If things had gone his way, Leonard Nimoy would have had two roles in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

Luckinbill played the older Vulcan half-brother of Spock who was on the hunt for Sha Ka Ree and God.

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Veteran character actor George Murdock passed away last week at the age of eighty-one.

The actor, best-known for his roles on Barney Miller and Battlestar Galactica, was familiar to Star Trek fans for his appearances in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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John Bettis, best-known to Star Trek fans for a song in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame this summer.

Responsible for writing hundreds of songs, including several for The Carpenters, as well as Promise Me You’ll Remember from The Godfather- Part III, Bettis will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 16.

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An expanded two-CD set of Jerry Goldsmith‘s orchestral score of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier will be released on November 30.

There will be only five thousand sets of the Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: Limited Edition Two-CD set, which will retail for $29.98.

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