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My Take
Gary Lockwood will always be Frank Poole drifting silently into the void of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and that single image is enough to secure his place in film history. I also love that he was Gary Mitchell in the second Star Trek pilot, so he is woven into two of the most influential science fiction properties ever made. Born John Gary Yurosek in Van Nuys, he came up the old studio way before landing those genre-defining roles. The detail that he starred in Jacques Demy's only American film, Model Shop, hints at a career with more range than the spaceman typecasting suggests.
Overview
Gary Lockwood (born John Gary Yurosek; February 21, 1937) is an American actor. Lockwood is best known for his roles as astronaut Frank Poole in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and as Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell in the Star Trek second pilot episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1966). He starred in the only American film by French New Wave director Jacques Demy, Model Shop.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gary Lockwood
- Name (Japanese)
- ゲイリー・ロックウッド
- Reading
- げいりー・ろっくうっど
- Born
- February 21, 1937 (age 89)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Ox
- Origin
- Van Nuys, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / screenwriter / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- William S. Hart High School
- University
- University of California, Los Angeles
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.