Walter Koenig was an American actor and writer best known as Ensign Pavel Chekov, the Russian navigator on the original Star Trek and in seven of the franchise’s films. He also played the telepath Alfred Bester on Babylon 5. He died of natural causes at his home in North Hollywood on 25 October 2026, aged 90.
Born in Chicago on 14 September 1936 to Lithuanian immigrant parents, he was raised in Manhattan and trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. He also wrote for television, including episodes of Land of the Lost, and published two memoirs.
