Trivia

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 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) as a character witness in the trial, but he died 15 days before that film's release.

Was a good friend of Star Trek (1966) actor George Takei.

Interred at New Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, Queens, New York.

He died 11 days before the death of Scatman Crothers. Their final feature film was The Transformers: The Movie (1986), where they voiced two characters on opposing sides: Jazz, the Autobot (Crothers) and Cyclonus, the Decepticon (Carmel).

Never been Married.