Tim McCormack

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McCormack (second from right) and fellow TNG stand-ins

... as Ensign Bennett

...as a dead body in "Ethics"

Celebrating 100 episodes in 1991.

Timothy "Spike" McCormack is a Hollywood-based actor who appeared as regular background actor in the role of Ensign Bennett throughout the first four years on Star Trek: The Next Generation. McCormack was also the main stand-in for Data actor Brent Spiner. In addition, he portrayed a dead body in the fifth season episode "Ethics" in 1992.

Other stand-in work on Star Trek: TNG includes:

• Thomas Knickerbocker in "Clues"
• Steven Anderson, Michael Ensign, and George Coe in "First Contact"
• John Vickery, Duke Moosekian, and Craig Hurley in "Night Terrors"
• Dwight Schultz and Jonathan Frakes in "The Nth Degree"
• John de Lancie in "Qpid"
• Bruce French in "The Drumhead"
• Colm Meaney and Terrence E. McNally in "Half a Life"
• Franc Luz and Robert Harper in "The Host"
• Edward Wiley in "The Mind's Eye"
• Robert O'Reilly and Ben Slack in "Redemption"
• Colm Meaney, J.D. Cullum, Ben Slack, and Nicholas Kepros in "Redemption II"
• Patrick Stewart and Colm Meaney in "Darmok"
• Cliff Potts, Harley Venton and Frank Collison in "Ensign Ro"
• Colm Meaney in "Disaster"
• Wil Wheaton and Colm Meaney in "The Game"
• Mark Lenard, Erick Avari, Graham Jarvis and Norman Large in "Unification I"
• Norman Large and Vidal Peterson in "Unification II"
• Matt Frewer in "A Matter of Time"
• Dennis Madalone in "New Ground"
• Harley Venton in "Hero Worship"
• David Sage, Craig Benton, and Ben Lemon in "Violations"
• John Snyder in "The Masterpiece Society"
• Erich Anderson and Erick Weiss in "Conundrum"
• Callan White in "The Outcast"
• Kelsey Grammer in "Cause and Effect"
• Wil Wheaton, Richard Fancy, and Ray Walston in "The First Duty"
• Albie Selznick and Patrick Cronin in "Cost of Living"
• Tim O'Connor in "The Perfect Mate"
• Jeff Allin in "Imaginary Friend"
• Jonathan del Arco in "I Borg"
• Alan Oppenheimer and Kevin Conway in "Rightful Heir"

McCormack was also a regular background actor on the television series The Colbys (1985-1987, with Nana Visitor, Ricardo Montalban, Stephanie Beacham, and Tracy Scoggins). He appeared in the 1979 drama Gal Young 'Un and was featured in the Miami Vice episode "The Lost Madonna" (1989, directed by Chip Chalmers).

Appearances as Bennett

• TNG:
  • "Encounter at Farpoint" (Season 1)
  • "The Naked Now"
  • "Code of Honor"
  • "Haven"
  • "Where No One Has Gone Before"
  • "The Last Outpost"
  • "Lonely Among Us"
  • "Justice"
  • "The Battle"
  • "Hide and Q"
  • "Angel One"
  • "11001001"
  • "Home Soil"
  • "When The Bough Breaks"
  • "Coming of Age"
  • "Heart of Glory"
  • "Skin of Evil"
  • "Symbiosis"
  • "We'll Always Have Paris"
  • "Conspiracy"
  • "The Neutral Zone"
  • "Where Silence Has Lease" (Season 2)
  • "The Outrageous Okona"
  • "Unnatural Selection"
  • "A Matter Of Honor"
  • "The Dauphin"
  • "Contagion"
  • "The Icarus Factor"
  • "Pen Pals"
  • "Samaritan Snare"
  • "Up The Long Ladder"
  • "Peak Performance"
  • "Shades of Gray" (Footage from "Skin of Evil")
  • "The Vengeance Factor" (Season 3)
  • "The Hunted"
  • "Deja Q"
  • "A Matter of Perspective"
  • "The Offspring"
  • "Captain's Holiday"
  • "Tin Man"
  • "Ménage à Troi"
  • "Transfigurations"
  • "The Best of Both Worlds"
  • "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" (Season 4)
  • "Legacy"
  • "Reunion"
  • "Future Imperfect"
  • "First Contact"
  • "The Drumhead"
  • "Half a Life" (stock footage)
  • "Redemption II" (Season 5) (stock footage)
  • "Silicon Avatar"(stock footage)
  • "Unification I" (stock footage)
  • "Sub Rosa" (Season 7) (stock footage)

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