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William O’Connell Dies: Memorable ‘Star Trek’ Villain, Foils In Clint Eastwood Films Was 94
William O’Connell, whose extensive TV and film acting credits in the 1960s and ’70s included a memorably villainous role on Star Trek and a string of adversaries in the films of his fre…
He had small roles, often nameless characters distinguished only by their job titles – Flagman, Cabbie, Field Rep. #1 – in Highway Patrol, Peter Gunn and The Twilight Zone, also popping up on Dennis the Menace, My Three Sons, The Outer Limits, Bonanza, The Munsters, Batman and The Lucy Show. His most memorable TV role from the era came in 1967, when he was cast in a Season 2 episode of Star Trek as Thelev, a duplicitous Orion agent disguised as an Andorian ambassador. On the big screen, O’Connell was most familiar for frequent, if occasionally small and often adversarial, roles in the 1960s-’70s films of his friend Clint Eastwood, including Paint Your Wagon, High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can.
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