ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, November 27, 1996 TAG: 9611270064
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: NEW YORK
TYPE: NEWS OBIT
SOURCE: The New York Times
Mark Lenard, an actor who played leading roles in plays by Chekhov, Ibsen and Shakespeare but was best known as Sarek of Vulcan, the father of Mr. Spock, in the television and film series ``Star Trek,'' died Friday at New York University Hospital in Manhattan. He was 68 and lived in Manhattan.
The cause was multiple myeloma, his family said.
Lenard certified his ``Star Trek'' celebrity with an appearance as the father of Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) on the original television series in the late 1960s, then parlayed it into a recurring role in subsequent feature films (``Star Trek 3'') and the ``Star Trek: The Next Generation'' television series. Lenard's voice was also featured in an animated ``Star Trek'' show, ``Yesteryear.''
The cast changed in the various television and feature versions of this science-fiction classic, but Lenard was one of the few actors to appear in almost all of its incarnations.
His character was married to a human (Jane Wyatt), which accounted for Mr. Spock's being half-Vulcan, half-human. For that reason, fans of the series considered Sarek to be the original Vulcan.
He is survived by his wife, Ann, and two daughters, Roberta, of Boston, and Catherine, of Oklahoma City.
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