Mark Lenard

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Mark Lenard
Born	Leonard Rosenson October 15, 1924 Chicago, Illinois, US
Died	November 22, 1996 (aged 72) New York City, New York, US

Mark Lenard (October 15, 1924 – November 22, 1996) was an American actor, primarily in television.

Lenard was known as the actor who played Spock's father, Sarek, in Star Trek: The Original Series and later in Star Trek: The Next Generation. He was one of the first actors to appear in more than one Star Trek series as the same character, and to play more than one character. He played the first Romulan seen on the show and the first Klingon with a ridged forehead. He was also the first choice to replace Spock when Leonard Nimoy considered leaving the show at the end of the first season of the original series.^{[citation needed]}Lenard wanted to appear in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan but Sarek was not a character in the film, and there were no further, substantial alien roles.

Lenard was also known for roles outside the Star Trek series. He played the character Aaron Stempel in Here Come the Brides and the hostile gorilla Urko in the television series Planet of the Apes. He also made a guest appearance on Little House on the Prairie, in the episode "Journey in the Spring, Part I" playing Peter Ingalls, older brother of Charles Ingalls (Michael Landon). He performed on Gunsmoke various times, including the episode "No Where to Run" (1968). He also guest starred in several episodes of the original Mission: Impossible.

Lenard was born Leonard Rosenson in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a Russian Jewish immigrant, Abraham, and his wife, Bessie.^[1] In 1996, he died of multiple myeloma in New York City at age 72.