Lawrence Montaigne

Lawrence Montaigne was an American actor who also worked as a writer, dancer, and stuntman, and he became familiar through many 1960s television appearances. Born in New York and raised in Rome, he picked up several languages that helped him win roles in international productions. His television work included Dr. Chauncy Hartlund in a 1965 Perry Mason episode and Decius in the 1966 Star Trek episode Balance of Terror. He later played the Vulcan Stonn in the Star Trek episode Amok Time and returned to that part in the mini-series Star Trek: Of Gods and Men. He also guest-starred on Batman, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Mission: Impossible, The Invaders, Hogan's Heroes, and Bonanza. His films included The Great Escape (1963), Captain Sindbad (1963), Tobruk (1967), The Psycho Lover (1970), Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), Young Lady Chatterley (1977), and Deadly Blessing (1981). During the 1980s he taught film at North Texas State University. He died in 2017.