John Rice is the actor who appeared as a sciences officer in several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He received no credit for his appearances and was identified by the call sheet for the episode "Clues".
He also worked as stand-in on several episodes such as utility stand-in on the fourth season episode "First Contact" and as stand-in for actor Jim Norton on the episode "The Nth Degree". According to the call sheet, Rice was scheduled to appear in the fourth season episodes "Galaxy's Child" on the bridge, "Qpid" in scenes in Ten Forward, and "Half a Life" in corridor scenes but was not filmed.
As an interesting sidenote, Rice is the fourth person (standing in the background at the top right-hand corner) present (alongside Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, and Michael Dorn) on the popular "Angry Picard" internet meme image, which originated as a screencapture from TNG: "Ménage à Troi". [1]
Outside of Star Trek, Rice appeared in Dynasty (1989, with Tracy Scoggins, Stephanie Beacham, Joan Collins, and Lee Faranda), as a restaurant patron in the Cheers episode "Sisterly Love" (1989, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Joseph Paz, Lee Allen, Rebecca Soladay, Jay Crimp, Peter Eastman, Lemuel Perry, and Robert Buckingham), as a bar patron in the Cheers episodes "A Bar Is Born" (1989, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Lee Allen, Rebecca Soladay, David B. Levinson, Melba Gonzalez, Michael Wilkinson, Lorine Mendell, Natalie Wood, and Casey Kono), "How to Marry a Mailman" (1989, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Lee Allen, Mark Lentry, Jay Crimp, Keith Rayve, and Michael Braveheart), and "The Stork Brings a Crane" (1989, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Casey Kono, Joseph Paz, Mark Reilly, Rebecca Soladay, and Ivonne Perez), The Golden Girls (1989, with John Harnagel), Who's the Boss? (1989, with Peter White), The Forbidden Dance (1990, with Sid Haig, Richard Lynch, and Bobby Apisa), and The Distinguished Gentleman (1992, starring Eddie Murphy, with Victor Rivers, Noble Willingham, Gary Frank, Daniel Benzali, Julianna McCarthy, Dion Anderson, Gary Price, Lena Banks, Sam Alejan, Jim Portnoy, Gene Poe, Lou DeGrado, John Copage, Sherry O'Keefe, S. Reed, Scott Barry, Robert Buckingham, and Irving Ross).
Appearances[]
- TNG:
- "Who Watches The Watchers" (Season 3)
- "The Bonding"
- "The Enemy"
- "The Defector"
- "Yesterday's Enterprise"
- "The Offspring"
- "Sins of The Father"
- "Allegiance"
- "Captain's Holiday"
- "Tin Man"
- "The Most Toys"
- "Ménage à Troi"
- "Transfigurations"
- "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" (Season 4)
- "Data's Day"
- "Clues"
- "Night Terrors"
- "The Nth Degree"
- "Man Of The People" (Season 6)
External link[]
- John Rice at the Internet Movie Database