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Merritt R. Butrick (September 3, 1959 – March 17, 1989) was an American actor, known for his roles on the 1982 teen sitcom ''Square Pegs'', in two ''Star Trek'' feature films, and a variety of other acting roles in the 1980s. ==Early life and career== Butrick was born in Gainesville, Florida and was an only child. He graduated in 1977 from Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California. He attended the California Institute of the Arts for acting, but was dismissed from the school. His first screen role was as a rapist in two 1981 episodes of the police drama ''Hill Street Blues''. He was cast as "Johnny Slash" Ulasewicz, a major supporting character in the 1982 teen sitcom ''Square Pegs'', which received critical praise but was cancelled after 19 episodes (one season). The character was described by one critic as an "apparent (but never declared) gay student." While ''Square Pegs'' was in pre-broadcast production, Butrick was cast to play David Marcus, the physicist son of James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his former lover Carol Marcus (Bibi Besch), in ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan''. He continued the role in the follow-up film ''Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'', in which the character was killed. He later appeared as T'Jon, the captain of a cargo vessel rescued by the crew of the ''Enterprise'' in "Symbiosis", a 1988 episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''. Meanwhile, he appeared in the 1982 comedy film ''Zapped!'', the 1988 horror film ''Fright Night II'', and as Barbara Hershey's hillbilly son in the 1987 drama ''Shy People''. He had a variety of guest roles in television series and television movies. He 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. It was his last acting role. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Merritt Butrick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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