American actor (1934 to 2024), familiar from Hill Street Blues, who played the self-satisfied Captain Styles of the USS Excelsior in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
James B. Sikking was an American actor best known as Lieutenant Howard Hunter in Hill Street Blues and as the father in Doogie Howser, M.D.
In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) he played Captain Styles, commanding officer of the new USS Excelsior and its experimental transwarp drive. Styles, who carries a swagger stick, is openly dismissive of the ageing Enterprise. When Kirk steals his old ship from Spacedock, Styles orders a pursuit, only for the Excelsior to grind to a halt because Scotty has sabotaged its transwarp computer.
Sikking made the film while he was appearing in Hill Street Blues, and Styles remains one of the best-remembered minor captains of the film series.