Bruce Hyde
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Bruce Hyde (born 14 September 1941; age 66) is the actor who played Lieutenant Kevin T. Riley in the original series episodes "The Naked Time" and "The Conscience of the King".
He also had a recurring role during the fifth and final season of the TV series Dr. Kildare in early 1966. Overall, Hyde's on-screen acting career was quite brief, encompassing a grand total of nine TV guest appearances from November, 1965 to December, 1966. Following a role in the musical Hair in San Francisco, Hyde decided to remain in the city, and step away from his acting career. He noted that "I played a hippie - and I decided I wanted to be a hippie instead of playing one. I was going to get a Volkwagen bus and a big bag of brown rice and go find God. And that's what I did." (Star Trek Magazine issue 117)
Hyde eventually settled down in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and earned a PhD in Rhetoric/Communications Studies at the University of Southern California. Hyde is now the Chair of the Theater, Film Studies and Dance department at St. Cloud State University. He also works with the charity Landmark Education.
