Randy James

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Randy James on the set of "Trials and Tribble-ations"

Randy James and Dennis Tracy on location work for the episode "Final Mission"

Randy James who is also known under his given name Randy Pflug is an actor who portrayed for eleven years the featured background part of Lieutenant Jones in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also appeared in several other roles across the series.

Beside his work in front of the camera, James was the main stand-in and photo double for Colm Meaney's Miles O'Brien. He also worked as stand-in and double for Charles Gunning in the episode "The Perfect Mate" and Marc Alaimo and Andrew J. Robinson on Deep Space Nine. One of his uniform trousers were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay and also worn by Avery Brooks. The name tag misspelled his name as Randy Phlug. [1]

James was born in Omaha, Nebraska and has started his career as a stage actor in Omaha before moving to Los Angeles. In the late '80s he was the manager of an auto parts store before making his first step into the film business.

Among his resume as a stand-in and background performer are films such as the comedy The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988, with Ricardo Montalban, Leslie Hoffman, and Tiny Ron), the romance When Harry Met Sally... (1989, with Franc Luz), the thriller The Hunt for Red October (1990, with Timothy Carhart, Daniel Davis, Ned Vaughn, and Gates McFadden), the comedy What's Eating You ? (2000, with Leslie Ackerman, edited, produced, and directed by Jonathan West, and script supervising by Trisha Burton), and the drama The Dying Gaul (2005), on which he worked as stand-in for Peter Sarsgaard).

His resume also includes television series such as Hunter, Cheers (starring Kirstie Alley), Roswell (1999-2002, as stand-in for Deep Space Nine guest star William Sadler), Baby Bob, ER, and Scrubs (starring Ken Jenkins).

Star Trek appearances

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Ten Forward waiter
TNG: "The Outrageous Okona", "The Schizoid Man", "A Matter Of Honor"
(uncredited)

Holodeck shape
TNG: "Identity Crisis"
(uncredited)

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Lieutenant Jones
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: First Contact
Recurring character

Appearances as Jones

(All uncredited unless otherwise noticed)

• TNG:
  • "Ménage à Troi"
  • "Final Mission"
  • "Data's Day"
  • "Clues"
  • "The Drumhead"
  • "The Mind's Eye"
  • "Redemption"
  • "Silicon Avatar"
  • "The Game"
  • "The Next Phase"
• DS9:
  • "Emissary"
  • "Babel"
  • "Q-Less"
  • "Dax"
  • "The Passenger"
  • "Move Along Home"
  • "The Nagus"
  • "Vortex"
  • "Battle Lines"
  • "The Storyteller"
  • "If Wishes Were Horses"
  • "The Forsaken"
  • "Dramatis Personae" (as "Randy Pflug," credited as "Guard")
  • "In the Hands of the Prophets"
  • "The Circle"
  • "The Siege"
  • "Cardassians"
  • "Rivals"
  • "The Search, Part II"
  • "The House of Quark"
  • "Second Skin"
  • "The Abandoned"
  • "Civil Defense"
  • "Defiant"
  • "Fascination"
  • "Visionary"
  • "Improbable Cause"
  • "The Die is Cast"
  • "The Adversary"
  • "The Way of the Warrior"
  • "The Visitor"
  • "Rejoined"
  • "Homefront"
  • "Crossfire"
  • "Sons of Mogh"
  • "The Muse"
  • "For the Cause"
  • "To the Death"
  • "Body Parts"
  • "Trials and Tribble-ations"
  • "Things Past"
  • "Rapture"
  • "The Darkness and the Light"
  • "By Inferno's Light"
  • "Business as Usual"
  • "Ferengi Love Songs"
  • "Blaze of Glory"
  • "In the Cards"
  • "Call to Arms"
  • "Behind the Lines"
  • "You Are Cordially Invited"
  • "Time's Orphan" (credited as "Security")
  • "Image in the Sand"
  • "Chrysalis" (credited as "Officer")
  • "Penumbra"
  • "What You Leave Behind"
• Star Trek: First Contact

External links

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• Randy Pflug at ChanticleerTheatre.org