Darren Dublin

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Darren Dublin (born 7 May 1923; age 102) is an actor who played a sciences crewman in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before". As a background performer, he received no credit for his role.

Dublin was born in Arkansas, but grew up in New York City, where he was life long friends and classmates with Marlon Brando. Indeed, Brando introduced Dublin to his future wife, Florence; the couple were married in 1947. By 1950, Dublin was working as a full-time actor, and where he appeared in such early Brando films as the drama Julius Caesar (1953), and The Wild One (1953). He also worked as Brando's stand in [1] on the film Desiree (1954; with Dick Cherney, John Hoyt, William H. O'Brien, and Jean Simmons), which also featured Dublin's wife playing Brando's character's sister; Brando and Dublin had a falling out at that point. ("Winchell On Broadway", Nevada State Journal [Reno, NV], 7 September 1954, p. 4)

In addition to his work with Brando during the 1950s, Dublin appeared as an extra in several other films, including Up Front (1951), Sailor Beware (1952), Fearless Fagan (1952), Executive Suite (1954), East of Eden (film)East of Eden (1955), I Died a Thousand Times (1955), The Rack (1956), the adventure Around the World in 80 Days (1956), and The Brothers Rico (1957).

In the 1960s, he had credited roles in episodes of Mr. Lucky (1960, with Bernard Kates and William Boyett), Peter Gunn (1960, with Elisha Cook and Mickey Morton), My Three Sons (1964), and Wendy and Me (1965, starring George Burns, with Jon Lormer). He also appeared as background actor in episodes of Cain's Hundred (1961, with Peter Mark Richman, Larry Dobkin, and Bernard Kates), The Eleventh Hour (1963, with Phillip Pine, Barry Russo, John McLiam, and Paul Kent), Hondo (1967, with Rudy Doucette, Lars Hensen, and Vince St. Cyr), and The Outcasts (1969, with Noble Chissell). Dublin also appeared in Girl Happy (1965, with John Fiedler and Monty O'Grady).

Further acting work includes episodes of The Young Lawyers (1970, with Al Cavens, Charles Cirillo, and Eddie Smith) and Future Cop (1977, with Irene Tsu, Wally Rose, and Gene LeBell), Goldengirl (1979, starring James Coburn, with Nicolas Coster, Ward Costello, Geoff Vanderstock, and Gilbert Green), Fletch (1985, with Richard Libertini, Kenneth Mars, James Avery, Bruce French, Larry Clardy, Tony Dante, Bob Harks, Lars Hensen, Conrad Hurtt, Jim Michael, and Walter Smith) and Fletch Lives (1989, with Richard Libertini, Matthew Kimbrough, Jordan Lund, and Tom McCleister).

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