Stand-in

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The stand-ins for The Next Generation 's main actors on Season 4

A stand-in is a person who substitutes for an actor on set while the lighting is adjusted, the action is blocked, and other production details are taken care of prior to actual filming. Generally, stand-ins look (or are made to look) similar to the performer for whom they are standing in, to avoid making it obvious to the viewing audience that it is not the same person. Stand-ins were also used for various computer-generated characters, such as Slar or the Xindi-Insectoids. Stand-ins work mostly as background extras, too, because they are always on set and are called the second team.

Like stand-ins body doubles and photo doubles were also used on-screen. They stand-in for an actor and replace the person in wide shots and also in partial shots. When a scene shows a hand that pushes a button it is mostly a body double. They were also used in scenes which show the same person twice, one as a mirror person and the other one as the "real" person or an older version of the character.

[edit] For the main cast

[edit] Star Trek: The Original Series

William Shatner
- Eddie Paskey (Season 1-3)
- Roger Holloway (Season 3)
Leonard Nimoy
- Frank da Vinci
DeForest Kelley
- William Blackburn
James Doohan
- Roger Holloway
Grace Lee Whitney
- Jeannie Shepard

[edit] Star Trek: The Next Generation

Brent Spiner and his photo double Ken Gilden

Cameron, ready to stand-in for Gates McFadden

Guy Vardaman doubling Brent Spiner's hands

Patrick Stewart
- Jeffrey Deacon (Season 1-3, also photo double)
- Dennis Tracy (Season 4-7)
- Guy Vardaman (body double in "Booby Trap")
- ? (photo double in "Allegiance")
Jonathan Frakes
- James G. Becker (Season 1-3)
- Richard Sarstedt (Season 4-7)
LeVar Burton
- ? (Season 1-3)
- David Keith Anderson (Season 4-7)
- Guy Vardaman (body double)
Denise Crosby
- Susan Duchow (Season 1)
Michael Dorn
- Dexter Clay (Season 1-3)
- Michael Echols (Season 4-7)
- Guy Vardaman (body double)
Gates McFadden
- Lorine Mendell (Season 1-7)
- Cameron (Season 4-7, occasionally)
- Guy Vardaman (body double)
Marina Sirtis
- Nora Leonhardt (Season 1-7)
- Margaret Flores (Season 7)
- Arlene Fukai (episode "Eye of the Beholder")
Brent Spiner
- Ken Gilden (Season 1, also photo double)
- Tim McCormack (Season 1-4)
- Carl David Burks (Season 5-7)
- Keith Rayve (Season 4-7, occasionally)
- Guy Vardaman (body double & photo double Season 1-7)
- Dana Vitatoe (photo double, episode "Brothers")
- Kenneth David Ebling (photo double, episode "Inheritance")
Wil Wheaton
- Guy Vardaman (Season 1-3 and episodes "The Game" "The First Duty" "Parallels" "Journey's End")
- Randy James (episode "Final Mission")

[edit] Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

James Minor as photo double for Michael Dorn

An unknown actor as photo double for Rene Auberjonois

Avery Brooks
- James Minor (Season 1-3)
- Clynell Jackson III (Season 4-7)
Rene Auberjonois
- Mark Lentry (Season 1-6)
- ? (Season 7)
Michael Dorn
- James Minor (Season 4-7, also photo double)
Terry Farrell
- ? (Season 1-4)
- Cathy DeBuono (Season 5-6, also photo double)
Cirroc Lofton
- Ivor Bartels (?, also photo double)
- Todd Slayton (?, also photo double)
Colm Meaney
- Randy James (Season 1-7)
Armin Shimerman
- David B. Levinson (Season 1-7)
Alexander Siddig
- Uriah Carr (Season 5-7, also body and photo double)
- Ivor Bartels (occasionally, also photo double)
Nana Visitor
- Robin Morselli (?)
- Amy Kate Connolly (?)

[edit] Star Trek: Voyager

Jennifer Lien and her photo double Amy Kate Connolly

Kate Mulgrew
- Sue Henley (Season 1-7, also body double)
- Trisha Burton (hand double)
- Julie David (body double)
- ? (three more hand doubles, Season 1-7)
Robert Beltran
- Cy Kennedy (Season 1)
- Richard Sarstedt (Season 2-7)
Roxann Dawson
- Susan Lewis (Season 1-6)
- Stacey Elder (Season 7)
- Joy Kilpatrick (photo double, episode "Faces")
Jennifer Lien
- Jennifer Somers (Season 1-3)
- Amy Kate Connolly (episode "Fury", also photo double)
Robert Duncan McNeill
- Jerry Quinn (Season 1)
- Carl David Burks (Season 2)
- Keith Rayve (Season 3-7)
Ethan Phillips
- Simon Stotler (Season 1-7)
Robert Picardo
- J.R. Quinonez (Season 1-7)
Jeri Ryan
- Cameron (Season 4)
- Britta Novak (Season 4-7, also photo double)
Tim Russ
- Lemuel Perry (Season 1-7. main stand-in)
- David Keith Anderson (Season 1-7, additional stand-in)
Garrett Wang
- John Tampoya (Season 1-4)
- Stuart Wong (Season 5-7)

[edit] Star Trek: Enterprise

David Keith Anderson, stand-in for Anthony Montgomery

Scott Bakula
- Richard Sarstedt (Season 1-4)
- Wade Kelley (photo double episode "In a Mirror, Darkly")
Jolene Blalock
- Jessica Vash (Season 2)
- Ator Tamras (Season 4)
- Geneviere Anderson (Season 4)
- Melissa Vinicor (Season 4, last episodes)
- Tiffany Turner (body double, episode "E²")
John Billingsley
- J.R. Quinonez
Dominic Keating
- Evan English (Season 1-4)
Anthony Montgomery
- David Keith Anderson (Season 1-4)
Linda Park
- Cricket Yee
- Lidia Sabljic (additional)
Connor Trinneer
- Jef Ayres (Season 1-4)
- Mark Watson (Season 1-2)

[edit] Star Trek films

Guy Vardaman as double for Brent Spiner

The main stand-ins on Star Trek: Insurrection

William Shatner
- Philip Weyland (Film 1-7)
Leonard Nimoy
- Steve Blalock (Film 2-3)
DeForest Kelley
- Philip Weyland (Film 1-2)
Patrick Stewart
- Dennis Tracy (Film 7-9)
- Patrick Barnitt (Film 9, photo double)
- Paul Sklar (Film 9+10, photo double)
Jonathan Frakes
- Richard Sarstedt (Film 7-9)
LeVar Burton
- David Keith Anderson (Film 7-8)
- Scott Somers (Film 9-10, also photo double)
Michael Dorn
- James Minor (Film 7-9)
Gates McFadden
- Lorine Mendell (Film 7)
- Sue Henley (Film 9)
Marina Sirtis
- Nora Leonhardt (Film 7+ 8)
- Margaret Flores (Film 7-9)
- Vanessa Grayson (Film 9+ 10)
Brent Spiner
- Keith Rayve (Film 7-9)
- Peter Iacangelo (Film 10)
- Guy Vardaman (body double, Film 7)
Simon Pegg
- Garrik Palumbo (Film 11)