John "Bear" Staible (born 2 April 1939; age 85) is a former actor who appeared in two Star Trek films and in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He received no credit for his appearances.
Staible also appeared in the Hart to Hart episode "A Change of Hart" (1983, with Julie Newmar and Perry Lopez), The Colbys episodes "Moment of Truth" (1985, with Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Ricardo Montalban, and Tim McCormack) and "Sanctuary" (1986, with Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Ricardo Montalban, Judson Scott, Georgann Johnson, Peter White, Gene Poe, and Tim McCormack), the Dynasty episodes "The Quarrels" (1985, with Joan Collins and John Hugh McKnight), "The Roadhouse" (1985, with Joan Collins), and "The Siege Part 2" (1987, with Joan Collins, Mark Phelan, and Milt Tarver), and was a regular background actor, portraying a bailiff, in the comedy series Night Court (1984-1992, starring John Larroquette). He worked as a regular background actor on both seasons of the series Hooperman (1987-1989, with Conrad Hurtt and starring Barbara Bosson) and was a background actor on the thriller Jagged Edge (1985, with Bruce French, Michael Dorn, Louis Giambalvo, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jay Crimp, Karen Austin, and Biff Yeager), The Presidio (1988, with Jenette Goldstein, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Patrick Kilpatrick, Clay Wilcox, Jophery C. Brown, Allan Graf, Frank Orsatti, and Conrad Hurtt), and Kindergarten Cop (1990, with Jayne Brook, Heidi Swedberg, Angela Bassett, and John Christian Graas).
As of 2017, Staible, a retired fire fighter, lives in Florida. [1]
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