Kevin G. Tracey (7 February 1930 – 10 September 2006; age 76) was a professional ice skater and dancer turned actor who appeared twice on Star Trek. He first played a Federation President adviser in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country for which he filmed his scenes on Tuesday 4 June 1991 at Paramount Stage 8 and then the Trill doctor in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine third season episode "Equilibrium". Tracey received no credit for his appearances.
Born in Australia. Tracey became a professional ice skater and performed in Canada, USA, Mexico, and Europe as part of shows such as "Ice Capades" and "Holiday on Ice". In the 1960s, he became a member of the Screen Extras Guild (SEG) and later also of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), and the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA).
Tracey (fourth from left) in The Twilight Zone in 1961
Among his earliest known background work are extra parts in episodes of The Untouchables (1960, with Marc Lawrence), The Twilight Zone (1961, with Fritz Weaver), Batman (1967, with Yvonne Craig, Frank Gorshin, Joan Collins, Gil Perkins, John Burnside, Eddie Smith, and Arthur Tovey), My Three Sons, The Virginian (1967, with Robert Ellenstein, John Hoyt, and Robert Hitchcock), and The Big Valley (1966 and 1968, with David Armstrong, Hal Lynch, and directed by Ralph Senensky).
Other background roles in the 1960s include Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961, with William Blackburn and Jason Wingreen), Twist Around the Clock (1961), Taras Bulba (1962, with Abraham Sofaer), My Fair Lady (1964, with Theodore Bikel, Walter Bacon, Joe Evans, John McLiam, and Arthur Tovey), Shenandoah (1965, with Rosemary Forsyth, Paul Fix, Jimmie Booth, Gary Epper, and Max Wagner), Von Ryan's Express (1965, with Ian Abercrombie, John Burnside, Nick Borgani, Lars Hensen, Jim Michael, James B. Sikking, and Ron Veto), the television movie The Carol Channing Show (1966, with Joan Swift and Joe Garcio and directed by Desi Arnaz), and Funny Girl (1968, with Mittie Lawrence, Nick Borgani, Fletcher Bryant, Noble Chissell, Tony Dante, Joseph Glick, Clark Ross, Arthur Tovey, and John Warburton).
In the 1970s, Tracey appeared in They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970, with Martin Landau, Anthony Zerbe, Jeff Corey, Garry Walberg, Vic Christy, and Dick Dial), The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976, with Cliff DeYoung, Laurence Luckinbill, Robert Sampson, David Spielberg, Kate Woodville, Phillip Richard Allen, Arthur Batanides, Ellen Geer, Peter Brocco, Bill Quinn, Dave Armstrong, Bob Harks, and John Hugh McKnight), and American Hot Wax (1978, with Keene Curtis, Hamilton Camp, Larry A. Hankin, Johnny Haymer, Mary Peters, and Bob Harks) as well as in episodes of Alias Smith and Jones (1972, with Jimmie Booth, Nick Borgani, Rudy Doucette, Lars Hensen, Hal Needham, and Edwin Rochelle), McMillan & Wife (1972, with John Schuck, Michael Ansara, Lars Hensen, Paul Sorensen, Kenneth Mars, Paul Kent, Benjie Bancroft, Peter Eastman, Sandra Gimpel, and Leland Sun), Columbo (1973, with Robert Ellenstein, Walker Edmiston, John Blower, Len Felber, Bob Harks, and Shep Houghton), Kate McShane, Rainbow, Quincy, M.E., The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, The Hoyt Axton Show, and What's Happening!!.
Like several other longtime Screen Extras Guild performers, Tracey became a regular dress call actor for party, restaurant, and bar scenes in the 1980s. He worked on over fifty episodes of the daytime soap Falcon Crest between 1981 and 1988 where he first appeared as a mourner in the very first episode "In His Father's House" (1981, with Robert Foxworth, Nick Ramus, Harry Townes, Mario Marcelino, Robert Sampson, Lee Allen, and Arthur Tovey). His final episode of the show is the eighth season episode "Farewell My Lovelies" (1988, with Dana Sparks, Christopher Held, Ryan MacDonald, Thomas Knickerbocker, Charles Douglass, Shirley Anthony, Alex Landi, Suzanne Lodge, Roberta Storm, and William Ward). In addition, he worked as regular stand-in on all twenty-two episodes of the eighth season between 1988 and 1989.
Also in the 1980s, Tracey portrayed the recurring featured background role of Fredericks, the servant for the Colby family in the soap The Colbys. Between 1985 and 1986 he appeared in thirteen episodes of the two seasons and worked with regulars Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Joseph Campanella, and Ricardo Montalban. Other television appearances include episodes of Cheers (1982, with Richard McGonagle, John Fiedler, Joseph Paz, and Rebecca Soladay), Knots Landing (1985), Dynasty (1981-1986, with Lee Bergere, Joan Collins, Bob Davis, Peter Mark Richman, Robert Symonds, Buzz Barbee, John Blower, Peter Eastman, Mary Mascari, Louie Novoa, Ray Petersen, Don Eitner, Bert Remsen, Shirley Anthony, Bibi Besch, Billy Campbell, Dennis Howard, Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Theodore Bikel, Jessie Biscardi, Robert Buckingham, John Hugh McKnight, Mike Paciorek, Roger Trantham, and Joel Marston), The A-Team, Hotel, Remington Steele, Dallas, Trapper John, M.D.', Bring 'Em Back Alive, and Voyagers!.
Film work in the '80s include Cat People (1982, with Malcolm McDowell, Ed Begley, Jr., John Larroquette, and Ray Wise), My Chauffeur (1986, with Ben Slack, Leland Crooke, and Mark Holton), and Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986, with Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane, Vyto Ruginis, Michael McKean, and Robert Buckingham).
Well in his sixties, Tracey continued acting with background and featured parts in The Distinguished Gentleman (1992, with Eddie Murphy, Victor Rivers, Noble Willingham, Gary Frank, Daniel Benzali, Julianna McCarthy, Dion Anderson, Gary Price, Sam Alejan, Lena Banks, Buzz Barbee, Scott Barry, Christina Bergstrom, Robert Buckingham, John Copage, Lou DeGrado, Peter Paul Eastman, Geoffrey Mutch, Sherry O'Keefe, Gene Poe, Jim Portnoy, John Rice, and Irving Ross) Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994, with Raye Birk, Matt Roe, Earl Boen, Rosalind Ingledew, Alex Zimmerman, Marc Alaimo, Rick Scarry, Bob Scribner, Marcy Goldman, Bill Erwin, Bill Zuckert, Joycelyn Robinson, Al Ahlf, Sam Alejan, Ed Anders, David Keith Anderson, Chris Antonucci, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Kimberly Auslander, Jane Austin, Lena Banks, Buzz Barbee, Jessie Biscardi, Robert Buckingham, Kelly Burris, Faith Burton, Robert Coffee, Lou DeGrado, Peggy Donaldson, Jasmine Gagnier, Kevin Grevioux, Star Halm, Linda Harcharic, Chuck Hicks, Jeff Imada, Andray Johnson, Mark Kosakura, Gene LeBell, Robert Lombardo, Dan Magee, Eric Mansker, Dwayne McGee, Bob McGovern, Susan McNabb, Mike Paciorek, Mary Peters, Rob Plaza, Gene Poe, Jim Portnoy, Denise Lynne Roberts, George Sasaki, Mike Satterfield, Theresa St. Clair, John Staible, Roberta Storm, Symba Smith, Warren Tabata, Mike Washlake, Gary Wayton, Brian J. Williams, and Catherine Wong). [1] He also appeared in the drama Radio Flyer (1992, with Scott Trimble), the crime drama The Glass Shield (1994, with Erich Anderson, Bernie Casey, Victoria Dillard, James Ingersoll, Kimble Jemison, Natalia Nogulich, Lori Petty, Al Rodrigo, and Biff Yeager), the comedy Nothing to Lose (1997, with Michael McKean, Randy Oglesby, and J.J. Boone), the television mini-series The Last Don (1997, with Kirstie Alley, Seymour Cassel, Cliff DeYoung, John Colicos, Mike Starr, Joseph Ruskin, Tony Amendola, Lark Voorhies, and Nichole McAuley), and in episodes of Grace Under Fire, Roseanne, Fame L.A., The Nanny, and The X-Files.
Kevin George Tracey died on 10 September 2006 at the age of 76 in Los Angeles, California.