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[Thomas Batanides was the brother of Arthur Batanides,
[[File:DAmato.jpg|thumb|... as [[Lieutenant]] [[D'Amato (Lieutenant)|D'Amato]]]]
 
Actor '''Arthur Batanides''' {{born|9|April|1922|died|10|January|2000}} appeared on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', playing [[Lieutenant]] [[D'Amato (Lieutenant)|D'Amato]], the [[geology|Senior Geologist]] of the [[starship]] [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'']], in the episode {{e|That Which Survives}}.
 
 
Batanides has made numerous other television appearances, having guest-starred on several episodes of ''{{w|Happy Days|Happy Days}}'', ''{{w|The Odd Couple#Sitcom|The Odd Couple}}'', ''{{w|The Wild Wild West|The Wild Wild West}}'', ''{{w|The Outer Limits}}'' ("Specimen: Unknown" directed by [[Gerd Oswald]]), and ''{{w|Mission: Impossible}}'' (the latter of which was, like TOS, originally produced by [[Desilu]]).
 
 
One of Batanides' earliest motion picture appearances was in the 1956 biblical epic ''{{w|The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments}}''. [[Judith Anderson]], [[Lawrence Dobkin]], [[Michael Ansara]], [[Bobby Clark]] and [[Robert Herron]] also had roles in this film. In 1960, he would also appear in another epic, ''{{w|Spartacus (film)|Spartacus}}''. This film also featured [[Jean Simmons]], [[Peter Brocco]], [[John Hoyt]], [[William Blackburn]], [[Paul Lambert]], [[Dick Crockett]], [[Seamon Glass]] and was narrated by [[Vic Perrin]].
 
 
He had a supporting role opposite [[Brian Keith]] in the film {{IMDb-name|id=tt0052368|name=Violent Road}} in 1958 and also appeared in the 1961 film {{IMDb-name|id=tt0055134|name=Man-Trap}} (not to be confused with the TOS episode {{e|The Man Trap}}), which starred [[Jeffrey Hunter]]. His other films include 1969's {{IMDb-name|id=tt0064627|name=The Maltese Bippy}} (with [[Julie Newmar]] and [[Fritz Weaver]]), 1975's {{IMDb-name|id=tt0072732|name=Brannigan}} starring [[John Wayne]]), and the 1976 made-for-TV movie {{IMDb-name|id=tt0074801|name=The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case}}, which starred [[Cliff DeYoung]] and featured [[Laurence Luckinbill]] and [[Bill Quinn]]. Another TV movie he appeared in was 1979's ''{{w|The Last Hurrah|The Last Hurrah}}'', featuring [[Robert Brown]], [[Stewart Moss]], Bill Quinn, and [[James B. Sikking]].
 
 
In the 1980s, the only film role Batanides played was that of Old Max Kirkland in four of the ''{{w|Police Academy|Police Academy}}'' sequels, beginning with 1985's ''{{w|Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment|Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment}}''. All of these films starred [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|DS9]]/[[Star Trek: Voyager|VOY]] guest actor [[David Graf]]. Two of these films also featured [[Brian Tochi]]. Following 1989's ''{{w|Police Academy 6: City Under Siege|Police Academy 6: City Under Siege}}'', which besides Graf also featured [[Matt McCoy]] and [[Kenneth Mars]], Batanides retired from acting.
 
 
On television, Batanides appeared as Batu Kahn in an episode of ''The Time Tunnel'', starring [[James Darren]], [[Whit Bissell]] and [[Lee Meriwether]], which was co-written by [[Robert Hamner]]. He also appeared in two episodes of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', including "Mr. Denton on Doomsday", co-starring [[Ken Lynch]] and [[Bill Erwin]], and a [[Gerd Oswald]]-directed episode of ''The Outer Limits'', featuring [[Walt Davis]], [[Robert C. Johnson]], and [[Vic Perrin]] as the "Control Voice", and make-ups by [[Fred Phillips]]. He also appeared in an episode of ''Land of the Giants'', starring [[Don Marshall]], and guest starring [[Joseph Ruskin]] and [[Arch Whiting]], an episode of ''The Mod Squad'', starring [[Tige Andrews]], [[Clarence Williams III]], produced by [[Harve Bennett]], and an episode of ''It Takes a Thief'', directed by Oswald and guest starring [[Francine Pyne]]. He also guest starred in an episode of ''Galactica 1980'', alongside [[Marj Dusay]], [[Peter Mark Richman]] and Ken Lynch.
 
 
Arthur Batanides passed away in Los Angeles, California on January 10th, 2000 at the age of 77. He died the same day as [[John Newland]], the director of {{e|Errand of Mercy}}.
 
 
== External links ==
 
* {{IMDb-link|page=nm0060701}}
 
* {{bsgwiki}}
 
 
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