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...as Lieutenant D'Amato.

Actor Arthur Batanides was born in Tacoma, Washington on April 9th, 1922. In January of 1969, he appeared on Star Trek: The Original Series, playing Lieutenant D'Amato, the Senior Geologist of the starship Enterprise, in the episode "That Which Survives".

Batanides has many numerous other television appearances, having guest-starred on several episodes of Happy Days, The Odd Couple, The Wild Wild West, and 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 The Ten Commandments. Judith Anderson, Lawrence Dobkin, and Michael Ansara also had roles in this film. In 1960, he would also appear in another epic, Spartucus. This film also featured Jean Simmons and John Hoyt and was narrated by Vic Perrin.

He had a supporting role opposite Brian Keith in the film Violent Road in 1958 and also appeared in the 1961 film Man-Trap (not to be confused with the TOS episode "The Man Trap"), which starred starring Jeffrey Hunter. His other films include 1969's The Maltese Bippy (with Julie Newmar and Fritz Weaver), 1975's Brannigan starring John Wayne, and the 1976 made-for-TV movie The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, which starred Cliff deYoung and featured Laurence Luckinbill and Bill Quinn. Another TV movie he appeared in was 1979's The Last Hurrah, featuring Robert Brown, Stewart Moss, Bill Quinn, and James B. Sikking.

In the 80s, the only film role Batanides played was that of Old Max Kirkland in four of the Police Academy sequels, beginning with 1985's Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment. All of these films starred DS9/VOY guest actor David Graf. Following 1989's Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, which besides Graf also featured Matt McCoy and Kenneth Mars, Batanides retired from acting.

Arthur Batanides passed away in Los Angeles, California on January 10th, 2000 at the age of 77.

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