From the seventh season of the ultra-subccstes television series “Stargate SG-1”, the note of actor Robert Picardo played a character named Richard Woolsey, a plush supervisor who kept close to the members of the Stargate project. Woolsey is not a villain in his own mind – he only seeks order and surveillance – but his bureaucratic shenanigans have caused more harm than help. From 2004 to 2007, Woolsey appeared in seven episodes of “Stargate”. His episodes of “Stargate” also rode recurring appearances in the third and fourth seasons of the Spin-off “Stargate: Atlantis”. In the fifth and last season of this program (which took place from 2008 to 2009), Woolsey became a regular in the series, Picardo appearing in 20 episodes.

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Picardo could be best known for its role as Doctor Holographic on “Star Trek: Travel”, “ Appearing in 172 episodes during the seven seasons of this program. Picardo, however, was embarrassing prolific, without having a fallow period since the start of his acting career on the professional screen in the late 1970s. His first credit came in an episode in 1977 “Kojak”, and his first film was to play a vicious werewolf in the horror film of Joe Dante “The Howling”. He has since become a lucky charm for Dante, appearing in most of the director’s films. Some could recognize him as the coach on “The Wonder Years”, Of his role as neighbor of Tim Taylor on “Home Improvement”, Or one of the main members of the 1988 series distribution “China Beach”.

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It is not a great mystery why Robert Picardo appears on “Stargate SG-1”, because he is constantly looking for work and is reliable enough to be offered many high-level and high-level concerts. “Stargate” was another opportunity for many, and Picardo simply took it. In an interview of 2006 with the fans site “Stargate” “Gateworld“However, Picardo developed his association with the science fiction series and why he decided to do so. After” traveling “, he said, he knew he had a science fiction printer and let the showrunners look into his” Star Trek “links.

Picardo was frank about his landing of the “Stargate” concert, saying that the main reason he played Richard Woolsey was because the producers of the show called him and asked him. Picardo works so much, it would be interesting to know if he said “no” to anything. But he knew the way in which science fiction shows like to loot the ranks for the guest stars, noting that “Stargate” liked to rely on “Star Trek” in particular. Indeed, Armin Shimerman, who played Quark on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” appeared in an episode of 1997 by “Stargate SG-1” called “The Nox”. Likewise, René Auberjonois de DS9, Colm Meany and Nicole Deboer had small roles. Marina Sirtis of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” appeared in episodes of “SG-1”, just like John Billingsley, Connor Trinneer, and Jolene BLALOCK of “Star Trek: Enterprise”.

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Picardo noted the job model, saying:

“The producers of” Stargate “are very like having actors who are identifiable with their audience mainly of science fiction, therefore, of course, they have made offers to other actors of” Star Trek “in the past. I have read the first script and I seemed, a little, he meant. […] It would have been a brake to have to enter and happen, except that the members of this cast were so welcoming to me and so happy to have me in the series. [T]Hey did not confuse my character with me, the person. “”

He said everyone was graceful when he came to the set and had a good time to do “Stargate”. In addition, Picardo said that he was common fans with the producers of “Stargate” Joe Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, so there was warmth all around. And of course, it helped that Richard Woolsey became a regular in the series after a while, allowing writers of the show to give him more depth and texture.

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