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He is known among Star Trek fans for appearing on both Star Trek: The Original Series episodes "The Way to Eden" as musically inclined space hippie Adam, and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Little Green Men" as General Denning.
Charles Napier (12 April 1936 – 5 October 2011; age 75) was an actor and musician from Scottsville, Kentucky who played Adam in the Star Trek: The Original Series third season episode "The Way to Eden" and Denning in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fourth season episode "Little Green Men".
Charles Napier. Actor: The Silence of the Lambs. Charles Napier was born in the tiny community of Mt. Union, near Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky, to Linus Pitts Napier, a tobacco farmer and postman, and his wife, Sara, on April 12, 1936. He attended public school in Scottsville.
The Way to Eden: Directed by David Alexander. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Skip Homeier. A group of idealistic hippies, led by an irrational leader, come aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.
In a 2009 interview with The A.V. Club, Charles Napier recalled being invited to star again on Star Trek, as part of an anniversary celebration. He agreed to appear only if he could play a military character and not "wear that silly shirt again". [4]
The veteran character actor, best known for playing tough guys in dozens of movies and TV shows -- including Supervixens, The Blues Brothers, Silence of the Lambs and two Austin Powers films -- made his mark on two Star Trek series... decades apart.
Was in two "Star Trek" series as diametrically-opposed characters: the Star Trek (1966) episode, The Way to Eden (1969), as the paradise-seeking hippie "Adam", and in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) episode, Little Green Men (1995), as the no-nonsense "Gen. Denning" at Area 51 who interrogates the Ferengi Quark, Rom and Nog.
Oct 7, 2011 · One role, which has become something of a camp classic among fans of the 1960s “Star Trek” series, was as a space age hippie musician who comes aboard the Starship Enterprise with a group of...
His first television guest star role came in 1967 on the series "Mission Impossible". Next he landed the historical guest role as "Adam" in the "Way to Eden" episode of "Star Trek".In 1968, after filming a trucker movie, he decided to see more of the country.
May 29, 2020 · From voicing the Incredible Hulk to working with Hitchcock and the infamous Russ Meyer, Napier explored multiple genres. In this blast from the past – I thought I’d revisit an interview I conducted with him several years ago.
