Actor Gregory Itzin dies at 74

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Veteran actor and five-time guest star of star trekGregory Itzin, has died at the age of 74, according to Jon Cassar, a close friend of Itzin who worked with him as director and executive producer of 24. Cassar said in a tweet that Itzin died on July 8, 2022. Not yet the cause of death has been announced.

the Internet Movie Database lists Itzin’s 186 film and television credits, dating back to 1979, and he was also a prolific stage actor. Those credits include his best-known project, the series 24in which he played Vice President and, later, President Charles Logan, as well as Mork & Mindy, Airplane, Hard to Hold, Max Headroom, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Quantum Leap, Murder One, The Practice, Hannah Montana, Law Abiding Citizenthe Steven Spielberg biopic Lincoln, The Resident Y NCIS.

Itzin guest starred 5 times on Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise

The official Emmys.com site notes that Itzin earned two Emmy Award nominations for his work on 24, in 2006 and again in 2010. Additionally, According to BroadwayWorld.com, received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in 1993 for his role in The Kentucky Cycle.

Itzin, According to the Memory Alpha site, he was in the Star Trek universe five times, guest starring with five different characters on Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise.

In a rarity of star trekItzin played 5 different characters who mostly looked the same


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On Shadows of P’Jem, Itzin explained, said, “I just looked weird, with gray ears and hair. He had to wield a big gun and wave it at Jeff Combs.” She also seemed to enjoy the admiral’s death very much. Black in In a Mirror Darkly, Part II, noting, “It’s an interesting process because you have to pretend to leave. Then the special effects guys take care of the rest for you.”

It was pointed out to Itzin during that interview that while several actors had played multiple roles during the TNG to Enterprise era, most of those actors wore prosthetic makeup that made them look unique each time. Itzin, however, was quite like him.

“I didn’t have to deal too much with prosthetics,” Itzin acknowledged. “They didn’t dress me up much. (…) If you’re given to paranoia or insecurity by having those things on, it could be pretty scary. So I never wore them. I just accepted the parts that I was asked to play. I don’t know why they didn’t hide me.”

Itzin, according to IMDB, had been married to his wife Judie since 1979 and had two children, a son, Wilke, and a daughter, Julia, as well as several grandchildren.

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Actor Gregory Itzin dies at 74