<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Ann Amouri (m . 1960; his death 1996) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Mark Lenard (October 15, 1924--November 22, 1996) was an American actor, primarily in television . His most famous roles were with the science fiction Star Trek franchise, in which he portrayed two separate characters with the most popular being Spock's father, Sarek in both the original and animated series . He also played a Klingon in Star Trek The Motion Picture and then later played Sarek in three of the six movies featuring the original cast and finally in Star Trek: The Next Generation in two episodes . </P> <P> Lenard was born Leonard Rosenson in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a Russian Jewish immigrant, Abraham, and his wife, Bessie, but was raised in the small town of South Haven, Michigan, where his family owned a tourist resort . He joined the United States Army in 1943 and trained to be a paratrooper during World War II but did not see actual combat and was discharged in 1946 as a technical sergeant . </P>

Who played spock's father in the original star trek