Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov on board the USS Enterprise during an episode of Star Trek from 1968Image source, Getty Images
ByPaul GlynnCulture reporter
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The actor Walter Koenig, who played the spirited Russian crewman Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek TV series, has died aged 90, his agent confirmed.

The US actor was a mainstay on the show from season two in 1967 until it ended in 1969, later reprising his role as the eager and earnest Chekov, with his Monkees-style mop-top haircut, in the six original cast movies from 1979 through 1991.

He also wrote an episode for the show's animated spin-off.