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Given their shared root , it ’s no surprise that multiple actors have seem in both theStar TrekandMission : Impossiblefranchises . WhileMission : Impossibleis now well lie with as a multi - million dollar bill film franchise run by Tom Cruise , it originated on telly in 1966 , the same year thatStar Trek : The Original Seriesdebuted . LikeMission : Impossible , Star Trekwas made potential by Lucille Balland her output society , Desilu . WhileStar Trek : The Original Serieswas sold to NBC , and pass for three seasons , Mission : Impossibleaired on CBS and clocked up seven seasons between 1966 and 1973 .
Given thatStar Trek : The Original SeriesandMission : Impossiblewere Desilu production , there was considerable crosswalk of natural endowment between both franchises . For example , before playing Rollin Hand in the first three time of year ofMission : Impossible , Martin Landau turned down spiel SpockonTOS . The crossover between theStar TrekandMission : Impossiblefranchisescontinues long into the 21st century . In 2006 , J.J. Abrams made his feature article debut directingMission : Impossible III . Three old age later , Abrams would direct the 2009Star Trekreboot , bringing alongM : I 3star Simon Pegg as the Kelvin Timeline ’s adaptation of Scotty .
English histrion Simon Pegg has star in several big projects since his time as Chief Engineer of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek Beyond .
15William Shatner as Tommy Kroll and Joseph Conrad
Mission: Impossible Season 6, Episode 2, “Encore” & Season 7, Episode 6, “Cocaine”
William Shatner was one of many actors who found work onMission : ImpossibleafterStar Trek : TOSwas canceledin 1969.Shatner made two appearances inMission : unacceptable , first as aging gangster Tommy Kroll in the season 6 episode " Encore " . Tommy Kroll was Shatner ’s most memorableM : Irole , because of the high - conception plot of his instalment , " Encore . “To figure out a ten - old murder , the Impossible Mission Force convince Kroll that he had time traveled to the year 1937 . By watching Kroll repeat the case of decades earlier , the IMF were able-bodied to uncover new evidence to shut down the case .
William Shatner returned a year later to play Joseph Conrad , the trust deputy of a cocain smuggler , Carl Reid . In the appropriately namedMission : Impossibleepisode " Cocaine " , the IMF convince Shatner ’s playboy gangster to head them to the emplacement of Reid ’s latest shipment . The ruse this fourth dimension regard a machine that can create synthetic cocaine , something that the IMF correctly surmise will drive a wedge between Conrad and his employer .
Both of William Shatner’sMission : Impossibleepisodes were written by Harold Livingston , who would by and by drop a line the book forStar Trek : The Motion Picture .
14Mark Lenard as Felipe Mora, Col. Cardoza, Aristo Skora and Col. Bakram
Mission: Impossible107. “Wheels”, 202. “Trek”, 321. “Nitro”, 511. “The Rebel”
fertile graphic symbol actor and the man who played Spock ’s begetter inStar Trek : The Original Series , Mark Lenard also played four dissimilar character inMission : Impossible . The most notable of these roles was Colonel Bakram inM : Iseason 5 , episode 11 , " The Rebel " . The installment sees theMission : Impossibleteam captured by government forcefulness in a Latin American nation , headed by Mark Lenard ’s Colonel Bakram . " The Rebel " was a kin reunification for the Spock and Sarek actors , as Leonard Nimoy ’s Paris became a nemesis to Mark Lenard ’s Bakram as the IMF try out to get their people out live .
13Leonard Nimoy as The Great Paris
Mission: Impossible Seasons 4 & 5
Benjamin Spock actor Leonard Nimoyjoined the unconstipated plaster cast ofMission : Impossiblein 1970 , after NBC canceledStar Trek : The Original Series . Nimoy bring The Great Paris , an actor , magician , and overlord of disguise , who help the IMF ’s missions inMission : Impossibleseasons 4 and 5 . Paris replaced the IMF ’s resident master of disguise and purpose - play , Rollin Hand ( Martin Landau ) . While the Great Paris ' real name was never reveal , he did let on a tragical backstory involving a love Triangulum between him , his magician mentor , and the mentor ’s supporter . Paris ' talents as a thaumaturge allowed the squad to infiltrate a royal castle and avert a military takeover in the three - part sequence " The Falcon " .
In an unmatched coincidence , year after he accept a theatrical role first offer to Martin Landau , Leonard Nimoy substitute the role player onMission : Impossiblewhen he forget after season 3 .
12John Colicos as Commissioner Taal Jankowski
Mission: Impossible, Season 1, Episode 16, “The Reluctant Dragon”
John Colicos playedStar Trek : The Original Series ' first Klingon antagonist , debut as Kor in 1967 ’s " Errand of Mercy " . Earlier that twelvemonth , John Colicos played Commissioner Taal Jankowski in theMission : Impossibleepisode " The Reluctant Dragon " . Colicos ' type was a Soviet security chief who suspected garden rocket scientist Dr. Helmut Cherlotov ( Joseph Campanella ) of wishing to desert to the West . However , Cherlotov is loyal to his country , forcing Rollin to show the scientist the bleak truth about his state and how it treats its scientific residential area . finally , the IMF win over the scientist to emerge from the Iron Curtain , just as Colicos ' reference feared .
Three of the Klingon captains who front Kirk ’s Enterprise were unite for a revenge mission in a Hellenic Jadzia Dax instalment of Star Trek : DS9 .
11Ricardo Montalban as Gerard Sefra
Mission: Impossible, Season 1, Episode 21, “Snowball in Hell”
Best have intercourse asKhan Noonien SinghinStar Trek , Ricardo Montalban was a prolific character actor , who also made an appearance inMission : Impossibleseason 1.Montalban played Gerard Sefra , the scoundrel - of - the - workweek in the instalment " Snowball in Hell " . Like Khan , Gerard Sefra was a savage autocrat , who ran a penal colony that doled out sadistic and sometime - fashioned punishments to its prisoner . Sera has also come into possession of cesium , an element that can be used in the grammatical construction of nuclear weapon . At the remnant of " Snowball in Hell " , Ricardo Montalban ’s fictitious character is undone when his young weapon system explode in his face , not unlike the Genesis gadget inStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan .
10Paul Winfield as Klaus
Mission: Impossible, Season 2, Episode 24, “Trial by Fury”
Ricardo Montalban’sStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khanco - star , Paul Winfield appeared as Klaus in theMission : Impossibleepisode " run by Fury " . sic in a Romance American prison , it sees Jim Phelps ( Peter Graves ) seek to redeem the life of an innocent Isle of Man accused of being a snitch , by bring out the true betrayer . Paul Winfield ’s Klaus is one of the temper prisoners who wants to have Cardoza killed for passing information to the Commandante . Klaus was one of Winfield ’s early roles , and he makes a strong impression in a tense episode ofMission : Impossiblethat has a thorny quandary at its nitty-gritty .
The prison ’s Commandante was played by Joseph Bernard , who played Tark in theStar Trek : The Original Seriesepisode " Wolf in the Fold " .
9Joan Collins as Nicole Vedette
Mission: Impossible, Season 3, Episode 22, “Nicole”
In 1967 ’s " The City on the Edge of Forever " , Joan Collins played Edith Keeler , the upright ofCaptain Kirk ’s love interestsinStar Trek : The Original Series . Years after , Joan Collins played Nicole Vedette inMission : Impossible , an opposition agent with whom Jim Phelps cut down in dearest . In the installment , name after Joan Collins ' character , Jim Phelps is wounded during a mission , and receives care from Nicole , who risks her life to avail an enemy . The two begin to fall in sexual love , but Nicole is tragically killed , just like Edith Keeler inStar Trek , grant a grieving Phelps to turn tail with Rollin before the opposition guards regroup .
The baddie of the week in " Nicole " is General Valdas , played by Logan Ramsey , the Proconsul from theStar Trek : The Original Seriesepisode , " Bread and Circuses " .
8Michael Ansara as Ed Stoner
Mission: Impossible, Season 7, Episode 21, “The Western”
Michael Ansara played the Klingon Warrior Kang inStar Trek : The Original Series , season 3 , installment 7 , " Day of the Dove " , afterwards reprising the role inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s " Blood Oath " . Ansara had a long listing of act credits between Kang carrying into action , include roles in the short - livedShaftTV series , Fantasy Island , andMission : Impossible . Playing the small character Ed Stoner , Michael Ansara was underused in the episode , essentially a gun - sum cattle farm managing director who tries to scare Jim Phelps and Barney Collier ( Greg Morris ) off the ground owned by the villain - of - the - week , Van Cleve ( Ed Nelson ) .
7Barry Atwater as Dr. Carlos Enero, Matthew Royce and Others
Mission: Impossible, Season 1, Episode 13, “Elena” and Season 7, Episode 21, “The Western”
Barry Atwater also appeared in theMission : Impossibleepisode " The Western " , playing Matthew Royce , the denounce criminal partner of Van Cleve , who gets pour down in the opening minutes . Atwater had a more substantial role as the psychiatrist Dr. Carlos Enero in the season 1 instalment , " Elena " . Paired up with Martin Landau ’s Rollin , Enero has to figure out why an federal agent is acting so erratically , so they can avoid an external incident .
InStar Trek : The Original Series , Barry Atwater played the Excaliban projection of the legendary Vulcan , Surakin the instalment " The Savage Curtain " . Atwater also played three moreMission : Impossiblecharacters between Dr. Enero and Matthew Royce . He played Premier Leon Vados in time of year 3 ’s " The Play " , Grand Duke Clements in season 4 ’s " Gitano " , and General Marin in season 5 ’s " The Field " .
Bruce Gray play another interpretation of Atwater ’s Surak in theStar Trek : Enterpriseepisodes " Awakening " and " Kir’Shara " .
The most logical raceway in the extragalactic nebula , there have been many great Vulcan characters throughout the Star Trek franchise , part with Mr. Spock .
6Arlene Martel as Atheda
Mission: Impossible, Season 4, Episode 20, “Terror”
Another famous Vulcan to appear inMission : Impossibleis Arlene Martel , who play Spock ’s fiancée T’Pring inStar Trek : The Original Series . Martel played Atheda in theMission : Impossibleepisode " Terror " . Atheda is the correct - hand cleaning lady of El Kabir ( Michael Tolan ) , a terrorist whom the IMF are trying to foreclose from leave prison house . The episode was from Leonard Nimoy ’s first season as The Great Paris . Sadly for sports fan ofSpock and T’Pring , however , Nimoy and Martel do n’t share much screen time in " Terror " .
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