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'''William "Bill(y)" R. Blackburn''', was an uncredited background performer on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' for all of the show's three seasons, excepting the two pilot episodes. In that time, he played a wide variety of roles, usually as a [[navigator]] or a [[helmsman]], all believed to be a character named [[Hadley]]. In total, he appeared in 61 episodes of the series. In addition, archive footage containing his appearance in the original series episode {{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}} was used in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode {{e|Trials and Tribble-ations}}. |
'''William "Bill(y)" R. Blackburn''', was an uncredited background performer on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' for all of the show's three seasons, excepting the two pilot episodes. In that time, he played a wide variety of roles, usually as a [[navigator]] or a [[helmsman]], all believed to be a character named [[Hadley]]. In total, he appeared in 61 episodes of the series. In addition, archive footage containing his appearance in the original series episode {{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}} was used in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode {{e|Trials and Tribble-ations}}. |
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− | Blackburn acquired his job on ''[[Star Trek]]'' through assistant director [[Leonard Shapiro]], whom he had worked with on the television series ''My Favorite Martian'', where he was a stand-in for [[Ray Walston]] (later a guest actor on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''). Blackburn reportedly saved Shapiro's job on ''Martian'' so, to return the favor, Shapiro got him an assignment on ''Star Trek''. As Blackburn recalled, he was told to sit at the [[conn]] and to not speak. Originally recruited as [[DeForest Kelley]]'s [[stand-in]], Blackburn popped up in many small roles. He was the [[White Rabbit]] in {{e|Shore Leave}}, an [[Organian]] villager in {{e|Errand of Mercy}}, the robot constructed by [[Henoch]] in {{e|Return to Tomorrow}}, one of [[Harry Mudd]]'s androids in {{e|I, Mudd}}, a native of [[Gamma Trianguli VI]] in {{e|The Apple}}, and a NASA technician in {{e|Assignment: Earth}}. He also was the subject of various make-up tests (including the make-up for [[Frank Gorshin]] and [[Jay Robinson]] and the [[Tellarite]] make-up for {{e|Journey to Babel}}) and provided voice overs on the show – including the [[White Rabbit]] – although his own character of Hadley never spoke on-screen. Blackburn told, that maybe he spoke a few lines as Hadley, but they were cut from the eventual episodes. {{st.com|billy-blackburn-looks-back-in-amazement-part-1||article}} Blackburn also often provided the off-screen voices during the actual filming (such as the voice of [[Trelane's parents]] in {{e|The Squire of Gothos}}), which would be dubbed-in during post-production. It was originally the job of script supervisor, [[George A. Rutter]], but Rutter insisted on Blackburn doing it instead. {{st.com|billy-blackburn-looks-back-in-amazement-part-1||article}} |
+ | Blackburn acquired his job on ''[[Star Trek]]'' through assistant director [[Tiger Shapiro|Leonard "Tiger" Shapiro]], whom he had worked with on the television series ''My Favorite Martian'', where he was a stand-in for [[Ray Walston]] (later a guest actor on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''). Blackburn reportedly saved Shapiro's job on ''Martian'' so, to return the favor, Shapiro got him an assignment on ''Star Trek''. As Blackburn recalled, he was told to sit at the [[conn]] and to not speak. Originally recruited as [[DeForest Kelley]]'s [[stand-in]], Blackburn popped up in many small roles. He was the [[White Rabbit]] in {{e|Shore Leave}}, an [[Organian]] villager in {{e|Errand of Mercy}}, the robot constructed by [[Henoch]] in {{e|Return to Tomorrow}}, one of [[Harry Mudd]]'s androids in {{e|I, Mudd}}, a native of [[Gamma Trianguli VI]] in {{e|The Apple}}, and a NASA technician in {{e|Assignment: Earth}}. He also was the subject of various make-up tests (including the make-up for [[Frank Gorshin]] and [[Jay Robinson]] and the [[Tellarite]] make-up for {{e|Journey to Babel}}) and provided voice overs on the show – including the [[White Rabbit]] – although his own character of Hadley never spoke on-screen. Blackburn told, that maybe he spoke a few lines as Hadley, but they were cut from the eventual episodes. {{st.com|billy-blackburn-looks-back-in-amazement-part-1||article}} Blackburn also often provided the off-screen voices during the actual filming (such as the voice of [[Trelane's parents]] in {{e|The Squire of Gothos}}), which would be dubbed-in during post-production. It was originally the job of script supervisor, [[George A. Rutter]], but Rutter insisted on Blackburn doing it instead. {{st.com|billy-blackburn-looks-back-in-amazement-part-1||article}} |
After the ''Original Series'' was canceled, Blackburn became a costumer. It was ''Star Trek'' costume designer [[William Ware Theiss]] who convinced him to seek this job. {{st.com|the-best-trek-gift-you-ever-gave-or-got-part-2||article}} |
After the ''Original Series'' was canceled, Blackburn became a costumer. It was ''Star Trek'' costume designer [[William Ware Theiss]] who convinced him to seek this job. {{st.com|the-best-trek-gift-you-ever-gave-or-got-part-2||article}} |
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Template:Realworld William "Bill(y)" R. Blackburn, was an uncredited background performer on Star Trek: The Original Series for all of the show's three seasons, excepting the two pilot episodes. In that time, he played a wide variety of roles, usually as a navigator or a helmsman, all believed to be a character named Hadley. In total, he appeared in 61 episodes of the series. In addition, archive footage containing his appearance in the original series episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" was used in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations".
Blackburn acquired his job on Star Trek through assistant director Leonard "Tiger" Shapiro, whom he had worked with on the television series My Favorite Martian, where he was a stand-in for Ray Walston (later a guest actor on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager). Blackburn reportedly saved Shapiro's job on Martian so, to return the favor, Shapiro got him an assignment on Star Trek. As Blackburn recalled, he was told to sit at the conn and to not speak. Originally recruited as DeForest Kelley's stand-in, Blackburn popped up in many small roles. He was the White Rabbit in "Shore Leave", an Organian villager in "Errand of Mercy", the robot constructed by Henoch in "Return to Tomorrow", one of Harry Mudd's androids in "I, Mudd", a native of Gamma Trianguli VI in "The Apple", and a NASA technician in "Assignment: Earth". He also was the subject of various make-up tests (including the make-up for Frank Gorshin and Jay Robinson and the Tellarite make-up for "Journey to Babel") and provided voice overs on the show – including the White Rabbit – although his own character of Hadley never spoke on-screen. Blackburn told, that maybe he spoke a few lines as Hadley, but they were cut from the eventual episodes. William Blackburn at StarTrek.com Blackburn also often provided the off-screen voices during the actual filming (such as the voice of Trelane's parents in "The Squire of Gothos"), which would be dubbed-in during post-production. It was originally the job of script supervisor, George A. Rutter, but Rutter insisted on Blackburn doing it instead. William Blackburn at StarTrek.com
After the Original Series was canceled, Blackburn became a costumer. It was Star Trek costume designer William Ware Theiss who convinced him to seek this job. William Blackburn at StarTrek.com
During his time on the set of Star Trek, Blackburn shot some 8mm and Super-8 home movies of the various behind-the-scenes goings-on of various cast and crew members. He filmed over an hour of footage, which he has kept for the most part in a safe-deposit box since the series ended in 1969. Blackburn has always preferred not to capitalize on his Star Trek connection, having shunned the Star Trek convention circuit after he had left the franchise. [1] However, in later years, he was interviewed on a segment of the British television program After They Were Famous, which also featured highlights from his silent Super-8 home movies that he had taken on the set. Subsequently, in July 2007, he made his first convention appearance, at Comic-Con International in San Diego. There, it was announced that he had contracted with CBS Television Studios and Paramount Home Entertainment to release several minutes of his home movie footage on the upcoming HD DVD release of the original seres' remastered first-season episodes that fall. The feature, "Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories" was continued with the release of season 2 and season 3. Blackburn himself was newly interviewed for these specials, appearing in the second part.
Career outside Star Trek
A former professional ice skater, Blackburn was, prior to his work on Star Trek, an uncredited extra on films such as Spartacus and Snow White and the Three Stooges, before moving on to the television series My Favorite Martian, where he met Leonard Shapiro.
As his first job after the Original Series in his new occupation as costumer, he worked with Theiss on MGM's 1976 film Bound for Glory (starring Ronny Cox). He later served as costumer on projects such as the 1978 NBC mini-series The Awakening Land (featuring Bert Remsen). He shared an Emmy Award nomination as a costumer on the 1980 TV movie The Diary of Anne Frank (featuring Clive Revill) and worked with Star Trek star William Shatner as a costume supervisor on Shatner's series T.J. Hooker (co-starring James Darren and Richard Herd). According to Blackburn, Shatner greeted Blackburn on the set (referring to him as "Billy"), but could not understand why he was in costuming and not acting.
Blackburn went on to serve as key costumer for the television series Night Court (starring John Larroquette). In 1990, he co-wrote, directed, and appeared in a film called Challenge the Wind, about a conflicted young boy who yearns to be a track star.
Star Trek roles
Appearances
- TOS:
- "The Corbomite Maneuver" as Hadley
- "The Man Trap" as Hadley
- "The Naked Time" as Hadley
- "Charlie X" as Hadley
- "The Galileo Seven" as Hadley
- "Court Martial" as Hadley
- "The Menagerie, Part I" as Hadley and Starbase 11 Orderly
- "The Menagerie, Part II" as Hadley
- "Shore Leave" as Hadley, White Rabbit and intercom voice
- "The Squire of Gothos" as Hadley
- "Arena" as Hadley and Gorn captain
- "The Alternative Factor" as Hadley
- "Tomorrow is Yesterday" as Hadley
- "The Return of the Archons" as Hadley
- "A Taste of Armageddon" as Hadley and Eminiar guard and technician
- "Space Seed" as Hadley
- "This Side of Paradise" as Hadley
- "The Devil in the Dark" as Hadley
- "Errand of Mercy" as Klingon guard and Organian villager
- "The City on the Edge of Forever" as Hadley
- "Operation -- Annihilate!" as Hadley
- "Catspaw" as Hadley
- "Metamorphosis" as Hadley (stock footage)
- "Friday's Child" as Hadley and Capellan warrior
- "Who Mourns for Adonais?" as Hadley
- "Amok Time" as Hadley
- "The Doomsday Machine" as Hadley
- "Wolf in the Fold" as Hadley
- "The Changeling" as Hadley
- "The Apple" as Hadley and Gamma Trianguli VI native
- "Mirror, Mirror" as Hadley and Hadley (mirror)
- "I, Mudd" as a Mudd android
- "The Trouble with Tribbles" as Hadley
- "Bread and Circuses" as Hadley
- "Journey to Babel" as Hadley
- "A Private Little War" as Hadley
- "The Gamesters of Triskelion" as Hadley
- "Obsession" as Hadley
- "The Immunity Syndrome" as Hadley
- "A Piece of the Action" as Hadley
- "By Any Other Name" as Hadley
- "Return to Tomorrow" as Hadley and android body
- "Patterns of Force" as Hadley
- "The Ultimate Computer" as Hadley
- "The Omega Glory" as Hadley
- "Assignment: Earth" as Hadley and Rocket Base Technician
- "Spectre of the Gun" as Hadley
- "Elaan of Troyius" as Hadley
- "The Paradise Syndrome" as Hadley
- "And the Children Shall Lead" as Hadley
- "Spock's Brain" as Hadley
- "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" as Hadley
- "The Empath" as Hadley
- "The Tholian Web" as Hadley
- "Plato's Stepchildren" as Hadley
- "Wink of an Eye" as Hadley
- "That Which Survives" as Hadley
- "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" as Hadley
- "Whom Gods Destroy" as Hadley
- "The Mark of Gideon" as Gideon native
- "The Lights of Zetar" as Hadley
- "The Cloud Minders" as Hadley (stock footage)
- "The Way to Eden" as Hadley
- "Requiem for Methuselah" as Hadley
- "The Savage Curtain" as Hadley
- "Turnabout Intruder" as Hadley (stock footage)
- DS9:
- "Trials and Tribble-ations" as Hadley (archive footage)
External links
- Template:IMDb-link
- 2007 Billy Blackburn interview at TrekMovie.com
- 2011 Billy Blackburn interview, Part 1 at StarTrek.com and Part 2 at StarTrek.com
- "Records Officer" - Blackburn profile from Geek Monthly magazine