- Peter Liapis, Ghoulies, 1984. Change of Jonathan meant Combs only achieved 137 screen roles by 2020 – and not 138! Mariska Hargitay’s film debut was more famous for having angry Moms protesting that the poster of a ghoulie sitting in a toilet put kiddies off using the loo. Mariska, of course, went on to be Olivia Benson in 479 episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. 1999-2020.
- Jonathan Frakes, Star Trek: The Next Generation, TV, 1987-1994. He lost Commander William T Riker to Frakes. When he directed Meridian, the 3rd Deep Space Nine episode in 1994, Frakes gave Combs a guest shot as Tiron. The producers loved him and kept calling him back. In the next eleven years he made 43 more shows, including Star Trek: Voyager, Enterprise and having two recurring DS9 roles: the Ferengi liquidator Brunt and the Vorta administrator Weyoun. Combs gave more to Star Trek than to his five HP Lovecraft movie roles.
- John Lynch, Hardware, 1990. The South Africa-born director Richard Stanley originally wanted the Star Trek mainstay as Shades. However, the UK union rules allowed him two Americans only.
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