Showmasters Admin showmasters Posted February 2, 2016 Showmasters Admin Share Posted February 2, 2016 Latest Guest Announcement - Walter Koenig Attending: Friday, Saturday & Sunday Walter Koenig — actor, director, screenwriter, novelist, acting professor, and comic book creator — played Ensign Pavel Chekov in the orignal Star Trek begining with Season 2. Born in Manhattan in 1936 to Lithuanian Russian Jewish parents, Koenig was bitten by the acting bug early in his youth. He studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, where he worked with fellow students James Caan, Elizabeth Ashley, and Dabney Coleman. His stage career spans 30 years and includes stops in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and many other cities. He appeared in many plays and television shows of the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the Mr. Novak series, and even produced and wrote his own feature film in 1967, I Wish I May. And then in 1967 came Chekov. Koenig of course has also played Chekov in the first seven of the big screen Star Trek films and played the recurring character of Alfred Bester in the TV series Babylon 5. Aside from two genre roles, he has appeared in 40 different TV series and television movies, including "Anthony and Cleopatra" starring Timothy Dalton and Lynn Redgrave. A natural writer, Koenig has written for the television shows Family, Matthew Starr, Land of the Lost, Class of '65 and others. His first book, Chekov's Enterprise, which recounts the making of the first Star Trek movie, was published in 1979. He has also written a satiric fantasy novel, Buck Alice and the Actor-Robot, and a three-part comic book series entitled Raver. Koenig wrote and performed a one-character piece entitled "You're Never Alone When You're A Schizophrenic," which was a finalist in the 1996 New York Film Festival Awards. While not a member of the cast for the Star Trek animated series, he did pen one of the episodes, "The Infinite Vulcan." His autobiography, Warped Factors : A Neurotic's Guide to the Universe, was published in 1998. In a 1997 internet poll of favorite television bad guys, Koenig was the top choice of 12,000 voters for his role as Bester on Babylon 5. He was also voted the favorite guest star on Babylon 5. Koenig and his wife Judy Levitt live in Los Angeles. Profile courtesy of StarTrek.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmoriarty Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Has he not double booked himself with another convention that weekend?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen_Sindel Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) I don't think so, he is no longer listed on their website. Seems like a couple of pages have not been updated. EDIT: But of course I have let the office know, they are checking. Edited February 2, 2016 by Queen_Sindel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen_Sindel Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Walter is 100 percent doing Destination Star Trek. His website will be sorted to reflect this as soon as possible. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators StuartG2198 Posted February 2, 2016 Moderators Share Posted February 2, 2016 Walter was one of the first people I ever had a photo op with and sadly it looks awful, I'm so pleased I can rectify that this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAPPiE13 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 A definite must meet guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodnick82 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I was lucky enough to meet Mr Koenig at DSTL back in 2012. Such a nice man, and very gracious. Amazingly, there was a very short queue to get his autograph, so was able to get a photo with him as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marienmelisse@gmail.com Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Will be having a photoshoot this time I guess. TOS is a little before my time, but I still enjoyed the episodes and especially movies :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namine Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I hope Mr Koenig does personalisations because I would love him to do a quote from futurama's episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" - "Eeee...now say nuclear wessles.." "No" XD But if not, that's cool, I'm happy to meet him and shake his hand and also say thank you for making Star Trek what it is alongside the other star trek actors and actresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAPPiE13 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 #Wessles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSM Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Photoshoot now booked. I met Walter many years ago but he wasn't doing photos at the table and I didn't fancy the photoshoot at the time. Time to rectify that this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony1975 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Special mention to Walter. Got to be one of the most friendly guests I have had the pleasure to meet! I often get starstruck and shy when meeting guests but he made me feel totally at ease. He had a chair set up so you could sit down and chat to him. He even had sweets on the table! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogbmth Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Here here I really enjoyed meeting Walter, what a true gent. Super guest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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