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Ron King (born 26 September 1958; age 65) is the actor who portrayed the farmer Moore in the Star Trek: Enterprise first season episode "Broken Bow". King filmed his scenes on 12 June 2001 and 13 June 2001 on location in Bakersfield, California.

King was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the Carnegie Mellon University. He studied acting, dance, and clowning under coaches such as Wynn Handman, Rick Edelstein, John Ulmer, Merry Conway, and Paul Draper. Beside several roles in stage plays such as "The Merry Wives of Windsor", "As You Like It", "Three Sisters", Romeo and Juliet", and "Hamlet", he was featured in the daily soap television series All My Children, Another World, and As the World Turns.

As a background actor he appeared in the drama Wall Street (1987, with Saul Rubinek and Jeff Rector), the drama Jungle Fever (1991, with Brad Dourif), Francis Ford Coppola's horror film Dracula (1992, with Winona Ryder, Billy Campbell, Jay Robinson, and Cully Fredricksen), and the crime drama The Godfather: Part III (1990) on which he also worked as production assistant.

Beside his Star Trek appearance King played featured roles in the comedy Expired (2007, with Terri Garr and stuntwoman Erica Grace) and Sam Raimi's superhero sequel Spider-Man 3 (2007, with Kirsten Dunst, James Cromwell, Becky Ann Baker, Greg Daniel, Robert Curtis Brown, Terrell Clayton, and Rey Gallegos). He also appeared in the independent productions Night Train, Fallout, and Homage.

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