Adam Roarke

Real world article
(written from a Production point of view)

Adam Roarke
Birth name:	Richard Jordan Gerler
Date of birth:	8 August 1937
Place of birth:	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Date of death:	27 April 1996
Place of death:	Euless, Texas, USA
Roles:	Actor
Character(s):	Garison

Adam Roarke (8 August 1937 – 27 April 1996; age 58), born Richard Jordan Gerler, played Garison in the first Star Trek: The Original Series pilot, "The Cage". Footage of this role was later recycled in "The Menagerie, Part I" and "The Menagerie, Part II", as well as DIS: "If Memory Serves">

Roarke filmed his scenes for "The Cage" between Tuesday 1 December 1964 Thursday and 3 December 1964 at Desilu Culver Stage 16.

He is best known as playing a number of bikers in many different biker flicks in the 1960s, usually donning a black leather jacket.

He died in 1996 of a heart attack.

External links

• Adam Roarke at the Internet Movie Database
• Adam Roarke at Wikipedia