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Date of Birth

21 February 1937, Van Nuys, California, USA

Birth Name

John Gary Yurosek

Nickname

Lox

Height

6' 2" (1.88 m)

Spouse

Denise DuBarry	(31 May 1982 - 1988) (divorced) 1 child
Stefanie Powers	(27 August 1966 - 1972) (divorced)
Hope Harrsen	(? - ?)

Trivia

Broke into the entertainment field as a stunt man and stand-in for actor Anthony Perkins.

Appeared in the "Star Trek" (1966) pilot episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and has since appeared at many of the "Star Trek" conventions. He recently attended the Trek Expo in Tulsa, Oklahoma (2002).

Reliable over the years for playing boyish-faced bullies in westerns and police dramas.

One of his most memorable TV roles, and one of the most memorable on the series, was on a 1969 episode of "Love, American Style" (1969) in which he plays a guy who is told his mouth is too small. To test it out, he accidentally wraps his mouth around a doorknob and gets stuck! His co-star in that episode was none other than his wife at the time, Stefanie Powers.

Best remembered today as astronaut Frank Poole in the Stanley Kubrick futuristic epic 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Father of Samantha Lockwood.

Ironically, Lockwood's Frank Poole character (from "2001") learns about Star Trek's success in the novel "3001: A Final Oddyssey".

Got his name from legendary director Joshua Logan, whose middle name is Lockwood, because no one could pronounce Gary's real last name Yurosek. A generation later his daughter actress Samantha Lockwood is best friends with actor Billy Lockwood, who is related to the very man who gave Gary his first job!.

Attended UCLA on a football scholarship.

Friend of actor Billy Lockwood.

While appearing in "Star Trek" (1966)'s second pilot episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", he was required to wear heavy silver contact lenses as his character, Lt. Gary Mitchell, was empowered with god-like abilities. Lockwood had difficulty wearing the lenses as they were heavy, thick, and only had one tiny hole in each lens for him to see through. He would claim forever afterward that the the lenses were to blame for the vision problems he would have for years afterward.

Personal Quotes

I'm an actor. I've done a little bit of everything. An actor is kind of like a cowboy. The show's over on Sunday and then you ride off to the next gig. Basically, that's what show business is all about.

Chicks love dough. Any kind. Cookies, muffins, and money.

It's kind of what life is all about. If you don't have some of that recognition between now and the time you die, it wouldn't be a hell of a lot of fun being here. But I've been blessed throughout my life to have those kinds of accolades. I've just been lucky.

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