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Though his name might not be that familiar to you, his face (even when hidden under makeup) and his distinctive baritone voice most certainly are.

Tucker Smallwood is the eldest son of an educator and diplomat.

He was an NBC television director before being drafted into the US Army in 1967. He was commissioned as an infantry officer and served as an OCS tactical officer at Fort Benning before undergoing Vietnamese language training and jump school. Tucker later commanded a mobile advisory team during the Vietnam War. After recovering from combat wounds, Smallwood moved to New York to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse.

Aside from appearing in many television and film roles, Tucker's the author (and audio book narrator) of Return to Eden, an anthology of 33 essays describing his experiences as an army advisor in Vietnam, his life as an actor after that, and his return to Vietnam in 2004.

Mr. Smallwood's also a lifelong musician and performed all vocals on the delta blues album Incarnation: The Robert Johnson Project.

Had always wanted to play an alien on a &quot;Star Trek&quot; show. He got his
wish when he was cast as a member of the vicious Species 8472 on
<a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0112178/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Star Trek: Voyager (1995)</a>...which turned out to be a character
disguised as a human (Admiral Bullock). He finally got to play a real
alien, the Xindi Primate leader, on <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0244365/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)</a>.

Commanded a Mobile Advisory Team in Vietnam and was awarded the Combat
Infantryman&#39;s Badge, Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

Military training included Airborne School, Special Warfare School, and
Vietnamese Language School.

Tucker&#39;s character was &quot;The Writer&quot; on the first-run syndicated children&#39;s television series &quot;Jabberwocky&quot; (produced by W-CVB Boston channel 5) serving as host opposite hostesses Joanne Sopko (1976) and actress JoBeth Williams (1977-78). The show featured live actors, puppets, musical numbers and cartoon segments.

Performed in Bruce Nauman&#39;s Video Art Installation &quot;Good Boy, Bad Boy&quot;.

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