater in Los Angeles, which also served as an acting school. Their students included Don Johnson, Craig T. Nelson and Barry Levinson.

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