WALTER KOENIG
From "Girls of Summer" to "The Boys In Autumn" Walter Koenig's stage career spans thirty years and includes stops in New York with "A Midsummer Night's Dream"(Quince) and "Six Characters In Search Of An Author"(Oldest Son). In Chicago he guested in "Make A Million" (Johnny) opposite Jackie Coogan and on the road - from Arizona to Philadelphia - Mark Lenard (Sarek: Spock's Father) and he performed in the short plays "Box and Cox" (Box) and "Actors" (Dave). By himself, Koenig also starred as "Larry the Liquidator" in "Other People's Money" in Reno, Nevada.
His Los Angeles Productions include "Steambath" (God), "The White House Murder Case" (Capt. Weems), "Night Must Fall (Danny), "La Ronde (Gentlemen), "The Typist and the Tiger" (Paul), and "The Deputy" (Jacobson) among almost two dozen others (Blood Wedding, The Collection, et al.)
Directorial credits include "Hotel Parsadiso" for Company of Angels, "Becket" for Theatre 40, "America Hurrah!" at Oxford Theater, "Twelve Angry Men" at the Rita Hayworth Theatre, "Matrix" at the Gascon Theatre Institute and "Three By Ten" at Actor's Alley
Walter has performed in the television movies "Anthony and Cleopatra" (Pompey) opposite Timothy Dalton and Lynn Redgrave as well as the Mow's "Goodbye Raggedy Anne" and "The Questor Tapes". He has also appeared on dozens of other television series and as the character, Chekov in the "Star Trek" TV Programs.
Mr. Koenig recreated the character of the Russian navigator in the first seven Star Trek Films and in1988 took the leading role in the video feature, "Moontrap".
Walter has written for the television series "Family, Powers of Mathew Starr", "Class of '65", "Land of the Lost" and the "Star Trek" animated show.
This actor-writer has seen publication with the non-fiction "Chekov's Enterprise" and the satiric fantasy novel "Buck Alice and the Actor-Robot". He also created the three issues of the comic book story "Raver" published by Malibu Comics.
Walter Koenig has taught classes in acting and directing privately and at UCLA, The Sherwood Oaks Experimental Film College and at the California School of Professional Psychology. Most recently he has been an instructor at the Actors' Alley Repertory Company in Los Angeles.
Over a period of five years Mark Lenard and Walter toured in the two character play, "The Boys In Autumn", the comedy-drama about the reunion of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn forty years later.
Koenig has had the recurring role of the quintessential bad guy, "Bester" on the television series "Babylon 5. He has been the "Special Guest Star" in twelve episodes and at the end of the third season the production company applied for an Emmy nomination on his behalf.
In an interactive state-of-the-art video game from Digital Pictures called "Maximum Surge" Walter Koenig stars as "Drexel", another bad guy.
Walter has also completed work in the low budget feature film "Drawing Down the Moon" from Chaos Prods, and has star billing as a German psychologist in the martial arts picture, "Fist of Justice."
A one character piece that Mr. Koenig wrote and performed entitled "You're Never Alone When You're A Shizophrenic" was a finalist in the 1996 New York Film Festival awards.
Koenig filmed a guest appearance as himself on the CBS situation comedy "Almost Perfect", did sketch comedy on the Comedy Central series "Viva Variety", and performed on an ESPN sports commercial that aired in 1998.
The Viacom CD ROM "Starfleet Academy" in which Walter reprised the character of Chekov continues to sell impressively.
Most Recently, Walter hosted a cult movie marathon for Comedy Central.
Walter Konieg"s autobiography, "Warped Factors - A Neurotic's Guide To The Universe was released through Taylor Publishing on April 1998.
Most recently, Mr Koenig performed as the "Shadow Guy" in an episode of "Diagnosis Murder' and went to New York to perform in a new radio broadcast version of "War of the Worlds" in tribute to both H.G. Welles and Orson Welles.
Filmography
Babylon 5 "Cat and Mouse" (1998) Alfred Bester - TV
Babylon 5 "Rising Star" (1997) Alfred Bester - TV
Drawing Down the Moon (1997)Joe Merchant - Film
Star Trek:Starfleet Academy (1997) Pavel Chekov - CD
Viva Variety (1997) Himself - TV
Babylon 5 "The Face of the Enemy"(1997)Alfred Bester-TV
Babylon 5 "Moments of Transition"(1997)Alfred Bester-TV
Babylon 5 "Epiphanies"(1997) Alfred Bester - TV
Star Trek:Generations CD ROM (1997)
Space Cadets (1997) Himself - TV
Blonde Justice (1996) - Film
Maximum Surge (1996) Drexel - CD ROM
Almost Perfect (1996) Himself - TV
Babylon 5 "Ship of Tears" (1996) Alfred Bester- TV
Babylon 5 "Dust To Dust" (1996) Alfred Bester - TV
Babylon 5 "A Race Through Dark Places" Alfred Bester
Babylon 5 "Mind War" (1996) Alfred Bester - TV
Star Trek:Generations (1994) Pavel Chekov - Film
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) Pavel Chekov - Film
The Real Ghostbusters (1990) Vladimir Maximov - TV
Star TrekV: The Final Frontier (1989) Pavel Chekov - Film
Moontrap (1989) Jason Grant - Film
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) - Pavel Chekov
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) - Pavel Chekov
Antony and Cleopatra (1983) Pompey - TV
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) Pavel Chekov - Film
Bring Them Back Alive (1982) Toder - TV
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Pavel Chekov - Film
Columbo "Fade in to Murder" (1976) Sgt Johnson - TV
The Men from Shiloh "Crooked Corner" (1974) - TV
Deadly Honeymoon (1973) Deputy Sheriff - Film
The Starlost (1973) Oro - TV
The Questor Tapes (1973) Administer Assistant - TV
Ironside (1972) "The Summer Soldier" Leo - TV
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971) Jerry - TV Movie
Medical Center (1969) "Between Dark and Daylight" Harry Seller - TV
Star Trek (1968 and 1969 series regular) Pavel Chekov - TV
Mannix (1967) - TV
Jericho (1966) "Both Ends Against the Riddle" Paul - TV
I Spy (1965) "Sparrowhawk" Bobby Seville - TV
Gidget (1965) "Foreign Policy" Gunman - TV
Mr. Novak (1965) "The Firebrand" Paul Ryder - TV
Ben Casey (1965)"A Rambling Discourse on Egyptian Water Clocks" Tom Davis-TV
Mr. Novak (1964) "With a Hammer in His Hand, Lord, Lord" Jim Carsey - TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Memo from Purgatory"(1964) Tiger - TV
The Lieutenant "Mother Enemy" (1963) - TV
Mr. Novak "The Boy Without a Country" (1963) - Alexsei - TV
The Untouchables (1962) - TV
Great Adventure - TV
Combat! "The Prisoner" (1962) - sentry - TV
The Norman Vincent Peale Story (1962) - Film
Strange Loves (1961) Robert - Film
General Hospital (1961, pilot episode) - TV
Day in Court (1960-1963) various characters - TV
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