Years earlier, there had been a similar connection in that actor Jeffrey Hunter, who portrayed Christopher Pike, first captain of the vessel, in the 1964 TV pilot "The Cage," preceded that by ...

There’s just something about the original Star Trek that connects with you on a very base level. It wasn’t flashy by today’s ...

STAR TREK, (from left): Jeffrey Hunter, Leonard Nimoy, 'The Cage' (original pilot screened to NBC executives in Feb. 1965). Jeffrey Hunter during the filming of Jeffrey Hunter in Find a Place to ...