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Born Joseph Schlafman, he built a 58-year career as a character actor, appearing in The Magnificent Seven, Prizzi's Honor, and Indecent Proposal, and became a rare figure in Star Trek lore by playing five different characters across the franchise's original series and three of its spin-offs, one of only five actors to appear in both the original show and Enterprise decades later. Off screen, he served on the Screen Actors Guild board for over twenty years and became the first Western Regional Vice President of Actors' Equity Association.