1. Merritt R Butrick was an American actor, known for his roles on the teen sitcom Square Pegs, in two Star Trek feature films, and a variety of other acting roles in the 1980s.
10 Facts About Merritt Butrick
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Merritt Butrick graduated in 1977 from Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California.
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Merritt Butrick attended the California Institute of the Arts for acting, but did not complete his degree.
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Merritt Butrick was cast as John "Johnny Slash" Ulasewicz, a major supporting character in the teen sitcom Square Pegs, which received critical praise but was cancelled after 19 episodes.
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Merritt Butrick continued the role in the follow-up film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, in which the character was killed.
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Merritt Butrick later appeared as T'Jon, the captain of a cargo vessel rescued by the crew of the Enterprise in "Symbiosis", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Merritt Butrick had a variety of guest roles on television series and television films.
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Merritt Butrick received critical praise from Time magazine for his performance at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in the play Kingfish, in which he played a ditzy, petulant muscle-boy prostitute.
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Merritt Butrick died of toxoplasmosis, complicated by AIDS, on March 17,1989, at the age of 29.
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Merritt Butrick has at least two panels dedicated to him as part of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, both referencing his role as David Marcus.