Lawrence Montaigne
(February 26, 1931 – March 17, 2017)
We are sorry to report the passing of Lawrence Montaigne on March 17th at the age of 86. Lawrence appeared as a Romulan in the 1966 Star Trek episode, "Balance of Terror," and as a Vulcan in 1967's "Amok Time." During a contract dispute with Leonard Nimoy in '67, Lawrence was signed by Gene Roddenberry to play the new Vulcan on the Enterprise should Nimoy leave the series.
Lawrence made over 100 TV and film appearances, including playing numerous roles for producer Irwin Allen, seen twice in The Time Tunnel, as well as a lead guest star role on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. He also appeared twice in the 1960's sci-fi series, The Invaders, as well as many other iconic series, such as The Outer Limits, Batman, The Fugitive, I Spy, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii 5-0 and Combat! Among his big-screen credits was a standout role in the 1963 film, The Great Escape.
Lawrence had recently been working on a revised autobiography for Jacobs Brown Press, based on his book, "A Vulcan Odyssey." Our condolences to his wife and family. Farewell, dear friend.
Lawrence made over 100 TV and film appearances, including playing numerous roles for producer Irwin Allen, seen twice in The Time Tunnel, as well as a lead guest star role on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. He also appeared twice in the 1960's sci-fi series, The Invaders, as well as many other iconic series, such as The Outer Limits, Batman, The Fugitive, I Spy, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii 5-0 and Combat! Among his big-screen credits was a standout role in the 1963 film, The Great Escape.
Lawrence had recently been working on a revised autobiography for Jacobs Brown Press, based on his book, "A Vulcan Odyssey." Our condolences to his wife and family. Farewell, dear friend.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Rome, Italy, Lawrence trained as a classical dancer. He was eventually lured to Hollywood where he worked with such notables as Gene Kelly, Donald O'Conner and Mitzie Gaynor. He studied fencing, which afforded him the opportunity to work as a stuntman on "Scaramouche", "The Three Musketeers", "Julius Caesar."
Upon discharge from the Marine Corp, he studied Drama at The Dramatic Workshop in New York, and was featured in such films as "The Great Escape," "Tubruk," "The Power," "Captain Sindbad," "Damon & Pythias," "The Mongols." and "Escape To Witch Mountain." But, says Lawrence, "Of all the films, television and theatre I've done, I can honestly say that the things I'm most remembered for are the two roles I created on Star Trek: DECIUS in Balance of Terror and STONN in Amok Time."
Lawrence feels he has lived a number of lifetimes when he considers all the different kinds of jobs he held between acting jobs. As a student at NYU he worked as a soda jerk, a collection man for a concessionaire in New York nightclubs, and a clerk in the morgue of the New York Times. Later, in Los Angeles, he worked as a dishwasher, an attendant in a laundromat and a milling machine operator. In later years he took his California State Contractor's License and worked at restoring and building single family residences. While living in Europe in the late fifties, he worked in Rome dubbing Italian films into English. While living in Israel for three years, he carried a rifle for an oil company in the Negev Desert, worked as a cowboy on a Kibbutz, and served as a fisherman on the Menorah, a seventeen-meter fishing boat in the Mediterranean Sea. In Rome, he set up his own photography business and free-lanced as a photojournalist for Globe International.
Lawrence eventually made the transition from acting to writing when he was hired by Walt Disney Productions to write the screenplay from his original story, THE MILLION DOLLAR DIXIE DELIVERANCE, a Civil War adventure starring Brock Peters.
He holds a Masters Degree from North Texas State University where he also taught as an Associate Professor for five years.
Since January of 2008 he has been traveling around the country promoting his autobiography, A VULCAN ODYSSEY. He can also be seen in the recent Star Trek film, OF GODS AND MEN.
Upon discharge from the Marine Corp, he studied Drama at The Dramatic Workshop in New York, and was featured in such films as "The Great Escape," "Tubruk," "The Power," "Captain Sindbad," "Damon & Pythias," "The Mongols." and "Escape To Witch Mountain." But, says Lawrence, "Of all the films, television and theatre I've done, I can honestly say that the things I'm most remembered for are the two roles I created on Star Trek: DECIUS in Balance of Terror and STONN in Amok Time."
Lawrence feels he has lived a number of lifetimes when he considers all the different kinds of jobs he held between acting jobs. As a student at NYU he worked as a soda jerk, a collection man for a concessionaire in New York nightclubs, and a clerk in the morgue of the New York Times. Later, in Los Angeles, he worked as a dishwasher, an attendant in a laundromat and a milling machine operator. In later years he took his California State Contractor's License and worked at restoring and building single family residences. While living in Europe in the late fifties, he worked in Rome dubbing Italian films into English. While living in Israel for three years, he carried a rifle for an oil company in the Negev Desert, worked as a cowboy on a Kibbutz, and served as a fisherman on the Menorah, a seventeen-meter fishing boat in the Mediterranean Sea. In Rome, he set up his own photography business and free-lanced as a photojournalist for Globe International.
Lawrence eventually made the transition from acting to writing when he was hired by Walt Disney Productions to write the screenplay from his original story, THE MILLION DOLLAR DIXIE DELIVERANCE, a Civil War adventure starring Brock Peters.
He holds a Masters Degree from North Texas State University where he also taught as an Associate Professor for five years.
Since January of 2008 he has been traveling around the country promoting his autobiography, A VULCAN ODYSSEY. He can also be seen in the recent Star Trek film, OF GODS AND MEN.
A Vulcan Odyssey
A VULCAN ODYSSEY is Lawrence Montaigne's autobiography. It is set in the background of forty years in the entertainment field, both in the U.S. and abroad. New York born and raised in the Jewish ghetto of Rome, Italy, Lawrence and his family returned to America just one step ahead of the fascist movement in Europe.
Upon the completion of his schooling and military service, he began his pursuit of an acting career, first in summer stock, then as a dancer on Broadway, and then on to Hollywood to work as a stuntman in a series of swashbuckling films where he excelled as a fencer. His pursuit of an acting career took him back to Rome, then on to Israel, Yugoslavia, Spain and Germany. A VULCAN ODYSSEY is an irreverent and accurate account of a man who lived his life as if he was pursued by fire-brandishing demons, but took time out along the way to smell the flowers and appreciate the wonders of animals. |
The Guardian List
The Guardian List is a scheme we all dream of: Sweet Revenge for criminals who deserve punishment but never receive it.
John Brown, whose real identity is never revealed to his closest allies, makes our dream come true when he compiles The Guardian List, and his fellow Guardians, mostly retired police officers, are devoted to bringing criminals to the Guardians' type of justice. The most dedicated Guardian is Father Ignatius, whose faith is tested when nun, Mother Theresa, is savagely killed by a demented, hateful and cruel Klansman. When John Brown faces his own mortality, he must decide who will take his place. |
