These are the voyages...

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Space .... The Final Frontier These are the voyage"s
of the star ship constitution.
Each week this was the narration actor Jeffrey Hunter gave in the opening of his television series star trek.
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Jeff Hunter sat in his couch ,in his Los Angeles apartment Leonard Nimby was the only actor besides himself to go from the piolet to series. Majel was given a new role by Gene Roddenberry. George Takei. Nichelle Nichols . Deforest Kelly. Andrea Dromm were all pleasant to work with. But Hunter was a movie star that worked with John Wayne in the searchers.Played Jesus in kings of king"s what the hell was he doing playing a star ship captain named Christopher Pike week after week?

Hunter placed the bottle down as he sat on the couch the alcohol never took away the pain but eased the agony for a moment. The fact of the matter was his marriage to Dusty was falling apart. there was no love .no passion. she became his manager telling him ,he should have more then a weekly series but be a star however, the call"s from director"s were not coming..
so maybe taking the lead role in star trek was not the answer but a way out of the routine of a failing marriage. eventually there would be a divorce between the two and the 4 years. or 5 if he is lucky when star trek is not on the air. he could return to fil if there are no no movies to do. he could take another t.v. role.

some where was another woman, she wouldn't place so much demand on hunter telling him to take bigger parts demand more screen time.
Hell! Hunter thought Star Trek saved my life and i know it.Jeff hunter turned off the t.v. never finishing off the program he took the role to play in the series not to watch it.
science fiction fans loved the damm show to death. in time by 1970 something else would come and they would forget about star trek.

That young actor William Shatner was taking all the hot lead roles in series eventually
he would become a movie star or get this own series.Jeff wouldn't trade his place for his.Jeff went to his room and laughed aloud to himself.
 

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November 7. 1964

Jeff Hunter watched the new"s President Kennedy had defeated Senator Goldwater 54% to 27%.

Hunter was a Republican but could see why Kennedy had won, The president was charismatic and young .He was talking of sending a man to the moon by the end of a decade.In star trek the enterprise could travel to another universe very quickly.
While his t.v. character was traveling in a advance space ship.In real life he was getting a divorce from Dusty Bartlet and struggling with a alcohol problem
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Production of Star trek had stoped for lunch.
The cast and crew watched the 2nd inaugural of john Fitzgerald Kennedy it was January 1964 , The space race between the United States and Soviet Union was still on.Jeff Hunter was seated beside Leonard Nimoy who had been on the show since the cage,Deforest Kelly who replaced Paul fix in man trap and John Hoyt from the cage.
Hunter looked to Nimoy then to Kelly as they ate lunch. you GUY"s should see the scripts i get, i turned down Temple Houston to do Cheyenne Autumn with Charltan Hestan boy was that the right move but the b movie scripts i get.No wonder Reagan wants to do politics he will get better lines(laugh"s).I know how you feel ,Jeff Nimoy replies i went to man from uncle and outer limits but no steady work ,being a actor is not for the faint at heart.Kelly then spoke softly. Yeach i did gunfight at the ok corral years ago with Kirk douglas it was a screen gem but dammit i been type cast Gene tried to get me in the piolet and first episode. Yeach were all lucky to be here .but that William Shatner i tell you he is going to be a star.
The Director yelled it"s time to start. Today"s show was Charlie x.Andre Dromm the crew"s yeoman had more lines in this episode
Nichelle Nichols, The actress who played Uhura got to sing in this episode.

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Interesting. So Kennedy lived and Hunter stayed on as Captain. Curious to see where you take it. Not sure Hunter would be able to handle the comedic/campier aspects of Trek as well as Shatner.

And Shatner- star of something else but what?
 
I’m curious where you will go with this. I like the idea but I must ask, how did Kennedy survive? Did he just not go to Dallas?
 

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Bullets missed him. later we will get to the campy episodes of star trek .what happens to Shatner will be revealed shortly.
 

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Milton Berle guest stared in star trek in a very dramatic episode entitled..He who cometh...Jeffrey Hunter was very pleased with the show.
In the cinema,William shatner was staring as astronaut named landon. The film was Planet of the apes it"s star was charlton Heston.


Heston was considering a senate run in 1970 and apes may be one of his last film roles"s.Jeff Hunter"s divorce was finale and he was wondering where his career would go after star trek.Trek had been getting good rating"s but Hunter believed eventually the public would forget about the adventure"s of the star ship 1701 constitution.
The next episode to be shot.Joanna came on Jeff"s birthday/Jeff Hunter was surprised with a birthday cake and Nimoy sang the star trek opening monologue to the tune of bonanza. Star trek was on friday"s following Tarzan staring Ron Ely.Both hit show"s in 1966
In the mid 60"s President Kennedy had signed the civil rights bill and lowering military advisors in south vietnam.
 
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William shatner guest stared as commander Decker in the episode balance of terror. This would be the last episode for the 2nd season.shatner would return int he third and final fourth season.
You could get a little comfortable here.Shatner told hunter. well. hunter grinned as he replied yes this can grow on you.The fourth season would be the last but star trek would prove a ratings giant.hunter and the cast would return to voice a cartoon in the 70"s
The world would not forget the name Star Trek.
 
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1969 was star trek"s last year in it"s fourth season. Now President Richard NIXON had succeeded Kennedy as president of the united states.
Jeff Hunter freed from star trek was now able to pursue other roles.Hunter tried to get the Mike Brady role in Brady bunch,He did not get it. but Hunter got roles in land of the lost. planet of apes t.v. series as guest star.The 70s was a new exciting era for Jeff Hunter"s acting career.
William Shatner got the role of Buddy Russo in French Connection film.
 

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In 1970.Jeff Hunter stars in the film Eleven blue men written by the novelist .Berton Roueché.The film is critical hit and Hunter is very proud of his work. The success of the star trek cartoon and high ratings of the sar trek 4 seasons in re runs lead to rumors of a revival either in film or t.v. with filming of more adventures of the star ship constituion
 

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Before star trek the motion picture Jeff hunter would co star in cross and the switch blade and play a cop.He would soon convert to Christianity.
Paramount would make 5 star trek films Hunter liked the 4rth when in the beginning savick tell"s admiral pike she is pregnant with David"baby in the last trek film Sulu get:s


command of the excelsior
it IS revealed uhura and scotty had

been married this whole time and sybock was spock"s old mentor.In this time in America Robert kennedy had succeeded

President Reagan as commander in chief.His brother jack had been dead for 8 years and teddy was now senate majority leader.
 
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Roddy McDowall who hoped to have played trelane in the original series played a ambassador in the final frontier. Jeff Hunter retired from acting after final frontier.in 1987.the next generation would debut staring Yaphet kotto.
Ben Murphy
Monika Ramirez.
 
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In 2003.
Jeff hunter voiced Captain Pike in the first ever b.b.c. star trek radio drama.
 
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