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Star Trek Articles
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Star Trek's First Captain: Jeffrey Hunter The Menagerie (story & photos!) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 from "The Star Trek Files" Magazine: Jeffrey Hunter Biography Character Profile: Christopher Pike The Cage The Unknown Captain The Forgotten (in Hebrew) |
Posthumous Articles
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Notes on Jeffrey Hunter and His Films (One of the best overviews of his career ever published) Part 1 Part 2 The Eyes Have It A Friendship Remembered Jeffrey Hunter: A Pretty Face May Have Been His Downfall Star Trek's First Captain: Jeffrey Hunter Jeffrey Hunter Biography Jeffrey Hunter: An American Dreamboat Jeffrey Hunter etait vraiment trop beau! (in French) Jeffrey Hunter was really too handsome! (English translation of the article directly above) |
Jeffrey Hunter: Heaven on the Face The Unknown Captain Jeffrey Hunter - Hollywoods schönster Allroundmime (in German) Jeffrey Hunter, Hollywood's Most Handsome All-round Actor (English translation of the article directly above) Strange Days: Jeffrey Hunter Jeffrey Hunter chapter, from the book "Famous Wisconsin Film Stars" Too Nice (by Don Kreger) |
In Memoriam
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Articles 1960-1969
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Hunter's Paradise! |
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Jeff Hunter Breaks Hollywood Jinx Ten Push-Ups and I Simmer Down I Was Only a Man Playing God The Marriage That Almost Wasn't Jeffrey Hunter: Un Buen Chico Sera Un Bandito (in Spanish) Jeffrey Hunter: A Nice Guy Will Be a Bandit (English translation of article directly above) Jeffrey Hunter, Un Bandido Con Los Ojos Azules (in Spanish) Jeffrey Hunter, a Bandit With Blue Eyes (English translation of article directly above) |
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Male Call Happy in Hollywood |
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He Wanted a Divorce for Xmas Jeffrey Hunter, Un Actor Que Habla Poco De Si Mismo (in Spanish) Jeffrey Hunter, An Actor Who Speaks Little of Himself (English translation of article directly above) |
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Jeffrey Hunter: Du western sous tous les cieux (in French) Jeffrey Hunter: Westerns All Over the World (English translation of article directly above) |
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Jeffrey Hunter (El Hombre) (in Spanish) Jeffrey Hunter (The man) (English translation of article above) |
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The Wedding That Shocked Hollywood The Surprise Marriage of Emily McLaughlin & Jeff Hunter! I Spent My Honeymoon With Our Best Man! |
Articles 1954-1959
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The House That's Really a Home The Young and the Beautiful Why Did It Happen? The Ladies Want to be His Consolation Prize Just Lucky Hunter's Hideaway Las Vegas Lark My First Love |
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When They Were Sixteen Barbara and Jeff: Split in Haste! Repenting at Leisure? He Got Out From Behind the 8 Ball Jeff Hunter Calls It Quits The Rebel With a Cause Alone - But Not For Long |
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Preparedness and Opportunity (in German) Preparedness and Opportunity (translated into English) Good Guys Sometimes Win |
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My Wife's Love Saved My Life |
Articles 1951-1953
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Star Trek
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STAR TREK: The Cage
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(Captain Christopher Pike)Â In one of the most enduring roles of his career, Jeff stars as the iconic first captain of the Federation starship, the U.S.S. Enterprise, in “The Cage”. This program was the first pilot for what became Star Trek television series (a.k.a. “The Original Series”). Although NBC did not pick up the first pilot, the network did pick up a second pilot starring William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk. Â Kirk succeeded Pike as captain of the Enterprise in Star Trek canon.
Plot of “The Cage”
In “The Cage,” aliens capture Captain Pike when he visits the surface of the planet Talos IV in response to a distress call. Â The crew of a research vessel that had crashed on the planet many years before had appeared to send out the call. Â In fact, the call had been sent by the aliens. Â To return to the Enterprise, Pike has to overcome the aliens’ ability to give him experiences that are illusions. Co-stars Susan Oliver as Vina, Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, and Majel Barrett as Number One.
“The Menagerie”
“The Menagerie”, the only two-part episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, re-uses most of the footage from “The Cage”. This episode, which aired during Star Trek‘s first season, won a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
In “The Menagerie,” which occurs some years after the events in “The Cage,” Pike has been severely disabled by a radioactive explosion. He is now confined to a wheelchair and can only communicate through “Yes” or “No” electronic signals. The Federation has court-martialed Mr. Spock (Nimoy) for trying to take Pike back to Talos IV. Talos IV had been declared off-limits to Federation vessels after Pike’s prior visit there. “The Menagerie” uses footage from “The Cage” as backstory for Spock’s defense during the court-martial proceedings. Sean Kenney plays the disabled Pike. Regular cast members of Star Trek: The Original Series co-star, including William Shatner as Kirk and DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy.