Joseph Ruskin (1924-2013)

Joseph RuskinActor Joseph Ruskin, longtime SAG board member, died Saturday of natural causes December 31. He was 89.

With more than 120 television credits in a career spanning six decades, Ruskin had a resume of sf/fantasy genre shows few could match, appearing in Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel, Star Trek, Land of the Giants, Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, Planet of the Apes (TV series), The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Project U.F.O., Airwolf, Max Headroom, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise.

His film work includes roles in The Scorpion King and Star Trek: Insurrection.

He also did voice work in two Star Trek video games.