Gary Rand Graham (June 6, 1950 â January 22, 2024) was an American actor. With a career spanning five decades beginning in the 1970s in television and movies, he is perhaps best known for his starring role as Detective Matthew Sikes in the television series Alien Nation (1989âÂÂ1990) and five subsequent Alien Nation television films (1994âÂÂ1997), as well as his work in the Star Trek franchise, most notably the recurring role of Soval, the Vulcan ambassador to Earth in '.
Graham was born in Long Beach, California. One of his earliest roles was in the 1980 CBS miniseries Scruples, based on the Judith Krantz novel starring Lindsay Wagner. He was cast as a hitman on the television show Moonlighting co-starring opposite Bruce Willis. Graham played more than 38 TV roles and had been in more than 40 movies.
As a musician, Graham was in the bands The Gary Graham Garage Band, The Gary Graham Band and The Sons of Kirk.
Graham was also a contributor to Breitbart News.
Graham died from cardiac arrest in Spokane, Washington on January 22, 2024, at the age of 73.
Graham starred in a 2008 television pilot styled after Sin City called Dead End City. He also appeared in the December 18, 1984 episode of Remington Steele, "Let's Steele A Plot" (season 3, episode 11), as Butch Bemis.
As well as starring as Detective Matthew Sikes in the television series Alien Nation (1989âÂÂ1990), he resumed this role in the TV movies ' (1994), ' (1995), ' (1996), ' (1996) and ' (1997).
Graham starred on ' as the recurring character Ambassador Soval, a Vulcan ambassador to Earth. He also guest-starred on ' (1995) once, playing Ocampan community leader Tanis in the second-season episode "". He played Ragnar in the fan production ' and continued that role in '.
In 2015, Graham reprised his role as Ambassador Soval, in the fan film '.
Graham's film appearances include Hardcore, The Hollywood Knights, All the Right Moves, The Arrogant, The Last Warrior, Robot Jox, Running Woman and Siren. His most recent films are InAlienable, Action Hero and Dreams Awake. He made his directorial debut in the spring of 2008 with the film Interviews, which he also wrote.
Graham also made appearances as the "Smoking Jacket Guy" in the introduction and other scenes in the Internet gaming show The Jace Hall Show. Graham played Dr. David Macavoy in the web series Universal Dead. In late June 2010, it was announced that Universal Dead will be made into a feature film.