Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1954 | The Canadian Howdy Doody Show | Ranger Bob |
1955 | Encounter | Lucky / Billy Budd | 2 episodes |
1957 | Studio One | Dr. David Coleman / Kenneth Preston / Dr. Franck | 5 episodes |
1957–1960 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | John Crane / Jim Whitely | 2 episodes |
1959 | Nero Wolfe | Archie Goodwin | Pilot episode: 'Count the Man Down' | [4][5] |
1960 | One Step Beyond | Carl Bremer | Episode: 'The Promise' |
1960–1963 | The Twilight Zone | Bob Wilson / Don Carter | 2 episodes |
1961 | Thriller | Paul Graves / Gil Thrasher |
1961–1965 | The Defenders | Various | 5 episodes |
1962 | Naked City | Maung Tun / Roger Barme | 2 episodes |
1963 | Route 66 | Menemsha Faxon | Episode: 'Build Your Houses with Their Backs to the Sea' |
1964 | The Outer Limits | Brig. Gen. Jeff Barton | Episode: 'Cold Hands, Warm Heart' |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Michael Donfield | Episode: 'The Project Strigas Affair' |
1965 | The Fugitive | Tony Burrell | Episode 'Stranger in the Mirror' |
For the People | David Koster | 13 episodes |
Twelve O'Clock High | Major Kurt Brown | Episode: 'I Am the Enemy' |
1965–1969 | The Virginian | Henry Swann / Luke Milford | 2 episodes |
1966 | The Big Valley | Brett Skyler | Episode: 'A Time to Kill' |
Gunsmoke | Fred Bateman | Episode: 'Quaker Girl' |
Dr. Kildare | Dr. Carl Noyes / Toby Cunningham, M.D. | 6 episodes |
1966–1969 | Star Trek: The Original Series | James T. Kirk | Main role; 3 seasons |
1970 | Sole Survivor | Lt. Col. Josef Gronke | Television film |
The Andersonville Trial | Colonel Chipman |
1970–1974 | Ironside | Bill Parkins / Don Brand / Marty Jessup | 4 episodes |
1971–1972 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Gary / District Attorney Dave Blankenship | 2 episodes |
Mission: Impossible | Joseph Conrad / Thomas Kroller |
1972 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | George Stapleton | Television film |
The People | Dr. Curtis |
Hawaii Five-O | Sam Tolliver | Episode: 'You Don't Have to Kill to Get Rich, but It Helps' |
The Sixth Sense (TV series) | Edwin Danbury | Episode: 'Can a Dead Man Strike from the Grave?' |
1973–1974 | Star Trek: The Animated Series | James T. Kirk | Voice role |
1973 | Incident on a Dark Street | Deaver G. Wallace | Television film |
The Horror at 37,000 Feet | Paul Kovalik | Television film |
Barnaby Jones | Phil Carlyle / Fred Williams | Episode: 'To Catch a Dead Man' |
Mannix | Adam Langer | Episode: 'Search For a Whisper' |
Go Ask Alice | Sam | Television film |
1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Josh Lang | Episode: 'Burning Bright' |
Flick Flack | Host |
Kung Fu | Captain Brandywine Gage | Episode: 'Blood Of The Dragon Pt 2'[citation needed] |
Kung Fu | Captain Brandywine Gage | Episode: 'A Small Beheading' |
Pray for the Wildcats | Warren Summerfield | Television film |
Indict and Convict | Sam Belden |
1975–1976 | Barbary Coast | Jeff Cable | 14 episodes |
1976 | The Tenth Level | Professor Stephen Turner | Television film |
Columbo | Ward Fowler / Detective Lucerne | Episode: 'Fade in to Murder' |
1977 | The Oregon Trail | Master Sgt. Buford Cole | Episode: 'The Scarlet Ribbon' |
Testimony of Two Men | Adrian Ferrier | Television film |
Mysteries of the Gods | Narrator | Documentary |
1978 | How the West Was Won | Captain Harrison | Miniseries |
Little Women | Professor Friedrich Bhaer | Episode: 'Pilot' |
The Bastard | Paul Revere | Television film |
Crash | Carl Tobias |
1979 | Riel | The Barker |
Disaster on the Coastliner | Stuart Peters |
1980 | The Babysitter | Dr. Jeff Benedict |
1982 | Police Squad! | Poisoned Man | Episode: 'Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)' |
The Vegetarian World | Himself: host & narrator | Documentary | [1] |
1982–1986 | T. J. Hooker | Sergeant Thomas Jefferson 'T. J.' Hooker | Main role; 5 seasons |
1984 | Secrets of a Married Man | Chris Jordan | Television film |
1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Charles Underhill | Episode: 'The Playground' |
1988 | Broken Angel | Chuck Coburn |
1989–1996 | Rescue 911 | Host | 7 seasons & 2 specials |
1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | Episode: 'The Promise' |
1993 | Family of Strangers | Earl | Television film |
SeaQuest DSV | Deposed Serbo-Croatian Alliance President Milos Teslo | Episode: 'Hide and Seek' |
1994 | Columbo | Fielding Chase | Episode: 'Butterfly Shades of Grey' |
1994–1996 | TekWar | Walter H. Bascom | 18 episodes |
1996 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Captain James T. Kirk | Archive footage used in one episode |
Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. | Michael Gatewick | Television film |
Dead Man's Island | Chase Prescott |
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Himself | Episode: 'Eye, Tooth' |
1998 | A Twist in the Tale | The Storyteller / Narrator | 15 episodes |
Hercules | Jason of the Argonauts (voice) | Episode: 'Hercules and the Argonauts' |
1999–2000 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | The Big Giant Head | 5 episodes |
2002 | Futurama | Himself (voice) | Episode: 'Where No Fan Has Gone Before' |
2003 | A Carol Christmas | Dr. Bob / Ghost of Christmas Present | 2 episodes |
Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Himself | Episode: 'In Memory of Elizabeth Reed' |
2004 | The Practice | Denny Crane | Recurring role, 5 episodes in season 8 |
2004–2008 | Boston Legal | Denny Crane | Main role; 5 seasons |
2005 | Atomic Betty | Jim Barrett | 2 episodes |
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner | Roastee | Television special |
Invasion Iowa | Star | 10 episodes |
How William Shatner Changed the World | Host | Television film |
2006 | Show Me the Money | Host | 7 episodes |
2007 | Everest '82 | Norman Kelly | Miniseries |
Fire Serpent | Creator and co-executive producer | Television film |
2008–2011 | Shatner's Raw Nerve | Host | 39 episodes |
2010–2011 | $h*! My Dad Says | Dr. Edison 'Ed' Milford Goodson | 18 episodes |
Aftermath with William Shatner | Host | 12 episodes |
2010–2012 | Weird or What? | Host | 30 episodes |
2011–2012 | Psych | Frank O'Hara | 2 episodes |
2011 | Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen | Roaster | Television special |
2012 | Rookie Blue | Henry McLeod | Episode: 'The First Day of the Rest of Your Life' |
Have I Got News for You | Host | 1 episode |
2013 | Hot in Cleveland | Sally | Episode: 'It's Alive' |
85th Academy Awards | James T. Kirk | Television special |
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | NBC Television Executive |
2014 | The Shatner Project | Himself | 6 episodes | [6] |
Chaos on the Bridge | Interviewer | Documentary Also writer and director | [7] |
2015 | Breaking Ground | Narrator | 10 episodes |
Murdoch Mysteries | Mark Twain | Episode: 'Marked Twain' |
Haven | Croatoan | 4 episodes |
2015–present | Clangers | Narrator (voice) | English dub |
2016 | Cutthroat Kitchen | Himself | Episode: 'The One With William Shatner' |
2016–2018 | Better Late Than Never |
2017 | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | Grand Pear (voice) | Episode: 'The Perfect Pear' |
Private Eyes | Norm Glinski | Episode: 'The P.I. Code' |
The Indian Detective | David Marlowe | 4 episodes |
2019 | The Big Bang Theory | Himself | Episode: 'The D&D Vortex' | [8] |
Private Eyes | Norm Glinski | Episode: 'Glazed and Confused' |