Michael Pataki

Michael Pataki (January 16, 1938 – April 15, 2010) was an American actor of stage, film and television.

Early life Pataki was born in Youngstown, Ohio, to Hungarian parents, the youngest of three children. He had an elder brother and an elder sister. He attended the University of Southern California with a double major in political science and drama. His career was launched at a summer stock festival in Edinburgh in 1966 as Jerry in The Zoo Story.

Television career Pataki had a co-starring role on the 1974–75 groundbreaking ABC-TV series Get Christie Love! playing Officer Pete Gallagher, Christie Love's bumbling but well-meaning sidekick with the dream to one day be a technical advisor on a TV cop show. Despite being the first detective TV series with an African American female lead, the characters of Christie and Pete rarely discussed race.

Pataki appeared as a guest star in numerous television productions, from the black-and-white days of Hawaiian Eye, M Squad, The Twilight Zone, Ripcord, Combat!, and My Favorite Martian, to early color shows such as The Flying Nun, All in the Family, Mr. Terrific, Garrison's Gorillas, Bonanza, Run for Your Life, Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Batman, and Felony Squad. He was also a regular on Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, and The Amazing Spider-Man, and had a re-occurring role on McCloud as well. One of his most famous roles was as Korax, the brash, loudmouthed Klingon who provoked the bar fight in "The Trouble with Tribbles" episode of Star Trek. . He also played Governor Karnas in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Too Short a Season"

Death Pataki died from cancer on April 15, 2010, at the age of 72. and the short was dedicated to his memory.

Selected filmography

The Young Lions (1958) as Pvt. Hagstrom (uncredited) Ten North Frederick (1958) as Parking Lot Thug (uncredited) Easy Rider (1969) as Mime #4 The Sidehackers (1969) as J.C. The Cut-Throats (1969) as German Sniper (uncredited) Dream No Evil (1970) as Rev. Paul Jessie Bundy The Andromeda Strain (1971) as Operator of 'The Hands' (uncredited) The Return of Count Yorga (1971) as Joe Brute Corps (1971) as MacFarlane The All American Hustler (1972) as Carol's Boyfriend (uncredited) The Pink Angels (1972) as Biker Grave of the Vampire (1972) as Caleb Croft / Professor Lockwood The Dirt Gang (1972) as Snake The Black Bunch (1973) as Mr. Heinke The Baby (1973) as Dennis Sweet Jesus, Preacherman (1973) as State Senator Sills Little Cigars (1973) as Garage Mechanic Heterosexualis (1973) as Virgil Last Foxtrot in Burbank (1973) as Paul The Bat People (1974) as Sgt. Ward The Last Porno Flick (1974) as Ziggy Get Christie Love! (1974–75) as Sgt. Pete Gallagher Carnal Madness (1975) as Carl C. Clooney Airport '77 (1977) as Wilson Spider-Man (1977, TV Movie) as Captain Barbera Dracula's Dog (1977) as Michael Drake / Count Igor Dracula Jailbait Babysitter (1977) as Roger Warfield (uncredited) Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978) as Captain Barbera (voice) Superdome (1978, TV Movie) as Tony Sicota When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978, TV Movie) as Robert Najarian Ruby and Oswald (1978, TV movie) as Ike Pappas The Pirate (1978, TV Movie) as General Eshnev Love at First Bite (1979) as Mobster The Onion Field (1979) as Dist. Atty. Dino Fulgoni The Glove (1979) as Harry Iverson The Last Word (1979) as Dobbs Disaster on the Coastliner (1979, TV Movie) as Tate Up Yours (1979) as Virgil / Virgil's Father Raise the Titanic (1980) as Munk High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980, TV Movie) as Darold Graduation Day (1981) as Principal Guglione Dead and Buried (1981) as Sam Night Shift (1982) as Man Who Moons Courtroom (uncredited) Sweet Sixteen (1983) as George Martin One More Chance (1983) as Sam Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) as Jim Wilson Rocky IV (1985) as Nicolai Koloff American Anthem (1986) as Coach Soranhoff The Underachievers (1987) as Murphy Death House (1987) as Franco Moretti Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) as Dr. Hoffman Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal (1990) as Professor Drewton Batman: The Animated Series (1992) as the Sewer King in the 6th episode entitled: 'The Underdwellers' (voice only role) The Looking Glass (2003) as Frank Edge of Nowhere (2003) as Sheriff Trim (2010) as Dimitri Cans Without Labels (2019) as George Liquor (posthumous release)