The actor who played Ed Appel in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode “The Devil in the Dark” was Donald Wayne Beltz, better known by his stage as Brad Weston.

Gene Roddenberry briefly considered Weston for the part of the “young male crewmember to attract teenaged female viewers,” which evolved into Ensign Pavel Chekov, played by Walter Koenig, but was never cast.

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A veteran of World War II Weston studied at the Advertising Commercial Art School in Portland, Oregon, from 1948 to 1950. He then transferred to the Jean Turner School of Commercial Art in San Francisco, California, where he learned painting and commercial art before beginning his career in acting in the early 1960s. He lived from 5th March 1928 – 1999, he was 70 years then.

Donald Wayne Beltz was the name of Brad Weston born on March 5th, 1928 in Clarkdale, Arizona, USA. He was a writer and actor best known for his work on Star Trek, Kill the Golden Goose, and The Doors (1991). (1966). Patricia Weston was his wife. He passed away in Los Angeles, California, in 1999.

He was born to the parents of  Myrtle Jane and Rodney Weston in Richland Washington on April 24, 1954.

Patricia Audell Campbell was his wife, who lived from 1954 – 29 April 1997. They had one child

Brad Weston  performed in the tv series below

• Star Trek. 1967.
• The Virginian. 1966.
• Gunsmoke. 1966.
• Branded. 1965.
• Have Gun, Will Travel. 1961.
• The Rifleman. 1960.
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 1959.
• Stagecoach.

In 2021–2022, his net worth was steadily increasing. So, at 71 years old, how much is Brad Weston worth? Acting success is the main source of income for Brad Weston. Brad Weston’s net worth was $1 Million – $5 Million