Poll: Did Leonard Nimoy win an Emmy for 'Star Trek'?

May 5, 2009 | 10:50 am

Monday, we trekked through a worm hole together to revisit the TV series "Star Trek" when it competed at the Emmys in 1967 for best drama series. Now let's beam ourselves into "Star Trek's" other big Emmy battle: best supporting actor. Those are the only two award categories in which it competed during its brief three years on NBC.

It's odd that Leonard Nimoy was the only cast member nominated for acting, a feat he repeated all three years. Mr. Spock not only was the least emotionally flashy role aboard the starship Enterprise, the character prided himself upon expressing no emotion at all!

Hey, did Mr. Spock have a secret Vulcan death grip on TV academy voters? If so, did he ever win for "Star Trek"? After voting below, check out the answer here.

ANSWER: In 1969, Leonard Nimoy lost to Werner Klemperer, who portrayed a silly, bungling Nazi commandant on "Hogan's Heroes." In 1968, he lost to Milburn Stone, who played "Doc" Adams on "Gunsmoke." In 1967, he lost to Eli Wallach, starring in "Poppies Are Also Flowers," a TV film about United Nations narcotics agents tracking a shipment of heroin.

Photo: NBC

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Poll: Did Leonard Nimoy win an Emmy for 'Star Trek'?