Talk:Walter Koenig

Surname & ancestry

Can someone provide me with a source for the claim that his family changed their name from Koenigsberg and are actually of Russian Jewish decent? Apofisu 18:12, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Is the pronounciation of "Kay-nig" one that is promoted by himself or a phonetical mispronounciation by English speaking thirds? There's no real reason not to pronounce it like König (which would probably have been the right spelling anyway as many names in the Baltic are of German descent due to the many occupations of the Baltic states by the Germans throughout the centuries). --stasis101 03:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Walter pronounces his last name "Kay-nig" and isn't too thrilled when people mis-pronounce it. This is first hand knowledge, but can be verified by finding interviews with him on YouTube and elsewhere where either he or his interviewer pronounces it in such way. You can also see his recent segment on Larry King Live where Larry mispronounces it and immediately corrects himself.

Here's one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNfGZMAqmOQ

So, I suspect the real reason not to pronounce it Ko-nig is because that is not the way it is pronounced (by him, or his family).

Best, Robert RobertMfromLI | User Talk 23:44, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Terrible picture

he looks like a women on that picture (King food 09:46, 7 April 2007 (UTC))

Maybe it' a tribble atop his head.68.13.60.210 (talk) 03:28, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Way too Star Trek- centric bio

Added Mr. Bester to 'known for' section.

Koenig's character, though admittedly somewhat thin on the ground during B5, was absolutely pivotal in the story arc.

The bio looks like 'he did Star Trek and some other small stuff', obviously written by a Star Trek fan or fans! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.144.135 (talk) 21:16, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

I have to agree. It very much is worded to suggest he did nothing before Star Trek. In fact, like the rest of the Trek cast, he worked steadily in television and small films, in guest spots and supporting roles, since about 1960. On TV in the background as I write this is "Gidget's Foreign Policy" in which he has the top billed guest star role as a conservative member of a Scandinavian business delegation to the US. Do a little research, fanboys, he was already an established stage and TV actor before Star Trek. 73.180.196.185 (talk) 13:51, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

relation to Woody Allen

Is there any possibility that he is related to Woody Allen since Allen's real name is "Allan Stewart Konigsberg", and Koenig's parents were originally named "Königsberg"? Just came to my mind, when I read Koenig's 'Early life' section. 82.141.125.80 (talk) 03:12, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

You could possibly use geni.com, whose main point seems to be connecting distant family relations and has public celebrity profiles, and other such sites to research this. However, as far as wikipedia goes, I figure this is an unimportant bit of meaningless trivia.Centerone (talk) 16:44, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Also, note that this most likely just means that their families are from a place called Konigsberg, and according to wikipedia, there are a number of places in eastern europe that had that name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg_%28disambiguation%29 Also, tracing genealogy in eastern europe and russia is very difficult due to lack of records, or how the records were treated during the revolution, wars, etc. Centerone (talk) 16:49, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Konigsberg, which roughly translates as "king's town", was used extensively throughout eastern Europe by German-speaking potentates who resettled ethnic Germans into lands recently acquired from the Slavs, before and during the Middle Ages. The practice extends back into the classical world; when we hear "Alexandria", we think of the city in the Nile delta, but there were literally dozens of Alexandrias built throughout northeast Africa and southwest Asia as far east as the Indus, all by Alexander the Great and his successors to establish Greek dominance over the newly-conquered territory. Since historically European surnames are derived from either location names or trades, assuming that two people named Konigsberg are related is no more logical than picking two random Smiths and doing likewise. 73.180.196.185 (talk) 14:09, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Hair

What on earth happened to all of his hair?173.86.10.115 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:35, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Alfred Bester/Walter Koenig

What was wrong with his left hand (kept fisted) for most of his role in Babylon 5 ? Friendly Phil (talk) 02:05, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Car customization?

Is he the same Walter Koenig responsible for the Koenig special versions of various cars, like the Koenig Countach, or is there another Walter Koenig?