Roger C. Carmel(1932-1986)

20 years after playing Harry Mudd in the original Star Trek (1966) series he was approached by the producers of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) (then in its early days of development) to see if he would be interested in playing the same character again in the proposed new series. Unfortunately he died before any story outline had been developed or script written. He was also in the original script for Rotta verso la Terra (1986) as a character witness in the trial, but he died 15 days before that film's release.