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In 1966, Montaigne portrayed the Romulan Decius in the Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror". In 1967, he portrayed Soldado, the rogue Apache chief, in Hondo. He had also been considered for the role of Mr. Spock, as Leonard Nimoy was being considered for a role on Mission Impossible.
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Lawrence Montaigne (26 February 1931 – 17 March 2017; age 86) was the actor who played Decius in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Balance of Terror" and Stonn in the second season episode "Amok Time".
Montaigne filmed his scenes for "Balance of Terror" on Wednesday 27 July 1966 and Thursday 28 July 1966 at Desilu Stage 9. He filmed his scenes for "Amok Time" between Wednesday 14 June 1967 and Monday 19 June 1967 at Stage 10.
According to The Making of Star Trek by Stephen E. Whitfield, in the event that if Leonard Nimoy had left the series in the second season, Montaigne was on the list of possible replacement actors. According to Herb Solow and Robert H. Justman in Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, Montaigne was the only actor actually considered by the producers (the rest were only employed as a psychological "ploy" against Nimoy and his agent).
In 2007, Montaigne returned to the role of Stonn in the fan film Star Trek: Of Gods and Men. In late 2007 Montaigne portrayed Commander Vellar in the pilot episode of the audio series Star Trek: The Continuing Mission.
Montaigne was born in Brooklyn, New York, but raised in Rome, Italy. He began his career as a dancer, before turning to acting. A former United States Marine, Montaigne has appeared in many other television shows in addition to Star Trek. He and Joan Marshall played husband and wife in two episodes of Dr. Kildare in 1966. He later appeared in two episodes of The Time Tunnel, starring fellow Star Trek alumni James Darren, Lee Meriwether, and Whit Bissell. One of these episodes, "Massacre" was directed by Murray Golden, written by Carey Wilber and featured Paul Comi, Bruce Mars and Perry Lopez. The other, "Idol of Death" co-starred Anthony Caruso and Peter Brocco. In 1967, he was seen as Mr. Glee, a robot controlled by The Joker, in two episodes of Batman, both co-starring Phyllis Douglas.
Other television shows on which Montaigne appeared include The Invaders (including an episode directed by Joseph Sargent), Twelve O'Clock High (starring Robert Lansing), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (including a 1967 episode with William Marshall), Bonanza (in an episode directed by Leo Penn and co-starring Kenneth Tobey), Hawaii Five-O (in an episode directed by Michael O'Herlihy and co-starring Monte Markham and Madlyn Rhue), McCloud (starring Diana Muldaur, in an episode with Terri Garr), and Mission: Impossible the latter of which, like the Original Series, was originally produced by Desilu. He appeared in It Takes a Thief (1968, with Steve Ihnat, Ralph Maurer, and Malachi Throne. He appeared in two episodes of Mission: Impossible, one with Nehemiah Persoff and another with Lee Delano and Leon Russom. Montaigne has also appeared in multiple episodes of The F.B.I., working with series regular Stephen Brooks as well as Barry Atwater, William Boyett, Joseph Campanella, Anthony Caruso, Don Keefer, Barbara Luna, Scott Marlowe, Joan Marshall, William Sargent, and William Shatner. He also appeared in an episode of Perry Mason with Whit Bissell.
Perhaps Montaigne's most notable film role is that of POW Haynes in the acclaimed 1963 film The Great Escape, along with Jud Taylor. Taylor later directed Montaigne in a 1965 episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and in the 1984 made-for-TV movie License to Kill. Montaigne's other feature film credits include 1965's Synamon (featuring fellow Original Series guest stars Barbara Luna and Richard Evans), 1968's The Power (again working with Nehemiah Persoff), 1975's Escape to Witch Mountain (with Rex Holman), 1975's Framed (featuring the late Brock Peters), and 1981's Deadly Blessing (with Michael Berryman and narrated by Percy Rodriguez). He also appeared in the 1974 made-for-TV movie The Underground Man with Judith Anderson.
Montaigne retired from acting following his role in the 1988 drama film Dakota, which also featured Herta Ware, though he came out of retirement in 2007 for the aforementioned fan productions Star Trek: Of Gods and Men and Star Trek: The Continuing Mission. For several years, Montaigne taught at various schools in California and taught drama part-time at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.
"Of all the films, television and theatre I've done," Montaigne noted, "I can honestly say that the things I'm most remembered for are the two roles I created on Star Trek: Decius in "Balance of Terror" and Stonn in "Amok Time"." Accordingly, he wrote an autobiography entitled A Vulcan Odyssey.
As reported by his daughter via Facebook, Montaigne died on Friday morning, 17 March 2017.
•Lawrence Montaigne at the Internet Movie Database
•Lawrence Montaigne at Wikipedia
Mar 19, 2017 · Lawrence Montaigne, who played a Romulan and then a Vulcan on episodes of the original Star Trek and at one point was lined up to replace Leonard Nimoy on the series, has died. He was 86.
Mar 18, 2017 · StarTrek.com is saddened to report the passing of Lawrence Montaigne, the veteran actor who played the Romulan, Decius, in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Balance of Terror" in 1966 and returned a year later to portray Stonn, a Vulcan, in " Amok Time ." The actor died on Friday, March 17, at the age of 86.
Jun 18, 2012 · That’s the night Lawrence Montaigne first appeared on Star Trek, guest starring as Decius in the TOS episode “ Balance of Terror .” It was September 15, 1967, when Montaigne turned up in his second TOS episode, “ Amok Time ,” which cast him as Stonn.
Mar 19, 2017 · Lawrence Montaigne, a guest star and character actor on numerous TV shows throughout the 1960s and into the '80s but likely to be remembered for appearances as a Romulan and a Vulcan on the...
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His role in The Great Escape (1963) opened the doors to regular engagements in television in such series as Perry Mason (1957), The Fugitive (1963), The Rogues (1964), Hogan's Heroes (1965), and, of course, Star Trek (1966). He retired in the late 1980s.
