Producing a series for 3-4 years is a lot of time and effort, Reg. And Star Trek 2 and 3 were DURING TJ Hooker. His last Star Trek appearance was in 1994Star Treks 1, 2, 3 all came before the TJ Hooker series. My time frame above was for the 18 year period between Hooker and Boston Legal. The 13 year period between ST 6 and Boston Legal contains little beyond video games and television ads.
Oh he was also the host of Rescue:911, a semi-reality series between '89 to '96. His voice was in the movie OSMOSIS JONES...
So now you want to diss him because of the opportunities he wasn't offered? A lot of Hollywood actors would kill to be working as regularly as he has over 50 years...
Oh? True the man has been nominated for the Razzie AWARD (undeservedly so, when other candidates like Dolph Lundgren, Arnold and others abound) but I won't go on again about the 60s and camp being the name of the game on television back then. How then do you reconcile the goofy Larry Hagman from I Dream of Jeannie to the deadly serious Hagman from Dallas?Ha! If it weren't for camp, he'd never have gotten an acting job in the first place.
Shatner is a hell of an actor when he wants to. I tend to think so, and so do these people:
Nominated for the Golden Globes 2005 and 2008, for Boston Legal
Nominated for the Emmy award EACH year between 2004 to 2009 without exception for the Practice and Boston Legal, WON the award twice...
Nominated for the Emmy award in 1999 for 3rd Rock from the Sun
Nominated for SAG awards each year between 2006 to 2009