Dennis Ott
Dennis C. Ott (13 June1958–3 November1994; age 36) was an actor and stuntman who appeared in twoStar Trek films.
Ott's firstStar Trek film appearance wasStar Trek III: The Search for Spock, in which he played aKlingon, while his second was as analien inStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. According to Ott, who stood 6'11" (2.1 m), his proudest moment was when actorWilliam Shatner told him: "You're one of the tall people in this town who can actually act." ('Dennis Ott, movie actor, dead at 36',Times-Advocate [Escondido, CA], 5 November 1994, p. 14.)
He appeared in several movies, mostly in bit parts. Because of his height of 6'11" he is easy to spot in productions in which he had performed. Among the other films in which he appeared arePolice Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989, co-starringDavid Graf,Arthur Batanides,Gerrit Graham,Darryl Henriques,Kenneth Mars, andMatt McCoy),Road House (1989, withAnthony De Longis,Tiny Ron,Marshall R. Teague, andKevin Tighe),The Doors (1991, withTitus Welliver), andBill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991, withRoy Brocksmith andWilliam Sadler).
After discovering he had AIDS in 1990, Ott spent the last four years of his life speaking as an activist about the disease, before succumbing to it in his hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1994.[1]