Eddie Paskey

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Playing Lt. Leslie

...as Ekosian resistance member (1968)

Eddie Paskey is an actor best known for his many appearances as the background character Lieutenant Leslie during Star Trek: The Original Series.

In addition to appearing in 57 of the first 62 episodes – with 56 appearances as Lieutenant Leslie – Paskey was William Shatner's stand-in. He retired during TOS's third season due to recurring headaches caused by the strong lights on the set. He appeared in more episodes than either George Takei (Sulu) and Walter Koenig (Chekov) .

In the episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", he drove the truck that would hit Edith Keeler. In "Patterns of Force", although Leslie does not appear, Paskey appears as two different Nazis, the first driving a car, the second wearing a mustache and working for the Ekosian underground. Interestingly, he was chosen to drive the Nazi car because of his background in car sales, as he was the only one who knew how to drive that particular style. ^{(citation needed • edit)}

He was the hand-double of James Doohan in "Wolf in the Fold" and That Which Survives. Doohan was self-conscious about the fact that he was missing the middle finger of his right hand (due to a D-Day combat injury), so Paskey's hands were used in close-ups.

His other television credits include appearances on Ben Casey (1965) (with Marsha Hunt and Harry Landers) and Mission: Impossible (1966) with George Takei, Barry Russo, Vic Tayback, William Smithers, Michael Barrier, Jack Donner, and Don Marshall).

In January 2004, he appeared in an episode of the fan-produced internet series Star Trek: New Voyages, "Come What May." This time he portrayed Admiral Leslie, the father of Lieutenant Leslie.

Appearances

All appearances are as Leslie, unless otherwise noted.

• TOS
  • "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (TOS Season 1)
  • "The Corbomite Maneuver"
  • "Mudd's Women" (as Connors)
  • "The Enemy Within"
  • "The Man Trap"
  • "The Naked Time" (as Ryan)
  • "Charlie X"
  • "Balance of Terror"
  • "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
  • "Dagger of the Mind"
  • "Miri"
  • "The Conscience of the King"
  • "The Galileo Seven"
  • "The Menagerie, Part I"
  • "The Menagerie, Part II"
  • "Shore Leave"
  • "The Squire of Gothos"
  • "Arena"
  • "The Alternative Factor"
  • "Tomorrow is Yesterday"
  • "The Return of the Archons"
  • "Space Seed"
  • "This Side of Paradise"
  • "The Devil in the Dark"
  • "Errand of Mercy"
  • "The City on the Edge of Forever" (as Leslie and Truck Driver)
  • "Operation -- Annihilate!"
  • "Catspaw" (TOS Season 2)
  • "Metamorphosis"
  • "Friday's Child"
  • "Who Mourns for Adonais?"
  • "Wolf in the Fold" (as Leslie and hand double)
  • "Amok Time"
  • "The Doomsday Machine"
  • "The Changeling"
  • "The Apple"
  • "Mirror, Mirror"
  • "The Deadly Years"
  • "The Trouble with Tribbles"
  • "Bread and Circuses"
  • "Journey to Babel"
  • "A Private Little War"
  • "The Gamesters of Triskelion"
  • "Obsession"
  • "The Immunity Syndrome"
  • "A Piece of the Action"
  • "By Any Other Name"
  • "Return to Tomorrow"
  • "Patterns of Force" (as Nazi Trooper and Driver)
  • "The Ultimate Computer"
  • "The Omega Glory"
  • "Assignment: Earth"
  • "Spectre of the Gun" (TOS Season 3)
  • "Elaan of Troyius"
  • "The Enterprise Incident"
  • "And the Children Shall Lead"
  • "Spock's Brain"
  • "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"
  • "That Which Survives" (as hand double)
• DS9
  • "Trials and Tribble-ations"

External Links

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• Eddie Paskey's official website
• Lt. Leslie archive - documents every appearance by Lt. Leslie