David Keith Anderson

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David Keith Anderson
Birth name:	David Keith Anderson
Date of birth:	6 December 1955
Place of birth:	Los Angeles, California, USA
Roles:	Background actor; Stand-in; Photo double
Character(s):	Armstrong Ashmore Multiple characters

David Keith Anderson (born 6 December 1955; age 68) is an actor and professional dancer who worked on the Star Trek films and spin-off television series for fourteen years. He was the stand-in and photo double for the regulars LeVar Burton, Tim Russ, and Anthony Montgomery and played several characters on screen, most prominently the recurring parts of Armstrong and Ashmore.

According to the call sheet, Anderson was scheduled to appear in a corridor scene of the fourth season episode "Night Terrors" but was not filmed for the final episode. He was scheduled to sit at the conn in several scenes of the fifth season episode "Power Play" but was replaced by Christina Wegler Miles. His costume from the sixth season episode "Rightful Heir" was later sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1] Also sold off on eBay was his "pilgrim costume" from the episode "Cold Front". [2]

Anderson with LeVar Burton, Mae Jemison, Frakes and Dorn on the set of "Second Chances"

Anderson is an AFTRA and SAG member and received a Best Supporting Actor Award in 1991. He attended the Dekalb Community College and graduated as an associate in business in 1990.

Among his television appearances are episodes of Murphy Brown (1988), Dallas (1989 and 1991), General Hospital (1996), Kenan and Kel (2000), Days of Our Lives, In Living Color, Love and War, That's Life, Resurrection Blvd., Monk, and Dexter (2006, also as stand-in for Erik King, working with Pablo Soriano and Susie Stillwell).

His film credits include the drama For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (1983, with Paul Winfield and Thalmus Rasulala), the comedy Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994, with Raye Birk, Matt Roe, Earl Boen, Rosalind Ingledew, Alex Zimmerman, Marc Alaimo, Rick Scarry, Bob Scribner, Marcy Goldman, Bill Erwin, Bill Zuckert, Lena Banks, Symba Smith, Kevin G. Tracey, Mark Kosakura, Warren Tabata, Cooper, Al Ahlf, Gene Poe, John Staible, Sam Alejan, Kevin Grevioux, George Sasaki, Dan Magee, Jim Portnoy, Lou DeGrado, Robert Coffee, Theresa St. Clair, Andray Johnson, Star Halm, Robert Buckingham, Rob Plaza, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Jessie Biscardi, Buzz Barbee, Kelly Burris, Jasmine Gagnier, Joycelyn Robinson, Mike Paciorek, Kimberly Auslander, Dale Kasman, and Martin Valinsky), the comedy Good Burger (1997, as a stunt performer with LaFaye Baker, Eugene Collier, Rusty McClennon, Johnny Martin, and Denney Pierce), the fantasy horror film Voodoo Moon (2005, with Jeffrey Combs and Frank Collison), the crime drama Fracture (2007, with Billy Burke, Bob Gunton, and Tom Virtue), and the short comedy Driving Under the Influence (2007, with Patrick Kerr).

Also a professional dancer in various styles, he appeared in films such as I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988, with Bernie Casey, Clarence Williams III, Cullen Chambers, Wren T. Brown, and Tom Wright), The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990), The Nutty Professor (1996, with Julianne Christie and Athena Massey), and The Sweetest Thing (2002, with Cyia Batten). He is also teaching dance performances and coordinated many for episodes of Passions, Days of Our Lives, and Monk, as well as for the dancing group "Les Masquerade". In 1984, Anderson played the male lead in the music video "Just the Way You Like It" from S.O.S. Band. [3]

More recently, Anderson worked on the television series Castle and on the horror thriller The Hive (2015, with Stephen Blackehart and stunt coordinator Todd Bryant).

Star Trek appearances

Enterprise-A crewman
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
(uncredited)

Ensign Armstrong
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Recurring character
Star Trek Generations
Star Trek: First Contact
ENT: "These Are the Voyages..."
(uncredited)

Hand double for LeVar Burton
TNG: "Ethics"
(uncredited)

Klingon pilgrim
TNG: "Rightful Heir"
(uncredited)

Ohniaka III officer
TNG: "Descent"
(uncredited)

Ensign Ashmore
Star Trek: Voyager
Recurring character

Biomimetic copy of Ashmore
VOY: "Course: Oblivion"
(uncredited)

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Hirogen
VOY: "Flesh and Blood"
(uncredited)

"Legs only" photo double for Robert Picardo
VOY: "Renaissance Man"
(uncredited)

Human civilian
ENT: "Broken Bow"
(uncredited)

Alien pilgrim
ENT: "Cold Front"
(uncredited)

Suliban soldier
ENT: "The Expanse"
(uncredited)

Enterprise NX-01 crewman
ENT: "Twilight"
(uncredited)

Bar patron
ENT: "Home"
(uncredited)

Tholian pilot (CGI stand-in)
ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly"
(uncredited)

Alien miner
ENT: "Demons"
(uncredited)

Recurring appearances

• TNG: as Armstrong
  • "Galaxy's Child" (Season 4)
  • "Ethics" (Season 5)
  • "The Next Phase"
  • "Time's Arrow"
  • "Realm Of Fear" (Season 6)
  • "Man Of The People"
  • "True Q"
  • "Tapestry"
  • "Starship Mine"
  • "Lessons"
  • "Suspicions"
  • "Descent, Part II" (Season 7)
  • "Liaisons"
  • "Dark Page"
  • "Attached"
  • "Force of Nature"
  • "Inheritance"
  • "Parallels"
  • "The Pegasus"
  • "Lower Decks"
  • "Firstborn"
  • "All Good Things..."
  • Star Trek Generations
  • Star Trek: First Contact
  • ENT: "These Are the Voyages..."
• VOY: as Ashmore
  • "Persistence of Vision" (Season 2)
  • "Favorite Son" (Season 3)
  • "Before and After"
  • "Scientific Method" (Season 4)
  • "Year of Hell"
  • "Waking Moments"
  • "Hunters"
  • "Prey"
  • "Retrospect"
  • "The Killing Game"
  • "The Killing Game, Part II"
  • "The Omega Directive"
  • "Hope and Fear"
  • "Night" (Season 5)
  • "Once Upon a Time"
  • "Nothing Human"
  • "Timeless"
  • "Thirty Days"
  • "Course: Oblivion"
  • "Warhead"
  • "Survival Instinct" (Season 6)
  • "Barge of the Dead"
  • "Fair Haven"
  • "Tsunkatse"
  • "Blink of an Eye"
  • "Memorial"
  • "Inside Man" (Season 7)
  • "Workforce"
  • "Workforce, Part II"
  • "Human Error"
  • "Homestead"
  • "Renaissance Man"
  • "Endgame"

Stand-in work

• TNG: as stand-in for LeVar Burton
  • "Galaxy's Child"
  • "Night Terrors"
  • "Half a Life"
  • "Redemption II"
  • "Darmok"
  • "Ensign Ro"
  • "Silicon Avatar"
  • "Disaster"
  • "The Game"
  • "Unification II"
  • "Unification I"
  • "A Matter Of Time"
  • "New Ground"
  • "Hero Worship"
  • "Violations"
  • "The Masterpiece Society"
  • "Conundrum"
  • "Power Play"
  • "Ethics"
  • "The Outcast"
  • "Cause And Effect"
  • "The First Duty"
  • "Cost Of Living"
  • "The Perfect Mate"
  • "Imaginary Friend"
  • "I Borg"
  • "The Next Phase"
  • "The Inner Light"
  • "Time's Arrow"
  • "Time's Arrow, Part II"
  • "Realm Of Fear"
  • "Man Of The People"
  • "Relics"
  • "Schisms"
  • "True Q"
  • "Rascals"
  • "A Fistful of Datas"
  • "The Quality of Life"
  • "Chain Of Command, Part I"
  • "Chain Of Command, Part II"
  • "Ship In A Bottle"
  • "Aquiel"
  • "Face Of The Enemy"
  • "Birthright, Part I"
  • "Birthright, Part II"
  • "Starship Mine"
  • "Lessons"
  • "The Chase"
  • "Frame of Mind"
  • "Suspicions"
  • "Second Chances"
  • "Timescape"
  • "Descent"
  • "Descent, Part II"
  • "Liaisons"
  • "Interface"
  • "Gambit, Part I"
  • "Gambit, Part II"
  • "Phantasms"
  • "Dark Page"
  • "Force of Nature"
  • "Inheritance"
  • "Parallels"
  • "The Pegasus"
  • "Homeward"
  • "Sub Rosa"
  • "Lower Decks"
  • "Thine Own Self"
  • "Masks"
  • "Eye of the Beholder"
  • "Genesis"
  • "Journey's End"
  • "Firstborn"
  • "Bloodlines"
  • "Emergence"
  • "Preemptive Strike"
  • "All Good Things..."
• TNG: as stand-in for guest actors
  • "Disaster" – stand-in for Cameron Arnett
  • "The Masterpiece Society" – stand-in for Ron Canada
  • "Birthright, Part II" – stand-in for Sterling Macer, Jr.
• VOY:
  • "State of Flux" – stand-in for Irving Lewis
  • "Scorpion, Part II" – stand-in for Ethan Phillips
• ENT: as stand-in for Anthony Montgomery
  • "Broken Bow"
  • "Terra Nova"
  • "The Andorian Incident"
  • "Breaking the Ice"
  • "Civilization"
  • "Fortunate Son"
  • "Oasis"
  • "Detained"
  • "Two Days and Two Nights"
  • "Dead Stop"
  • "The Communicator"
  • "The Catwalk"
  • "Cogenitor"
  • "The Expanse"
  • "The Xindi"
  • "Rajiin"
  • "The Shipment"
  • "Stratagem"
  • "Harbinger"
  • "These Are the Voyages..."
• ENT: as stand-in for guest actors
  • "Broken Bow" – stand-in for Peter Henry Schroeder, Paul Sklar, Steven Lambert, Mike Watson, and John Fleck (splinter unit)
  • "Unexpected" – stand-in for Randy Oglesby
  • "Terra Nova" – stand-in for Brian Jacobs
  • "The Andorian Incident" – stand-in for Steven Dennis and Jeff Ricketts
  • "Detained" – stand-in for Dan McCann
  • "Two Days and Two Nights" – stand-in for Dawn Stern and Stephen Wozniak
  • "The Xindi" – stand-in for Stephen McHattie
  • "Rajiin" – utility stand-in
  • "These Are the Voyages..." – stand-in for Lincoln Simonds

External link

• David Keith Anderson at the Internet Movie Database