Walter Koenig
Walter Koenig Trivia
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In 2007, Walter was invited by the humanitarian group,United States Campaign for Burma to visit the nation. While there he toured refugee centers and hospitals.
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Walter attended Grinnell College in Iowa and received his BA in psychology from UCLA.
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Walter graduated from Fieldston High School in Riverdale, NY in 1954.
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Among Walter's theater credits are: A Christmas Carol as Scrooge, Steambath as God and A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince.
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Walter has received two Saturn Award nominations in the Best Supporting Actor catrgory. They were for his roles in the Star Trek films: The Wrath of Khan and The Voyage Home.
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On February 25 2010, after an extensive search, the body of Walter's son Andrew was found in Vancouver's Stanley Park. He had been missing for 11 days and his friends and family were worried that he might be suicidal.
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Walter stood as "Best Man" for fellow Star Trek alumnus George Takei's wedding to Brad Altman in 2008. Nichelle Nichols was the Maid of Honor.
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During the McCarthy era of the 1950s, Walter's parents burned all of their Russian albums and told the children to say that they came from Lithuania, not Russia.
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Walterwill be thelast of theStar Trek actors to recieve a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His star will be presented on September 10th, 2012.
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Walter Koenig's has written three books: Buck Alice and the Actor Robot, Chekov's Enterprise, and Warped Factors, his autobiography.
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In 1997 Walter Koenig's character "Alfred Bester" was voted in a science fiction fans poll "Favorite Man Most Loved to Hate."
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He and his wife, Judy Levitt, appear together in the "Babylon 5" (1994) episode "A Race Through Dark Places" which aired in 1995. She also stared with him in two Star Trek movies. In "The Voyage Home" she plays a nurse from 1986 and in "The Undiscovered Country" she plays an officer and even outranks Koenig's own character.
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He appeared in three episodes of different series with George Takei: "Star Trek" (1966), "Diagnosis Murder" (1993) and "Futurama" (1999).
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Walter Koenig reprised his role as Chekov in 2006 in an episode of Star Trek: New Voyages, an internet based Fan Series taking place in the 4th year of the original 5 year mission after Star Trek (the original series) had been cancelled.
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The production company of the television series Babylon 5, applied for an Emmy Award nomination on his behalf.
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After Chekov, his best-known role is the Psi Cop Alfred Bester on the television series Babylon 5. Koenig was the "Special Guest Star" in twelve episodes and, at the end of the third season.
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He was the only original Star Trek series actor who did not lend his voice to the Star Trek: The Animated Series, but he did write an episode (The Infinite Vulcan).
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His height is 5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Walter: (on the refugee crisis in Burma) I was shocked at how little I knew. The time was right in my life to be a part of something that is worthwhile. It's one thing to espouse a liberal and political attitude and quite another to act on it.
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Walter Koenig: I have done several dialects on television and stage. My father spoke with a Russian accent, and although he was no longer with us when I started Star Trek, his speech probably influenced the accent that I used.
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Walter Koenig: (after it had been mentioned that George Takei really does speak Japanese) I too speak fluent Japanese... But seriously doubt George knows a single word in Russian!
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Walter Koenig: (when asked about his novel "Warped Factors") I wrote the first 20,000 words in about three months, and then once it was sold, I did the finally 90,000 over a period of five months.
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Walter Koenig: (discussing his guest starring role alongside William Shatner in an episode of Columbo) It was purely by chance and it's questionable whether I was actually in the show. It was another one of a short list of appearances I've made that were very slight in nature.
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Walter Koenig: (about his appearance on the Howard Stern Show) Oh, boy! I was anticipating it to actually be more uncomfortable than it was. I had been warned about Howard and wasn't sure how I would deal with the provocative questions that he is known to ask.
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Walter Koenig: Well, Chekov was the Russian representative at a time when the Cold War was still very much an influence in world politics. To that extent, the introduction of a nationality considered hostile to our way of life was certainly a step toward developing a sense of multi-nationality, multi-ethnicity, multi-racial make-up that Star Trek has always been known for.
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Walter Koenig: (when asked if he would consider writing a Star Trek novel) No. Star Trek has been so much a part of my life that when I do write, I try to investigate storylines that are a departure from the constant experience that I've had with Star Trek.
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Walter Koenig: Star Trek affected my career from the first moment I said "Varp Fector Two, Sair." It has not ceased to affect my career and my life since.
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Walter Koenig: I've been a member of this family {the Star Trek cast} for so long, in at least one sense, it's like being part of my own family. You don't question it... It just is.
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Walter Koenig: (about the controversial topics covered in Star Trek) You know we were still very much involved with the Vietnam War and it was it was really sort of verboten to do any kind of drama at that time that that dealt with that. It was a very, very touchy subject and I think, with the exception of perhaps one episode, I think our attack and the posture that we took on social issues and vital topical issues, was, as I say, one that was very easy to support.
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Walter Koenig: I didn't watch "Star Trek" the first year it was on, before I was on the show. I took one look at the styrofoam rocks and said: 'There's no way I'm going to watch this!
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