Ed Reimers

Edwin W. Reimers (October 26, 1912[1] – August 16, 2009) was an American actor active during the 1950s and 1960s, who also served as the stentorian-voiced announcer for such early Warner Brothers television series as Cheyenne and Maverick: "From the entertainment capital of the world, produced for television by Warner Brothers."

[2] Reimers narrated several episodes of the first Brian Keith series, Crusader, which aired on CBS from 1955 to 1956[3] and was one of three announcers during the 12-year run of Pantomime Quiz on television.

He appeared as Admiral Fitzpatrick in 1967 in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" and also reprised the pivotal role via archival footage in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations".

[4] Reimers was also a popular narrator of industrial films, especially those made by Lockheed Space and Missile Systems Division, Sunnyvale, California, and by the Aerojet-General Corporation Solid Rocket Plant in Sacramento, California.

Reimers was a native of Moline, Illinois, and died on 16 August 2009 in Saratoga Springs, New York.