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  • A Captain's Log John Putch - Roles a plenty, two benzites, a federation journalist and the directors chair, Part 2 (Season 5, Episode 9)
  • TV Episode | Sci-Fi, Talk-Show

A Captain's Log

John Putch - Roles a plenty, two benzites, a federation journalist and the directors chair, Part 2 (Season 5, Episode 9)
TV Episode | Sci-Fi, Talk-Show
Conclusion to the interview with John Putch. John speaks about returning to the Star Trek The Next Generation set as the same alien Benzite species, but this time as a character named Mendon. He also talk about working with director Rob ...See moreConclusion to the interview with John Putch. John speaks about returning to the Star Trek The Next Generation set as the same alien Benzite species, but this time as a character named Mendon. He also talk about working with director Rob Bowman on the Star Trek episode from season two. John talks about how he asked for advice from Jonathan Frakes and Michael Dorn on how to speak techno-babble like complicated jargon that fits the Star Trek scripted dialogue. His character Mendon is using the same custom made for John Putch headpiece as a Benzite appearing in the Star Trek: The Next Generation second season episode "A Matter of Honor". John also talks about working again with Tommy Hinkley whom he worked with on Men at Work now on the 1994 film Star Trek: Generations. John played a journalist with a head camera on the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise-B with many scenes that included Star Trek legendary Captain Kirk actor William Shatner, plus James Doohan as Scotty and Walter Koenig as Chekov. John rounds out the interview talking about directing his mother Jean Stapleton in a film titled "Pursuit of Happiness" Written by Bryan Kreutz See less
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Director
Dustin Serrano
Writer
Bryan Kreutz
Producers
Dustin Serrano | Lec Zorn
Cinematographer
Hritik Mehta
Editor
Dustin Serrano
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Updated Apr 27, 2025
Release date
Apr 27, 2025 (United States)
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