Walter Koenig

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Walter Koenig

Actor, director, and screenwriter Walter Marvin Koenig (born 14 September 1936; age 87) portrayed Pavel Chekov on Star Trek: The Original Series and the first seven Star Trek movies. He was the only original cast member not to lend his voice to Star Trek: The Animated Series, due to budgetary reason. He still contributed to the series, however, by writing the episode "The Infinite Vulcan". His last name is pronounced "KAY-nig."

His son, Andrew Koenig, appeared in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Sanctuary" as Tumak. Koenig himself would later appear in Deep Space Nine, in the archive footage of "Trials and Tribble-ations". His wife, Judy Levitt, has appeared in bit parts in several Star Trek films.

Several uniforms and costumes worn by Koenig were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, inclduing a red undershirt. [1]

In 2006, Koenig portrayed Lieutenant Pavel Chekov in the fan production Star Trek: New Voyages. He guest starred in the episode "To Serve All My Days" alongside Mary Linda Rapelye, John Carrigan, James Cawley, Jeffery Quinn, and Larry Nemecek. The episode was written by D.C. Fontana, Ethan H. Calk, and Jack Treviño.

Koenig recently wrote, starred in, and executive produced a science fiction film called InAlienable. Koenig premiered an unfinished trailer of the film at the 2007 Star Trek convention in Las Vegas. [2] TNG actress Marina Sirtis also stars in the film; among the other performers who appear are fellow Star Trek alumni Erick Avari, Gary Graham, Richard Herd, J.G. Hertzler, his wife Judy Levitt, Lisa LoCicero, Courtney Peldon, Alan Ruck, Patricia Tallman, and Koenig's son, Andrew.

It is interesting to note that when originally announced in 2003, InAlienable – then known as Illegal alien – was set to star John de Lancie and Star Trek: Voyager's Robert Picardo. [3] According to Koenig during his appearance in Las Vegas, Picardo had to drop out of the film because his was filling in for Koenig on a Star Trek cruise. John de Lancie also dropped out as he was unhappy with the changes being made to the film.

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Appearances

Chekov

• TOS:
  • "Catspaw"
  • "Friday's Child"
  • "Who Mourns for Adonais?"
  • "Amok Time"
  • "The Apple"
  • "Mirror, Mirror"
  • "The Deadly Years"
  • "I, Mudd"
  • "The Trouble with Tribbles"
  • "Bread and Circuses"
  • "Journey to Babel"
  • "A Private Little War"
  • "The Gamesters of Triskelion"
  • "Obsession"
  • "The Immunity Syndrome"
  • "A Piece of the Action"
  • "By Any Other Name"
  • "Patterns of Force"
  • "The Ultimate Computer"
  • "Assignment: Earth"
  • "Spectre of the Gun"
  • "Elaan of Troyius"
  • "The Paradise Syndrome"
  • "The Enterprise Incident"
  • "And the Children Shall Lead"
  • "Spock's Brain"
  • "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"
  • "The Tholian Web"
  • "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
  • "Day of the Dove"
  • "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
  • "The Mark of Gideon"
  • "The Lights of Zetar"
  • "The Way to Eden"
  • "The Savage Curtain"
  • "Turnabout Intruder"
• Star Trek films:
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
  • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
  • Star Trek Generations
• DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archival footage)

Additional appearances

Pavel Chekov (mirror)
TOS: "Mirror, Mirror"

Other notable appearances

Film

• Moontrap (1989)
• Sworn to Justice (1996)
• Mad Cowgirl (2006)

Television

• The Questor Tapes (1974)
• Columbo: Fade to Murder (1976)
• Antony and Cleopatra (1983)
• Babylon 5 (1994-1998)

Books

• Warped Factors
• Chekov's Enterprise: A Personal Journal of the Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• Buck Alice And the Actor-robot

Other works

• TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan" (written by)

External links

• WalterKoenigsite.com - official web site
• Walter Koenig at Wikipedia
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• Walter Koenig at TriviaTribute.com - pictures, links and trivia