Gary Graham, best known for playing Detective Matthew Sikes in Alien Nation and Soval, the Vulcan ambassador to Earth in Star Trek: Enterprise, has died aged 73.
Graham’s ex-wife, the actor Susan Lavelle (Amazon Prime’s Dear Mother), announced the news in a post on Facebook.
“It is with deep profound sadness to say that Gary Graham, my ex-husband, amazing actor and father of our beautiful only child together, Haylee Graham, has passed away today,” Lavelle said.
“I met Gary when I was just 20 years old and he was one half of the star duo on the TV series, Alien Nation. But he had already been in movies like All the Right Moves with Tom Cruise. Of course, Gary has many more credits.
“Gary was funny, sarcastic sense of humor but kind, fought for what he believed in, a devout Christian and was so proud of his daughter, Haylee.
“Fly high into the heavens Gar! Thank you for our journey and thank you for the gifts you left me in acting, my love of horses and most importantly, our daughter.”
Graham played Detective Matthew Sikes in Alien Nation, which ran from 1989 to 1990, then returned to the role in the TV movies Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994), Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995), Alien Nation: Millennium (1996), Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996), and Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997).
He starred in Star Trek: Enterprise as the recurring character Ambassador Soval, a Vulcan ambassador to Earth, and guest-starred on Star Trek: Voyager (1995) once, playing Ocampan community leader Tanis in the Season 2 episode Cold Fire.
Graham went on to play Ragnar in the fan production Star Trek: Of Gods and Men and continued that role in 2015 fan-film Star Trek: Renegades.
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