Ethan Phillips Biography (1955-)

Born February 8, 1955, in Garden City, NY; married Patricia Cresswell (a fashion magazine stylist).

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, writer
Birth Details: February 8, 1955; Garden City, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Herb Lee, My Favorite Year (musical), Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City, 1992-1993
Side Man, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, c. 2001
Appeared in Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City; Measure for Measure, Delacorte Theatre, New York City; and Modigliani, Astor Place Theatre, New York City; also appeared in productions at the Playwrights' Horizons Theatre, the Ensemble Studio Theatre, and the Hudson Guild Theatre, all New York City, as well as in regional productions.
Stage Work
Developer
Penguin Blues, Sundance Institute, Sundance, UT, 1986
Film Appearances
Guard at family house, Ragtime, Paramount, 1981
Jeff Barnes, Critters, New Line Cinema, 1986
Bartender at Parker's on Fifth, Burglar, Warner Bros., 1987
Basil Valentine, Bloodhounds of Broadway, Columbia, 1989
Hospital steward, Glory, TriStar, 1989
Mr. Rosenberg, Lean on Me, Warner Bros., 1989
Gorsky, Green Card, Buena Vista, 1990
Gynecologist, Rain without Thunder, Orion Classics, 1993
Mr. Lansing, The Man without a Face, Warner Bros., 1993
Nelson (a guard at the Museum of Natural History), The Shadow, Universal, 1994
Smedly, Wagons East!, TriStar, 1994
Dave, Jeffrey, Orion Classics, 1995
Maitre d', Star Trek: First Contact (also known as Star Trek 8), Paramount, 1996
Himself, Trekkies (documentary), Paramount, 1997
Jerry, For Richer or Poorer, Universal, 1997
The First Men on the Moon, Rhino Home Video, 1999
Guy, 9mm of Love, 2000
Terry Festinger, Endsville, Stick Figure Productions, 2000
Television Appearances

Series
Pete Downey, Benson, ABC, 1980-1985
Recurring role, Werewolf, Fox, c. 1987-1988
Neelix, Star Trek: Voyager, UPN, 1995-2001
Miniseries
Stanley Craig, From the Earth to the Moon, HBO, 1998
Movies
Coroner, Deadly Deception, CBS, 1987
Condition: Critical (also known as Final Pulse), NBC, 1992
Henry, Natural Selection (also known as Dark Reflection), Fox, 1994
Specials
Circus of the Stars 7, 1982
Episodic
Redstone, "Pandora Has Wings," Hart to Hart, ABC, 1983
Deaver, "Devil's Alphabet," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1986
"High Noon in L.A.," Hunter, NBC, 1986
"Good Impressions," Marblehead Manor, syndicated, 1987
Dr. Farek, "Menage a Troi," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1990
Dr. Sam Waibel, "Justice Swerved," L.A. Law, NBC, 1990
Richard Cooper, "Everytime It Rains ... You Get Wet," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1991
Zoo administrator, "Monkey Business Mystery," Father Dowling Mysteries, ABC, 1991
Mark Hauser, "Helpless," Law & Order, NBC, 1992
Dwight, "True Confessions," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993
(As Ethan Philips) Martin Pick, "Cold Shower," L.A. Law, NBC, 1993
"Mommies Day," The Mommies, NBC, 1994
Douglas, "Judgement Day," Maybe This Time, ABC, 1995
Vern Tuttle, "Episode One," Platypus Man, UPN, 1995
Bob Stewart, "Sexual Perversity in Chicago Hope," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1996
Inspector 17, "House Party or, Play That Funky White Music Droid," Homeboys in Outer Space, UPN, 1996
Appeared as Ronnie Pine in Three's a Crowd, ABC.
Pilots
Neelix, Star Trek: Voyager--Caretaker (also known as Caretaker), UPN, 1995
RECORDINGS
Video Games
Voice of Neelix, Star Trek: Voyager--Elite Force, Activision, 1999
Voices of a transport pilot and the governor of Abridon, Star Wars: Force Commander, Lucasarts, 2000
WRITINGS
Stage Plays
Penguin Blues, produced at Philadelphia Theatre Festival for New Plays, Philadelphia, c. 1986 published in The Samuel French Collection of Best Short Plays, Samuel French (New York City).
Nonfiction
(With Majel Barrett-Roddenberry) Star Trek Cookbook, Pocket Books(New York City), 1998

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Starlog, August, 1996
TV Guide, July 15, 1995, p. 6

Electronic

Ethan Phillips, http://www. thanphillips.com, October 5, 2001

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