American-born actor and singer (1943–2024) who played Makora, a young follower of Vaal, in the second-season Original Series episode The Apple.
David Soul was an actor and singer, born in 1943, who became internationally famous as Detective Ken Hutchinson in Starsky and Hutch. His other work included the series Here Come the Brides, the mini-series Salem's Lot and the hit single Don't Give Up on Us.
Early in his career he appeared in The Apple as Makora, one of the innocent, white-haired people of Gamma Trianguli VI who feed the machine-god Vaal. Makora's curiosity about a kiss he sees between Chekov and Yeoman Landon leads him to try the same with Sayana, which angers Vaal and prompts the order to kill the strangers.
Soul later worked extensively on the British stage. He died in 2024.