Wow: Austrians in Star Trek

[Mithrandir]

Today I learned - to my own lasting astonishment and irrational patriotic pride - that at least two fellow Austrians have appeared in Star Trek (TOS), AND in quite notable roles too!!

Until now I have believed that only Reiner Schöne, a German actor represented german-speaking countries in Star Trek. He played Esoqq in TNG's "Allegiance"


But, lo and behold!, here are the AUSTRIANS :

1. Ambassador Shras - Journey to Babel:

The first Andorian to be seen in Star Trek!
Actor: Reggie Nalder, born in 1907 in Vienna (in what was once Austria-Hungary) as Alfred Reginald Natzler

2. T'Pau - Amok Time

Actress: Celia Lovsky, born in 1897 in Vienna/Austria-Hungary as Caecilia Lvovsky (admittedly from Czech parentage - but that was at this time an Austrian Crown-Land!)

Does anybody know more actors from german-speaking countries that have appeared in any incarnation Star Trek? Or at least actors from continental europe (a group sadly underrepresented in Starfleet )?

(I know, this might be of little concern to anybody else - but to me it's great!)

[Teaos]

McCoy in STXI is a Kiwi. Suck it

And there are more NZers in Star Wars II and III than any other nation.

[Atekimogus]

Well I did know about T'Pau and if you listen you can clearly hear the accent but I didn't know about the Andorian.

Altough to be honest your flag-waving smilies are a bit wrong, the colour should be black and yellow since the Austria of the time of their birth was still the dual-monarchy .

[Mithrandir]

Well I did know about T'Pau and if you listen you can clearly hear the accent but I didn't know about the Andorian.

Well, I started my research because the Andorians accent reminded me at the accent of T'Pau's...

Altough to be honest your flag-waving smilies are a bit wrong, the colour should be black and yellow since the Austria of the time of their birth was still the dual-monarchy .

Well, you are quite right, but there is unfortunaly and inexplicably no "black and yellow"-waving smilie... Thus, without smilie:

(While it is true, that the dual-monarchy used black and yellow, red-white-red have been the Austrian colours since the 13th century!)

[Mikey]

I don't have a list at hand, but I think there were a few Americans in the casts of 'Trek over the years.

I gre up in the same town as Avery Brooks, and Thorin did in the same town as Patrick Stewart.

[Teaos]

Really? Thorin is from the same town as Patrick Stewart? He never really mentions it...

[Mikey]

He doesn't like to talk about it, so I thought I'd mention it...

[Atekimogus]

Well, I started my research because the Andorians accent reminded me at the accent of T'Pau's...

Well I always thought an austrian would make a good captain. I mean casually ordering the destruction of a klingon battlecruiser with an austrian accent while drinking a melange (coffee) and ordering an apfelstrudel from the nearest yeoman, if that isn't full of win I don't know! 8)

Or beating the borg by convincing them that their cybernetic implants and urge to assimilate other people is just because of repressed childhood memories of their parents which didn't love them enough ending with the borg crying a river and having to pay horrendous amounts of federation credits for one hour sessions.

[Mithrandir]

Well, I started my research because the Andorians accent reminded me at the accent of T'Pau's...

Well I always thought an austrian would make a good captain. I mean casually ordering the destruction of a klingon battlecruiser with an austrian accent while drinking a melange (coffee) and ordering an apfelstrudel from the nearest yeoman, if that isn't full of win I don't know! 8)

Or beating the borg by convincing them that their cybernetic implants and urge to assimilate other people is just because of repressed childhood memories of their parents which didn't love them enough ending with the borg crying a river and having to pay horrendous amounts of federation credits for one hour sessions.

My thoughts exactly!

[Praeothmin]

Well I always thought an austrian would make a good captain. I mean casually ordering the destruction of a klingon battlecruiser with an austrian accent while drinking a melange (coffee) and ordering an apfelstrudel from the nearest yeoman, if that isn't full of win I don't know!

All that while smoking a huge cigar...
I don't know why, but the first thought that came to my mind when I read that was:
"Duras, I'll be back!"

So yeah, we'd have the "Captinator" instead of the "Governator"...

Might be interesting...

[Atekimogus]

Would be great, wouldn't it? And think about the simple commando "Go to Red Alert".

Shields go online.
Phasers and Torpedoes are armed.
Crew rushes to battle stations.



and Mozarts Requiem Lacrimosa starts to play

Now that is waging war with style my friends.

[Mikey]

Hmmm... if that were the case, why didn't they play Berlioz' "Messe Solemne" when Picard gave the order?

[Atekimogus]

I guess they were busy searching his white family flag !

[Mithrandir]

Would be great, wouldn't it? And think about the simple commando "Go to Red Alert".

Shields go online.
Phasers and Torpedoes are armed.
Crew rushes to battle stations.



and Mozarts Requiem Lacrimosa starts to play

Now that is waging war with style my friends.

Of course Haydn's "Missa in tempore belli" (Mass in Wartimes) would also be appropriate!

[Mikey]

I guess they were busy searching his white family flag !

Actually, thinking about his propensity to adore all things having to do with the Brits beating up on the French, maybe he would have had an Elgar tune played.