William Shatner, who portrayed James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek series, also cowrote a book " I'm Working on That " in which he investigated how Star Trek technology was becoming feasible.

Not only did he take inspiration from Roddenberry's suggestion of Hornblower, but Shatner also based Kirk on Alexander the Great – " the athlete and the intellectual of his time ", whom Shatner played for an unsold television pilot two years earlier – and himself because " the fatigue factor weeks of daily filming is such that you try to be as honest about yourself as possible ".

Reportedly, Leonard Nimoy was asked to wear it and refused, so it was passed on to Shatner ; when he also refused, Nimoy reluctantly agreed to wear it.

He has remained good friends with co-star William Shatner ( also of Ukrainian-Jewish descent ) and was best man at Shatner's third marriage in 1997.

Doohan and Shatner also appeared on the 1950s Canadian science fiction series Space Command.

He has also helped launch the careers of actors including Jack Nicholson, William Shatner, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Talia Shire and Robert De Niro.

He also appears in the novel Dark Victory ( William Shatner, 1999 ), and the short story " The Greater Good " ( Margaret Wander Bonanno ) in the anthology Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows ( 2009 ).

He has also collaborated with musicians such as William Shatner, Regina Spektor and " Weird Al " Yankovic and undertaken experimental songwriting projects with authors such as Nick Hornby and Neil Gaiman.

Another live double album by Shatner, Captain of the Starship, was also released in 1978.

Shatner also appeared on Ben Folds's " In Love " and " Still In Love " ( on the album Fear of Pop: Volume 1 ).

My Dad Says, where Shatner has a lead role, his character Ed Goodson makes a Karaoke performance of Right Said Fred's " I'm Too Sexy ", also in spoken-word.

Loblaw also introduced a new advertising campaign with Canadian actor William Shatner of Star Trek fame who told viewers, “ More than the price is right ... but by gosh the price is right .”

The film also mentions how Shatner was Plummer's understudy for a production of Henry V at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival ; and that after Plummer had fallen ill, Shatner was forced to take the stage, and thus earned his first big break.

Brannigan also wears a girdle to appear thinner and in another episode nearly loses his toupee, seemingly a parody of similar accusations aimed at Shatner.

It also featured a much longer opening narration by Shatner.

It also starred DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols and George Takei, with a walk-on role by William Shatner as " the Admiral ".

North was also commissioned to write a jazz score for Nero Wolfe, a 1959 CBS-TV series based on Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe characters, starring William Shatner as Archie Goodwin and Kurt Kasznar as Nero Wolfe.

William Shatner, the future Captain Kirk of Star Trek, also filled in for Timber Tom occasionally as " Ranger Bob ".

The actress also guest-starred, opposite William Shatner, on 1960's " Thriller ," in its first season.

Tapping is also working with William Shatner on a 2011 animated webisode series " The Zenoids ", written by Alan Dean Foster.

Shatner, being famous for portraying Captain Kirk, also makes occasional Star Trek references.

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 ( also known simply as Loaded Weapon 1 ) is a 1993 crime-comedy film, directed by Gene Quintano and starring Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson and William Shatner.

" Of the characterizations, she adds, " Nimoy appears to be having a wonderful time playing a relaxed, calculating villain, and Shatner portrays Sargon in an amplified booming benevolent voice that makes a nifty contrast to his would-be-Kennedyesque speechifying, expounding on the values that sent humans to the stars.

William Shatner appears next to her and comments that he's been complaining about the same guy for years.

After several minutes of fighting ( with the exception of Leela and Shatner, who end up making out ), Melllvar's mother appears and makes him come home for dinner.

With Peter refusing in order to continue watching an episode of Star Trek, actor William Shatner, as portrayed by series creator Seth MacFarlane, then appears on the screen.

' " The studio and Shatner himself had few concerns about the plot point.

A revised version of the script from March 1994 included feedback from the producers, studio, actors and director ; the writers changed a sequence where Harriman trained his predecessors in the Enterprise-B's operation after Shatner felt the scene's joke went too far.

For instance, William Shatner, who was touring in a play at the time, would record his lines in whatever city he happened to be in and have the tapes shipped to the studio.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country was filming in a nearby studio, and Garry Marshall arranged for the actors William Shatner ( James T. Kirk ) and Leonard Nimoy ( Spock ) to appear fully costumed, out of camera shot, behind a door in one scene in order to elicit genuine surprise from Al Pacino when he opened it.

Shatner changed his mind when producer Harve Bennett convinced Shatner that he could age gracefully like Spencer Tracy.

The current lineup plans to release a new album, The Devil's Rain, recorded with producer Ed Stasium and titled after the 1975 film starring William Shatner.

Tapping and Shatner voice characters and Tapping is executive producer.

Brad Paisley's music videos for " Celebrity " and " Online " both feature Shatner as well.

Shatner was not the only Star Trek star to record music.

In 1996, MCA Records released a single-CD compilation of Shatner and Nimoy's collected music output, under the title Spaced Out: The Very Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner.

She also has appeared in country music singer Brad Paisley's music video " Celebrity " in 2003 with Alexander, Little Jimmy Dickens, and William Shatner.

Stone also composed the music for the William Shatner series, " Rescue 911 ".

Commodore took out aggressive ads featuring William Shatner asking consumers " Why buy just a video game?

Shatner released a YouTube video expressing disappointment at not being approached for a cameo.

The novels gave rise to a comic book series, video game and later TV movies and a series, both of the latter featuring Shatner.

* This episode was parodied during Comedy Central's Roast of William Shatner, with Balok appearing as a guest via video as an older adult ( with Clint Howard reprising his role ), stating " I've grown quite a bit, and so has my thirst for tranya!