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John Arndt was born on November 17, 1928 in Winona, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek (1966), The Deadly Spawn (1983) and Murder, She Wrote (1984). He was married to Joan and Gertrud . He died on December 16, 2021 in Huntington Beach, California, USA.

John Arndt (17 November 1928 – 16 December 2021; age 93) was an actor who has made five appearances in Star Trek: The Original Series. Since his first character, Sturgeon, died in his appearance, subsequent appearances by Arndt are referenced to the second character he played, Fields.

He filmed his scenes for "Balance of Terror" on Monday 25 July 1966 at Desilu Stage 9 and his scenes for "Dagger of the Mind" on Thursday 11 August 1966, also at Stage 9. He filmed his scenes for "Miri" on Monday 22 August 1966 and Wednesday 24 August 1966 at Stage 10 and on location at the 40 Acres backlot.

Arndt was the assistant basketball coach for Loyola Marymount University's 1960-61 NCAA Division 1 league championship team, and the following 1961-62 season became the University's head basketball coach and athletic director through 1967-68. During that period, the team had 91 career victories, making him the Lion's second all-time winningest coach; he was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1986. Arndt, himself, was a 1952 graduate of Loyola Marymount, played during the 1949-50 basketball season, and considered to be one of the team's classiest ball handlers. Followed by a short career as a star player in the NIBL pro-team, the Los Angeles Fibber McGee & Mollys for the 1951 and 1952 seasons, and the Los Alamitos Flyers during the 1953 season. During the early 50s, Arndt also served in the US Naval Reserve. 

Between his coaching duties, Arndt had several uncredited or minor television roles in 1966 and 1967, including the portrayal of "wild Indians on TV, which, along with his appearances on Star Trek, he also picked up three appearances on Mission: Impossible, in episodes featuring Nick Borgani, Antoinette Bower, Dave Cadiente, Sid Haig, Bob Johnson, Percy Rodriguez, Joseph Ruskin, George Sawaya, Warren Stevens, Michael Strong.

From the mid-70s to mid-90s, Arndt sporadically appeared in a dozen other television series or films, where in addition to "Miri", "Dagger of the Mind" and "Balance of Terror", he appeared in an inordinate number of Vincent McEveety directed presentations, including: Gunsmoke (1975, with Ed McCready), Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975, with Paul Baxley and Ed McCready), Gus (1976, with David Armstrong, Peter Eastman, Mel Gold, Monty O'Grady, Al Roberts, and Vic Toyota), The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979, with Lou Elias, Kenneth Mars, Robert Pine, Nick Ramus, Ed McCready, and Vince Deadrick, Jr., Amy (1981, with Seamon Glass), and finally, an episode of Diagnosis: Murder (1994).

Between 1984 and 1996, Arndt worked as stand-in on Murder, She Wrote and also appeared in front of the camera in at least two episodes where he worked with Ronnie Claire Edwards, Cyril O'Reilly, James Sloyan, and Hallie Todd.

In addition to "The Man Trap" and "Space Seed", Arndt's "non-McEveety" appearances included The Deadly Spawn (1983), one more episode of Murder, She Wrote (1985, with Joey Banks), and two episodes of The New Leave It to Beaver (1988-89).

Arndt died on 16 December 2021 at the age of 93 at his home in Huntington Beach, California. (Los Angeles Times, 28 December 2021)

 

Star Trek appearances

Actor

Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder (1993)

Diagnosis Murder

6.8

TV Series

Gilliland

1994

1 episode

 

Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Murder, She Wrote

7.2

TV Series

Policeman #2

Townsman

Parker ...

1985–1991

5 episodes

 

Barbara Billingsley, Tony Dow, and Jerry Mathers in The New Leave It to Beaver (1983)

The New Leave It to Beaver

5.8

TV Series

Coach

1988–1989

2 episodes

 

The Deadly Spawn (1983)

The Deadly Spawn

5.9

Camper #2

1983

 

Amy (1981)

Amy

6.5

Mr. Pool

1981

 

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

6.0

Cavalry Man #1

1979

 

Edward Asner, Tim Conway, Gary Grimes, Don Knotts, Ronnie Schell, Dick Van Patten, and Louise Williams in Gus (1976)

Gus

5.7

Coach (uncredited)

1976

 

Slim Pickens, Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, Tim Conway, Don Knight, Don Knotts, John McGiver, Harry Morgan, Clay O'Brien, and David Wayne in The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

The Apple Dumpling Gang

6.4

Townsman (uncredited)

1975

 

Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

8.4

TV Series

Police Officer (uncredited)

1975

1 episode

 

James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, and Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke (1955)

Gunsmoke

8.1

TV Series

Townsman (uncredited)

1972–1975

2 episodes

 

Noah Beery Jr. and James Garner in The Rockford Files (1974)

The Rockford Files

8.2

TV Series

Clerk (uncredited)

1974

1 episode

 

Peter Falk in Columbo (1971)

Columbo

8.3

TV Series

Detective (uncredited)

1971

1 episode

 

Kurt Russell, Heather North, and Raffles in The Barefoot Executive (1971)

The Barefoot Executive

5.9

TV Executive (uncredited)

1971

 

Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)

Mission: Impossible

7.9

TV Series

Surgical Orderly

Guard (uncredited)

1967

3 episodes

 

Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek (1966)

Star Trek

8.4

TV Series

Ingenieur Fields

First Crewman

Crewman Sturgeon

1966–1967

5 episodes

 

Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, and Sheb Wooley in Rawhide (1959)

Rawhide

7.9

TV Series

Railroad Guard

Townsman (uncredited)

1964

2 episodes

 

Gary Lockwood in The Lieutenant (1963)

The Lieutenant

8.3

TV Series

Waiter

Sailor (uncredited)

1964

3 episodes