William Shatner
Highest Rated: 100% For the Love of Spock (2016)
Lowest Rated: 11% American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002)
Birthday: Mar 22, 1931
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
A pop culture legend and one of American television's most enduring stars, the multi-talented William Shatner started out as simply an actor. By the twilight of his career, however, Shatner successfully managed to transmogrify into something more. By turning his amiable persona into a one-man, multi-million dollar cottage industry, Shatner's legacy in show business survived for more than five decades. Breaking into show business during television's golden age of drama in the 1950s, Shatner became a regular face on the guest star circuit before landing the role that would forever immortalize him; that of the dashing, supremely confident Captain James T. Kirk of "Star Trek" (NBC, 1966-69). After "Trek" went off the air, Shatner became haunted by the persistent spirit of the Enterprise captain, despite starring in seven "Star Trek" features, most notably "The Wrath of Khan" (1982) and "The Voyage Home" (1986). Eventually, however, he made peace with his famous alter ego and even learned to embrace Kirk. In the 1980s, he enjoyed a successful television run as "T.J. Hooker" (ABC, 1982-85; CBS, 1985-87) and later in his career, did a series of commercials for travel website Priceline. Naturally, he received acclaim for his Emmy-winning role as the eccentric attorney Denny Crane on the hit drama "Boston Legal" (ABC, 2004-08), which underscored his uncanny ability to confound critics and exceed expectations of his delighted fans.
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William Shatner
Filmography
Movies
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84% |
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William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill | Self | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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A Tear in the Sky | Self | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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Shatner in Space | Self | - | 2021 |
21% |
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Senior Moment | Victor Martin (Character) | $41.6K | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Creators: The Past | Lord Ogmha (Character) | - | 2020 |
71% |
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To Your Last Death | The Overseer (Voice) | - | 2019 |
20% |
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Devil's Revenge | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Steam Engines of Oz | Oscar "Oz" Diggs (Voice) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Aliens Ate My Homework | Phil the Plant (Voice) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Not a War Story | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
100% |
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Batman vs. Two-Face |
Harvey Dent / |
- | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Truth is in the Stars | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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A Sunday Horse | Kenneth Roubidoux (Character) | - | 2016 |
100% |
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For the Love of Spock | Self | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Range 15 | Richard Chindler (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Just in Time for Christmas | Coachman (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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When Elephants Were Young | Narrator | - | 2015 |
33% |
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Being Canadian | Self | - | 2015 |
83% |
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A Christmas Horror Story | DJ Dan (Character) | - | 2015 |
34% |
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Escape From Planet Earth | Gen. Shanker (Voice) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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The Captains |
Director, Screenwriter, Executive Producer |
- | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Core (Voice) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet | Host | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Transcendent Man | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
32% |
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Fanboys | Self | $685.5K | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man | Self | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Gotta Catch Santa Claus | Santa Claus (Voice) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Everest | Norman Kelly (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Fire Serpent | Executive Producer | - | 2007 |
75% |
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Over the Hedge | Ozzie the Possum (Voice) | $155.0M | 2006 |
19% |
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The Wild | Kazar (Voice) | - | 2006 |
15% |
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Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Stan Fields (Character) | $48.5M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Lil' Pimp | Mayor Tony Gold (Voice) | - | 2004 |
71% |
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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | Dodgeball Chancellor (Character) | $114.3M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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A Carol Christmas |
Dr. Bob/ |
- | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Groom Lake |
John Gossner (Character), Director |
- | 2002 |
11% |
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American Psycho II: All American Girl | Professor Robert 'Bobby' Starkman (Character) | - | 2002 |
25% |
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Showtime | Self | $37.9M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spplat Attack | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Shoot or Be Shot | Harvey Wilkes (Character) | - | 2002 |
65% |
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Festival in Cannes | Self | $299.0K | 2001 |
55% |
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Osmosis Jones | The Mayor (Voice) | $13.6M | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gahan Wilson's The Kid | Professor (Voice) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Falcon Down | Major Robert Carson (Character) | - | 2000 |
41% |
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Miss Congeniality | Stan (Character) | $106.8M | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Land of the Free | Aidan Carvell (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Jefftowne | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
83% |
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Free Enterprise | Bill (Character) | $30.2K | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Double Play | Michael Gatewick (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Man's Island | Chase Prescott (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Trinity and Beyond | Narrator | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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TekWar |
Walter H. Bascom (Character), Director |
- | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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TekWar: Teklords | Walter H. Bascom (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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TekWar: Tekjustice | Walter H. Bascom (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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TekWar: Teklab | Walter H. Bascom (Character) | - | 1994 |
48% |
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Star Trek Generations | Kirk (Character) | $74.6M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Janek: The Silent Betrayal | Bodosh (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Columbo: Butterfly in Shades of Grey | Fielding Chase (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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A Family of Strangers | Earl (Character) | - | 1993 |
21% |
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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | General Mortars (Character) | $28.0M | 1993 |
83% |
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Captain James Tiberius Kirk (Character) | $71.7M | 1991 |
23% |
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier |
Captain James T. Kirk (Character), Director, Writer |
$52.1M | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Broken Angel | Chuck Coburn (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Seasons | Narrator | - | 1987 |
82% |
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home |
Admiral/ |
$104.7M | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Blood Sport | Sgt. T.J. Hooker (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North Beach and Rawhide | Rawhide MacGregor (Character) | - | 1985 |
79% |
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Admiral James T. Kirk (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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Secrets of a Married Man | Chris Jordan (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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T.J. Hooker | Sgt. T.J. Hooker (Character) | - | 1982 |
42% |
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Airplane II: The Sequel | Cdr. Buck Murdock (Character) | - | 1982 |
87% |
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Admiral James T. Kirk (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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The Kidnapping of the President | Jerry O'Connor (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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The Babysitter | Dr. Jeff Benedict (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Riel | The Barker (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Planet Beyond Time | Captain Kirk (Character) | - | 1980 |
52% |
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
Admiral/ |
- | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Little Women | Prof. Friedrich Bhaer (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Third Walker | Munro Maclean (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crash | Carl Tobias (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Land of No Return | Curt Benell (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Whale of a Tale | Dr. Jack Fredericks (Character) | - | 1977 |
55% |
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Kingdom of the Spiders | Dr. Robert "Rack" Hansen (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perilous Voyage | Steve Monroe (Character) | - | 1976 |
17% |
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The Devil's Rain | Mark Preston (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Snowman | Curt Benell (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Barbary Coast | Jeff Cable (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lives of Ben Franklin: The Statesman | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Impulse | Matt Stone (Character) | - | 1974 |
75% |
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Big Bad Mama | William J. Baxter (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Indict and Convict | Sam Belden (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Pray for the Wildcats | Warren Summerfield (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amy Prentiss, AKA: The Chief | Bill Parkins (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amy Prentiss: Baptism of Fire | Bill Parkins (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amy Prentiss: The Desperate World of Jane Doe | Bill Parkins (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Go Ask Alice | Sam (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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The Horror at 37,000 Feet | Paul Kovalik (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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Pioneer Woman | John Sergeant (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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Incident on a Dark Street | Deaver G. Wallace (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hound of the Baskervilles | George Stapleton (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The People | Dr. Curtis (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Pattern of Morality | Unknown (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tarot | Peter (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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Hollywood Television Theatre | Unknown (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sole Survivor | Lt. Col. Josef Gronke (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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White Commanche | Unknown (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | White Comanche |
Johnny Moon/ |
- | 1967 |
63% |
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Incubus | Marc (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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Star Trek - The Mudd Pack | Unknown (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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Alexander the Great | Alexander (Character) | - | 1964 |
20% |
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The Outrage | Preacher (Character) | - | 1964 |
80% |
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Shame | Adam Cramer (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet |
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The Explosive Generation | Peter Gifford (Character) | - | 1961 |
93% |
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Judgment at Nuremberg | Captain Harrison Byers (Character) | - | 1961 |
25% |
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The Brothers Karamazov | Alexi Karamazov (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Defender | Unknown (Character) | - | 1957 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The UnXplained Special Presentation |
Executive Producer, Host |
2023-2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The UnXplained |
Executive Producer, Host |
2019-2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The UnXplained: Mysteries of the Universe |
Executive Producer, Host |
2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Real Time With Bill Maher | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2008-2010 2024 |
95% | 53% | Masters of the Universe: Revelation | Keldor (Voice) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 52% | Stars on Mars | Host | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | William Shatner's Full Moon Fright Night | Host | 2002 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dr. Oz Show | Guest | 2010 2016 2021 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 14% | The View | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ancient Aliens | Host | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2011 2013 2016 2019-2020 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Private Eyes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2017 2019 |
81% | 84% | The Big Bang Theory | Himself (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home & Family | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2012 2018 |
80% | 89% | Better Late Than Never | Self | 2016-2018 |
50% | 81% | The Indian Detective | Unknown (Character) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | FABLife | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Clangers |
Narrator (Character), Narrator |
2015-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cutthroat Kitchen | Judge | 2016 |
63% | 85% | Haven | Croatoan (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 97% | Artful Detective | Mark Twain (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 63% | Hell's Kitchen | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Shatner Project | Self | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2013-2014 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Hot in Cleveland | Sally (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Captains Close-Up |
Director, Host |
2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Weird or What? |
Executive Producer, Host |
2010-2012 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Rookie Blue | Henry McLeod (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2012 |
89% | 94% | Psych | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Comedy Central Roast | Unknown (Character) | 2006 2011 |
0% | 47% | $..! My Dad Says | Ed Goodson (Character) | 2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Pickers | Self | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders | Unknown (Character) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Million Dollar Password | Contestant | 2008 |
86% | 91% | Boston Legal | Denny Crane (Character) | 2004-2008 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live |
Unknown (Guest Star), Host |
1986 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dateline NBC | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Show Me the Money | Host | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rescue 911 | Host | 1992 1995-1996 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Space Ghost: Coast to Coast | Guest | 2003 |
86% | 89% | Futurama | Himself (Guest Voice) | 2002 |
6% | No Score Yet | Bob Patterson | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 67% | 3rd Rock From the Sun | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cosby | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perversions of Science |
Unknown (Character), Director |
1997 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Columbo | Fielding Chase (Guest Star) | 1976 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | T.J. Hooker | Sgt. T.J. Hooker (Character) | 1982-1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Charles Underhill (Character) | 1985 |
90% | 93% | Police Squad! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | How the West Was Won | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tattletales | Guest | 1974-1975 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barbary Coast | Jeff Cable (Character) | 1975-1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rookies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Mark Ciprio (Guest Star) | 1974 |
94% | 81% | Star Trek: The Animated Series | Capt. James T. Kirk (Voice) | 1973-1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petrocelli | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Six Million Dollar Man | Josh Lang (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Adam Langer (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Bellings (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sixth Sense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1965 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
80% | 89% | Star Trek | Capt. James T. Kirk (Character) | 1966-1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Fred Bateman (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Tony Burrell (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Luke Milford (Guest Star) | 1965 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
92% | 90% | The Outer Limits |
Col. / |
1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Paul DeVinger (Guest Star) | 1963 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Don Carter (Character) | 1960 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thriller | Unknown (Character) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jim Whitely (Character) | 1957 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |