Editing Vaughn Armstrong (section)

{{short description|American actor (b. 1950)}}
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| name        = Vaughn Armstrong
| image       = Vaughn Armstrong.JPG
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| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1950|7|7}}
| birth_place = [[Sonora, California]], U.S.
| occupation  = Actor
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'''Vaughn Dale Armstrong''' (born July 7, 1950) is an American actor. He is noted for portraying many characters in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise, in four [[Star Trek#Television series|''Star Trek'' television series]]. He is perhaps best known as the recurring character [[List of minor recurring characters in Star Trek: Enterprise#Maxwell Forrest|Admiral Maxwell Forrest]] in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''.<ref name="GuestStarProfileVaughnArmstrong">{{cite AV media |people=Vaughn Armstrong |date=April 9, 2003 |title=Guest Star Profile: Vaughn Armstrong |medium=DVD |time=7 seconds |publisher=Paramount |asin=B00062IDLA }}</ref><ref name="ign">{{cite web |date=September 14, 2001 |author=Ivan Sian |title=SciFi: Enterprise's Admiral |url=http://scifi.ign.com/articles/315160p1.html |website=[[IGN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020209174337/http://scifi.ign.com/articles/315160p1.html |archive-date=February 9, 2002 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has played twelve Star Trek characters.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 1, 2017 |author=Juliette Harrisson |title=Star Trek Voyager: 10 Great Guest Performances |website=[[Den of Geek]] |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-trek-voyager-10-great-guest-performances/ |access-date=April 1, 2021}}</ref>

In 1985, Armstrong portrayed drill instructor Sergeant Williams in a production of the play ''Tracers'' at the Coronet Theater in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mikulan |first1=Steven |title=The New 'Tracers' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63937280/la-weekly/ |access-date=November 24, 2020 |work=LA Weekly |date=December 5, 1985 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=72|via = [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> In 1989, he played Father Larkin, a priest-principal of a Catholic school, in ''Stand-up Tragedy'' at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 18, 1989 |first=Dan |last=Sullivan |title=An Old Story Brought Up to Speed : 'Stand-up Tragedy's' full-court press |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-18-ca-3770-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=An Old Story Brought Up to Speed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63937712/the-los-angeles-times/ |access-date=November 24, 2020 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=June 18, 1989 |page=305|via = [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> In 1992 he appeared in an episode of ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'' as [[Fred Trump]] (alongside his future ''Enterprise'' co-star [[Scott Bakula]]).<ref name="ign" /> In 2008, he had the role of Will Torrey, an American union representative in ''Ravensridge'' at the Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena, California.<ref>{{cite news |last=Foley |first=F. Kathleen |title=Greed is native to every country |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63938069/the-los-angeles-times/ |access-date=November 24, 2020 |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |date=February 29, 2008 |page=72 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=February 25, 2008 |last=Mikulan |first=Steven |title=Ravensridge: Atlas Smirked |url=https://www.laweekly.com/ravensridge-atlas-smirked/ |website=[[LA Weekly]] }}</ref>