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- Jon Lormer was born on May 7, 1906 in Canton, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Creepshow (1982), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Getting Straight (1970). He died on March 19, 1986 in Burbank, California, USA.
- Only a year older than Katharine Hepburn but played her father in Rooster Cogburn (1975).
- He is the only actor to make credited guest appearances in each of the first four seasons of The Twilight Zone (1959).
- Portrayed one other character in Star Trek (1966). In the series' original pilot starring Jeffrey Hunter as Capt. Christopher Pike, Jon Lormer portrayed Dr. Theodore Haskins, one of the "survivors" projected by the Talosians on the planet Talos IV. So in total, he was on the show 3 times, not twice, although it was an un-aired pilot.
- He is the only actor to appear in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and all three of its spin-offs, Rhoda (1974), Phyllis (1975) and Lou Grant (1977).
- Played two different, completely unrelated Star Trek (1966) characters who were murdered by the despotic computers that oversaw their societies for trying to reveal key information to Captain Kirk, Spock and Dr. McCoy: Tamar in "Return of the Archons" and an unnamed old man in "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky".
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