The actor who portrayed "Gorgan" in the original "Star Trek" series episode "And The Children Shall Lead" was 59 years, 3 months, 13 days, old on 11/11/66. That could also be expressed as 59 years, 3.433 months. The date 11/11/66 was when Gemini 12 launched with me on my first flight into space. That episode premiered on the same day as the first manned launch of the Apollo flights, also with me aboard.
The “stardate” of that episode points to the date in the future of the launch of Apollo 17, which was the last known mission to land on the Earth’s moon. The number of days, inclusive, from my birth date to the launch of Apollo 17 was 5029.
Melvin Mouron Belli (29 July 1907, Sonora, California - 9 July 1996, San Francisco, California) was a prominent American lawyer known as 'The King of Torts'—and by detractors as 'Melvin Bellicose'. He had many celebrity clients, including Zsa Zsa Gabor, Errol Flynn, Chuck Berry, Muhammad Ali, Sirhan Sirhan, Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker, Martha Mitchell, Lana Turner, Tony Curtis, and Mae West.
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In perhaps his best-known role, other than as himself, Belli appeared in a 1968 episode, "And the Children Shall Lead", of Star Trek. In it he played Gorgan, an evil being who corrupted a group of children.
"And the Children Shall Lead" is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, and was broadcast October 11, 1968. It is episode #59, production #60
Overview: The crew of the Enterprise rescues a group of children stranded on a planet, along with their evil "imaginary" friend.
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On stardate 5029.5, the starship USS Enterprise intercepts a distress call from the planet Triacus, where a scientific expedition is located. Arriving at the planet, Captain Kirk, Dr. McCoy, and Mr. Spock beam down to investigate. They find the expedition leader, Professor Starnes, and all the other adult members of the team, dead from an apparent suicide. The expedition's five children however, who consist of four boys and one girl, remain alive and well. The group of children seem to follow the lead of the oldest child, Tommy, the preteen son of Professor Starnes.
Launch: November 11, 1966
Gemini 12 (officially Gemini XII) was a 1966 manned spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the 10th manned Gemini flight, the 18th manned American flight
Launch: October 11, 1968
Apollo 7 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. It was an eleven-day earth-orbital mission, the first manned launch of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, and the first three-man American space mission.
Launch: December 7, 1972
Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. It was the first night launch and the final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program.
