Harve Presnell
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Harve Presnell (born 14 September 1933; age 74) is an actor from Modesto, California who played Colonel Q in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "The Q and the Grey"
Trained on the stage as a singer, Presnell made his impressive film debut in the 1964 musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown, in which he reprised his role from the popular play. The next year, he won the Golden Globe as Most Promising Male Newcomer (which he shared with George Segal and Chaim Topol). He followed this with roles in a few more films, including The Glory Guys (1965, with Laurel Goodwin and Michael Forest) and Paint Your Wagon (1969, with Ray Walston, William O'Connell, Robert Easton, Karl Bruck, and Roy Jenson), before taking an absence from films that lasted over 25 years. He would return to the medium with a proverbial bang, however, with a supporting role in the acclaimed, Academy Award-winning 1996 cult drama Fargo.
Since then, he has had supporting roles in several popular films, including the 1997 blockbuster actioner Face/Off, TV's A Bright Shining Lie (1998, with Kurtwood Smith, Ed Lauter, and Richard Libertini), the acclaimed 1998 war drama Saving Private Ryan (with Leland Orser and the voice of John de Lancie), the 1998 comic drama Patch Adams (with Bob Gunton, Richard Kiley, and Randy Oglesby), The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000, with Bruce McGill), The Family Man (2000, with Saul Rubinek), Mr. Deeds (2002, with Winona Ryder, Erick Avari and Bruce French), the 2003 comedy Old School (with Andy Dick and Terry O'Quinn), and the 2006 war drama Flags of Our Fathers (with Len Cariou, David Clennon, Gordon Clapp and Neal McDonough).
He is probably best known, however, for his recurring role as Mr. Parker in the science fiction television series The Pretender (1997-2000). He also played Dr. Sam Lane in several episodes of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995-97, starring K Callan and Teri Hatcher) and Arthur Brooks in many episodes of Dawson's Creek (2000-01). In 2003, he guest-starred in an episode of Frasier, working with Kelsey Grammer and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Nana Visitor. Later that year Presnell co-starred with Steven Culp and Robert Picardo in an episode of The Lyon's Den. Most recently, Presnell starred in the short-lived NBC series Andy Barker, P.I.
