Invasion of The Body Snatchers
Nimoy plays Dr. David Kibner, a psychologist, in the remake of the 1953 science fiction horror thriller, directed by Philip Kaufman. A group of people discover the human race is being replaced one by one, with clones devoid of emotion. Co-starring Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams.
Star Trek
Nimoy portrays “Spock” in the premiere of Star Trek, an NBC science fiction television series also starring William Shatner and DeForest Kelley. On landing the role:
I did this job in an episode of The Lieutenant series for Gene Roddenberry. A few weeks after I finished the job my agent called me and said, ‘Gene Roddenberry, producer of The Lieutenant show, saw the footage, was interested in you, liked what you did, and said that he has in mind for you a role in a pilot that he’s developing for a science fiction series.” Period. I really didn’t give it a lot of thought. You hear that kind of thing and you’re a long way from getting a job.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E
Nimoy and Shatner guest star in The Man From U.N.C.L.E episode, The Project Strigas Affair. In the episode, Shatner plays a pest control business owner that U.N.C.L.E recruits for their mission and Nimoy a Russian aide-de-camp. They only appear in two scenes. In the first, Shatner drunkenly throws his arm around Nimoy’s shouldes and in the second, Nimoy points a gun at Shatner.
Bonanza
Nimoy guest stars as a corrupt card shark in an episode written by Gene L. Coon.
