Victor Lundin is an American

United States

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 character actor

Character actor

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 who often bills himself as the first Klingon

Klingon

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 on the original Star Trek

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. He is also a singer / songwriter and has two albums to his credit.

Biography

Lundin was born in Chicago

Chicago

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, Illinois

Illinois

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. Victor began singing and acting and by 8 years of age he was performing in school musicals and was a member of a local band at 16. He attended a number of colleges and universities before finally graduating from Loyola Marymount University

Loyola Marymount University

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 in Los Angeles

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, with a B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 in Communications Arts and Literature.

Feature films

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1958	Mackenzie's Raiders Mackenzie's Raiders Mackenzie's Raiders is an American Western television series starring Richard Carlson that aired in syndication from 1958 until 1959. The series was narrated by Art Gilmore.-Synopsis:...	Comanche Comanche The Comanche are a Native American ethnic group whose historic range consisted of present-day eastern New Mexico, southern Colorado, northeastern Arizona, southern Kansas, all of Oklahoma, and most of northwest Texas. Historically, the Comanches were hunter-gatherers, with a typical Plains Indian...  Chief Quanah Parker Quanah Parker Quanah Parker was a Comanche chief, a leader in the Native American Church, and the last leader of the powerful Quahadi band before they surrendered their battle of the Great Plains and went to a reservation in Indian Territory...	Syndicated Television syndication In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...  television series
1959	The Miracle The Miracle (1959 film) The Miracle is a 1959 remake of a 1912 German film Das Mirakel directed by Cherry Kearton and Max Reinhardt which in turn was based on a 1911 pantomime play of the same name by Karl Vollmöller.-Production history and reception:...	Sergeant (uncredited)
1960	Ma Barker's Killer Brood Ma Barker's Killer Brood Ma Barker's Killer Brood is a crime film, released in 1960. The low budget film was directed by Bill Karn and starred Lurene Tuttle as the title character, Ma Barker, and Tristam Coffin as Arthur Dunlop....	Machine Gun Kelly Machine Gun Kelly George Kelley Barnes , better known as "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster during the prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. His most famous crime was the kidnapping of oil tycoon & businessman Charles Urschel in July 1933 for which he,...	as Vic Lundin
1962	Two for the Seesaw Two for the Seesaw Two for the Seesaw is a 1962 romance-drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Mitchum and Shirley MacLaine. It was adapted from the Broadway play written by William Gibson.-Plot:...	Beat Singer (uncredited)
1963	Island of Love	Henchman
1963	Promises! Promises! Promises! Promises! Promises! Promises! is a 1963 unrated sex comedy film, released after the demise of the Hays code and before the MPAA film rating system became effective, produced by Tommy Noonan . It was the first Hollywood motion picture release of the sound era to feature a mainstream star—Jayne Mansfield—in...	Tuglio
1964	Robinson Crusoe on Mars Robinson Crusoe on Mars Robinson Crusoe on Mars is a 1964 Techniscope science fiction film retelling of the classic novel by Daniel Defoe. It was directed by Byron Haskin, produced by Aubrey Schenck and starred Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin and Adam West...	Friday
1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told The Greatest Story Ever Told The Greatest Story Ever Told is a 1965 American epic film produced and directed by George Stevens and distributed by United Artists. It is a retelling of the story of Jesus Christ, from the Nativity through the Resurrection. This film is notable for its large ensemble cast and for being the last...	Centurion Guard (uncredited)
1966	Beau Geste Beau Geste (1966 film) Beau Geste is a 1966 film based on the novel by P. C. Wren filmed by Universal Pictures in Technicolor and Techniscope near Yuma, Arizona and directed by Douglas Heyes. This is the least faithful of the various film adaptations of the original novel...	Vachiaro	as Vic Lundin
1967	Hondo And The Apaches	Silva, an Apache villain	Two episodes from the TV series Hondo Hondo (TV series) Hondo is a Western television series starring Ralph Taeger, that aired in the United States on ABC during the 1967 fall season.-Overview:Hondo was based on the film of the same name starring John Wayne, which was in turn based on an early Louis L'Amour novel... , edited together and released as a single feature.
1976	Super Seal	Man on pier (uncredited)	also credited as writer and producer
2002	Fatal Kiss	Professor Van Helsing
2007	Revamped	Professor Van Dyke
2010	The Theory of Everything The Theory of Everything The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe is an unauthorized 2002 book of some collected works by Stephen Hawking. It was assembled from seven lectures on audiotape by Hawking originally released in 1994 under the title, Stephen W. Hawking's Life Works: The Cambridge Lectures...	Gene

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