Lee Bergere, 88; prolific television character actor and stage performer
Lee Bergere, 88, a veteran character actor who appeared in more than 200 television shows, including an episode of the original “Star Trek” series in which he played Abraham Lincoln, died Wednesday at the Colonial Poplin Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility in Fremont, N.H. No cause of death was given.
During his 60-year career, Bergere also was known as Joseph Aynders on “Dynasty” from 1981 to 1983. He had roles in “North and South,” “Falcon Crest,” “Hot L Baltimore” and “Incident at Vichy.”
In the 1966 “Star Trek” episode, called “The Savage Curtain,” Captain Kirk meets his childhood hero, Lincoln, and they go to a planet to fight Genghis Khan.
Bergere also had a rich stage career. He appeared in “Man of La Mancha” as the villain, the duke, when the play premiered in Los Angeles in 1967. Over the years, he also played Don Quixote and other characters in the show in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.
A World War II veteran from Brooklyn, N.Y., Bergere was in charge of entertainment services for soldiers serving in North Africa.
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