Bruce Hyde

Bruce Hyde was a performer best known for his role as Kevin Riley in two early episodes of Star Trek.

Hyde played a lieutenant on the popular sci-fi program in 1966, beginning with the fourth episode of the series. His character became infected with a mind-altering disease in the episode titled “The Naked Time.” In his next appearance, in the first season’s thirteenth episode, “The Conscience of the King,” his character survives being poisoned and learns that the man responsible for killing his family may be aboard the ship.

Hyde also appeared on the television series The Trials of O’Brien, Vacation Playhouse, That Girl and The Beverly Hillbillies. He also had a recurring role as Dr. Jeff Brenner on the 1960s medical drama Dr. Kildare.

Additionally, Hyde appeared on Broadway, including productions of Hair, Absence of a Cello, The Girl in the Freudian Slip and Canterbury Tales, a musical.

His most recent credit was for the 2010 film The Confession of Lee Harvey Oswald.

In his later years Hyde chaired the department of theater, film studies and dance at Minnesota's St. Cloud State University for more than two decades.

He died October 13, 2015, in St. Augusta, Minnesota. He was 74.