American actor and director who played the bored young lieutenant, nicknamed Mr. Adventure, whom Uhura locks in a closet in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
Scott McGinnis is an American actor who later moved into directing and producing for television. His acting credits from the 1980s include Joysticks, Making the Grade and Thunder Alley.
In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) he played the junior officer on duty with Uhura at a quiet transporter station on Earth. He complains that the posting is dull and cannot see why a veteran like her would want it; the credits call him Mr. Adventure.
When Kirk, McCoy and Sulu arrive to beam up to the Enterprise without authorisation, Uhura draws a phaser, orders the astonished lieutenant into a closet and tells him to sit there, giving the film one of its best-loved comic moments.