American producer (1931–1996) who supervised post-production on the original Star Trek, rising to associate producer, and later co-produced Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley.
Edward K. Milkis trained as a film editor and joined the original Star Trek during its first season to take charge of post-production, relieving Robert Justman of part of an overwhelming workload. He was credited first as assistant to the producer and, by the third season, as associate producer.
His job covered editing, sound, music scoring and above all the optical effects, which were farmed out to several effects houses and were the most frequent cause of late delivery to the network.
After Star Trek he formed a partnership with Thomas L. Miller, and their company was behind some of the most successful American comedies of the 1970s, including Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley, as well as the feature Silver Streak.