Biography

Eddie Paskey was born on August 20, 1939 in Felton, Delaware, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek (1966), Star Trek Phase II (2004) and Ben Casey (1961). He was married to Judy Paskey. He died on August 17, 2021 in the USA.

Was a stand-in for William Shatner in the original "Star Trek".

Appeared in almost every episode of the original "Star Trek" as Mr. Leslie or a background character.

His character, "Lieutenant Leslie", has the distinction of being the first Star Trek extra character to "come back from the dead". In the episode "Obsession", his character was killed by a gaseous cloud creature on the surface of a planet. Later in the episode, however, Lieutenant Leslie is seen again taking orders from his familiar station on the bridge. The actual explanation for this, however, is that a scene in the script that had all three members of the landing party "killed" by the creature coming back alive in the medical room. This scene, however, was not filmed for reasons unknown, but they still kept Lieutenant Leslie on the bridge and in future episodes.

Owns and operates an automobile air conditioning and accessories shop in Santa Ana, California

Considered auditioning for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) but later reconsidered.

When I was acting it was a fun time. It was interesting and every day was a challenge, but it's not a very secure job when you have a wife and children.

"I was very careful to be somewhere else when the script called for someone to die. Because I was on the set all the time I knew what was in the script. I didn't want something to happen to my character because that would have put me out of the show." (on playing Lieutenant Leslie on "Star Trek")

It doesn't bother me one bit that I'm not famous. Sometimes people look at me and say 'You look familiar,' but I don't tell them I was on 'Star Trek' .