Russell Bates

Actor | Writer

Date of birth : 06/06/1941

Date of death : 04/09/2018

City of birth : Lawton, Oklahoma, USA

Bates was a Native American from the Kiowa Tribe. He was an activist for Native American rights and featured characters from that background in his scripts. The episode he wrote for Star Trek the Animated Series included the first Native American character to serve in Starfleet and a plot involving Amerindian mythology.