Was merritt butrick gay
Merritt Butrick
Merritt Butrick was originally born in Gainesville, Florida on 3rd September 1959, however he was raised near San Francisco, California, in the Mill Valley area. During his studies of theatre at the California Institute of Arts, he was told, rather inaccurately, by his college instructors that he did not have the proficiency or talent to change into an actor, so he had to withdraw from the Institute.
Spurred on by this setback, the next year brought triumph. He won a part in the television series, Square Pegs. He also picked up a number of small bit parts in television in such shows as "Hill Highway Blues," "Chips," "Jake and the Fatman" and "Beauty and the Beast".
In 1982, Hollywood came calling in the shape of Paramount's "Star Trek" franchise. Merritt played the role of �Dr. David Marcus�, the son of �Captain James T. Kirk�, in �Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan�.
Merritt reprised the role in �Star Trek III: The Search For Spock� (1984), as the metaphorical sacrificial lamb for that film. Free now to move onto other roles, he began accepting a number of small supporting roles in such films as "Code of Honor" (1984), "When the Bough Breaks" (1
Who Remembers Merritt Butrick?
This blond bit player appeared in some of the highs and lows of the 1980s, ranging from "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" to "Death Spa" (tagline: You'll Sweat Blood!). He played a lot of sensitive, yet muscled, men, and the hair was surely part of the appeal. Perhaps his most enduring operate was on Star Trek, where he acted in both film and television franchises.
He was quite homosexual, but different Star Trek actors had different impressions of that. George Takei used to claim he ran into Butrick in Los Angeles gay bars in the 80s, while Kirstie Alley claims he was bisexual and the two had a handsy sort of affair on the set.
He died of AIDS complications at the age of 29.
| by Anonymous | reply 110 | October 16, 2023 3:46 AM |
I had the major hots for him.....go figure.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 9, 2022 3:00 PM |
[quote]while Kirstie Alley claims he was bisexual and the two had a handsy sort of affair on the set.
She's such a loser. I'm sure she flirted with him, and he was just flirting endorse with her to be playful and friendly, and she thought she had made a conquest.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 9, 2022 3:01 PM |
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Merritt Butrick/David Marcus
Funny thing is, it still works out to undermining Besch's character from TWOK. She was intimately involved in the creation of the Genesis device from its inception. In fact, in TWOK we get the impression she is in charge of the project.Praetor said:
Agreed. From what I interpret, this was again an instance of Harve Benett's theory of 'story karma.' Apparently Bibi Besch who played Carol Marcus asked why she wasn't coming back, and Bennett explained that if she came back, she would hold to be the one to take the 'protomatter' hit and apparently they felt it was improve that David be the sacrificial lamb.
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So that leaves only two possibilities. Either she was in on David's scheme to "solve" their problems using protomatter, making her unethical, or she didn't realize that's what he was doing, making her incompetent.
Either way, the whole "protomatter" subplot in TSFS undermines two perfectly good characters we had come to love in TWOK.
Merritt Butrick and Kirstie Alley
Lee Martin said:
In one of tne podcasts there is some discussion about Butrick and Alley's experiences on TWOK. They really gloss over it, even mentioning legal reasons in the case of Street, and that's it. Can anyone throw some delicate over these two actors experiences?
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JonnyQuest037 said:
Starlog #84 (July 1984) has an interview with Nimoy promoting STIII. All it says is "the original actress' salary demands proved excessive" and then Nimoy talks about the challenges of finding a new actress for the part.
I read another interview somewhere (I'm forgetting where) where someone emotionally attached with the production said that her reps were asking for more cash than DeForest Kelley was getting. (Not that Alley's people would've known what his salary was, of course.)Click to expand...
* This is my (paraphrased) summation from actual conversation with Paul Winfield (after filming ST II but before its release):
"I can tell you that Lieutenant Saavik gets along with Admiral Kirk much greater than she did with William Shatner."
I was a bit flummoxed by this st
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