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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. [3]
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.
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- Mt. Union, Kentucky, USA
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- Bakersfield, California, USA
- Joe Lara and Charles Napier in Very Mean Men (2000)
- Anthony Hopkins and Charles Napier in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- Larry Manetti, Charles Napier, and Mitchell Ryan in Renegade (1992)
- Brendan Fehr and Charles Napier in Roswell (1999)
- Victor Brandt, Phyllis Douglas, Deborah Downey, Charles Napier, and Mary Linda Rapelye in Star Trek (1966)
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.
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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.
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 ]
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Charles Napier was a character actor who appeared in Star Trek (1966) as a hippie and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as a general. He also worked with Russ Meyer, Jonathan Demme, and Hunter S. Thompson.
