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Mickey Morton (8 March 19278 August 1993; age 66) was an actor who played Kloog in the Star Trek: The Original Series second season episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion".

Outside of Star Trek, his other television credits include guest appearances on Gunsmoke (with Leonard Nimoy), I Dream of Jeannie, The Monkees, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (with Yvonne Craig, Abraham Sofaer, David Hurst, Nancy Kovack, Liam Sullivan, and Bill Quinn, directed by James Goldstone), Fantasy Island (starring Ricardo Montalban), Alice (with Victor Tayback, directed by Marc Daniels), Tales of the Gold Monkey (starring Stephen Collins), as Mr. Sullivan in two episodes of Growing Pains, and as Gargantua the Ape on an episode of Wonder Woman (1976).

In 1978, the 6'8" (203 cm) tall Morton appeared in the infamous The Star Wars Holiday Special as a Wookie named Malla, alongside Ralph Maurer. He also co-starred with fellow Original Series guest stars Frank Gorshin and William Schallert in the 1979 TV special Legends of the Superheroes and with LeVar Burton and Kurtwood Smith in the 1985 TV movie The Midnight Hour.

His film credits include Fun with Dick and Jane (1977, with Thalmus Rasulala), The North Avenue Irregulars (1979, with Ed McCready and John Wheeler), and Off the Wall (1983, starring Paul Sorvino, with Monte Markham and Charlie Brill).

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