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David Keith Anderson is an actor and professional dancer who was involved in Star Trek feature films and spin-off television series for fourteen years. Beside his recurring roles and several one time appearances in different roles, he also served as stand-in and photo double for the main actors LeVar Burton, Tim Russ (when Lemuel Perry was unavailable), and Anthony Montgomery. For almost all of his appearances he received no on-screen credits.
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 sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1]
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 many performances on-screen are roles in television series such as Murphy Brown (1988, episode Murphy's Pony), General Hospital (1996), and Kenan and Kel (2000, episode The April Fools), as well as appearances in 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, alongside Pablo Soriano and Susie Stillwell).
Anderson also acted in feature films, including For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (1983, with Paul Winfield and Thalmus Rasulala), the comedy Good Burger (1997, as a stunt performer alongside LaFaye Baker, Eugene Collier, Rusty McClennon, Johnny Martin, and Denney Pierce), the fantasy horror 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).
Mainly a professional dancer in various styles, he appeared also on-screen 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 like in Passions, Days of Our Lives, and Monk, as well as for the dancing group "Les Masquerade". He is currently living in North Hollywood, California.
Star Trek appearances
Recurring appearances
- TNG: as Ensign 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 Ensign Ashmore
- "Scientific Method" (Season 4)
- "Year of Hell"
- "Waking Moments"
- "Hunters"
- "Prey"
- "Retrospect"
- "The Killing Game"
- "The Killing Game, Part II"
- "Night" (Season 5)
- "Timeless"
- "Infinite Regress"
- "Nothing Human"
- "Thirty Days"
- "Course: Oblivion"
- "Warhead"
- "Survival Instinct" (Season 6)
- "Barge of the Dead"
- "Fair Haven"
- "Memorial"
- "Tsunkatse"
- "Inside Man" (Season 7)
- "Workforce"
- "Human Error"
- "Homestead"
- "Endgame"
Stand-in work
- TNG:
- "Galaxy's Child" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Night Terrors" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Half a Life" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Redemption II" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Darmok" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Ensign Ro" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Silicon Avatar" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Disaster" - stand-in for LeVar Burton & Cameron Arnett
- "The Game" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Unification I" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Unification II" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "A Matter of Time" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "New Ground" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Hero Worship" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Violations" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "The Masterpiece Society" - stand-in for LeVar Burton & Ron Canada
- "Conundrum" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Power Play" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Ethics" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "The Outcast" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Cause and Effect" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "The First Duty" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Cost of Living" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "The Perfect Mate" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Imaginary Friend" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "I Borg" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "The Next Phase" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "The Inner Light" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Time's Arrow" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Time's Arrow, Part II" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Realm of Fear" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Man of the People" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Relics" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Schisms" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "True Q" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Rascals" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "A Fistful of Datas" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "The Quality of Life" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Chain of Command, Part I" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Chain of Command, Part II" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Ship in a Bottle" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Aquiel" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Face of the Enemy" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Birthright, Part I" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Birthright, Part II" - stand-in for LeVar Burton and Sterling Macer, Jr.
- "Starship Mine" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Lessons" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "The Chase" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Frame of Mind" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Suspicions" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Second Chances" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Timescape" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Descent" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Descent, Part II" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Liaisons" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Interface" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Gambit, Part I" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Gambit, Part II" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Phantasms" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Dark Page" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Force of Nature" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Inheritance" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Parallels" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "The Pegasus" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Homeward" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Sub Rosa" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Lower Decks" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Thine Own Self" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Masks" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Eye of the Beholder" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Genesis" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Journey's End" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Firstborn" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- "Bloodlines" - stand-in for LeVar Burton
- ENT:
- "Broken Bow" - stand-in for Anthony Montgomery, Peter Henry Schroeder, Paul Sklar, Steve Lambert, Mike Watson, and John Fleck (splinter unit)
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