Los Angeles: Lawrence Montaigne, who played a Romulan and then a Vulcan on episodes of the original Star Trek and at one point was lined up to replace Leonard Nimoy on the series, has died. He was 86.

Montaigne, who also appeared in the Steve McQueen war classic "The Great Escape" (1963) and on TV's Batman as a robot controlled by the Joker, died on Friday, his daughter, Jessica, posted on Facebook, according to The Hollywood Reporter.