W ay back in 1994, Walter Koenig had a brief conversation with the producers of Star Trek: The Next Generation about the possibility of a small part on the series. Though the cameo didn't happen ...
"When my husband Brad and I got married, we asked Walter Koenig, who played ensign Chekov on the show, to be our best man at the wedding," he recalled. "We asked Nichelle to be our matron of honor." ...
The youngest cast member of Star Trek: The Original Series, Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig) began his Star Trek career as an ensign aboard the USS Enterprise of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner).