When news of Ken Berry‘s death broke in 2018, tributes poured in from across the entertainment world, celebrating a career that spanned some of television’s most beloved shows. But before he became a familiar face on TV screens, Berry was charting a very different path, one that helped shape the performer audiences would come to know and love.
You see, prior to breaking into television, Berry served in the U.S. military, first as an artilleryman and later as an entertainer. It was there that he served under Sergeant Leonard Nimoy; yep, Mr. Spock himself. Later on, when they were both out of the service and Nimoy was already an established star, he pulled strings to help Ken get work.