<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 media franchise, Star Trek, in which he played a variety of characters with the most popular being Spock's father, Sarek . </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>

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