“He went from Walton's Mountain to the final frontier.”

[Brenda]

MeTV story about actor Richard Lineback (Sweet Billy):

The Waltons' ''Sweet Billy'' appeared on three different Star Trek series

[goodnight]

I've also seen him in NCIS in an episode set in Gibbs' hometown, so there was some interaction with Gibbs father played by Ralph Waite.

And in an episode of MASH, he played a soldier who a bit mentally slow. The doctors wondered how he ended up in the army, but he did OK as long as he had his buddy with him. But his buddy was being sent home. I couldn't help being reminded of this episode after seeing the movie Forest Gump years later, because Forest was in the army with a IQ of only 75.

There's several connections between The Walton's and Star Trek. The one that played CoraBeth was in an episode of Next Generation. So was Ellen Geer and her mother was in an other episode playing Picard's mother. And of course Jonathan Frakes.

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Wasn't there two sweet billys? 

[Brenda]

Aug 18, 2021 21:30:44 GMT -5 @tankeryanker said:

Wasn't there two sweet billys? 

Yes, Sweet Billy was played by 2 different actors. He was played by Les Lannom in The Starlet and The Diploma, and by Richard Lineback in The Pledge.

Ronie Cotter was also played by 2 actors, Janette Lane Bradbury and Ellen Geer.