American actor, writer and record executive (1940–2003) who originated Dr. M'Benga, the Enterprise physician with special knowledge of Vulcan medicine, in two episodes of the original series.
Booker Bradshaw was an American actor, born in 1940, who also worked as a television writer and as an executive in the record industry.
In Star Trek he plays Dr. M'Benga, a member of McCoy's medical staff who served his internship in a Vulcan ward. He first appears in A Private Little War (1968), treating the wounded Spock and explaining the Vulcan healing trance, and returns in That Which Survives (1969), where he takes charge of sickbay while McCoy is stranded with the landing party.
Although the character had only two appearances, he remained a favourite of fans and was revived decades later in Strange New Worlds, where he is played by Babs Olusanmokun. Bradshaw also wrote scripts for series including Columbo. He died in 2003.