Editing Leonard Nimoy (section)

==== Special appearances ====
From 1982 to 1987, Nimoy hosted the children's educational show ''[[Standby...Lights! Camera! Action!]]'' on Nickelodeon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/14/arts/action-group-aroused-by-nickelodeon-ad-plan.html|title=Action group aroused by Nickelodeon ad plan|website=[[The New York Times]]|last=Harmetz|first=Aljean|date=February 14, 1984|author-link=Aljean Harmetz}}</ref> He was an occasional voice actor in animated feature films, including the character of [[Galvatron]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' in 1986. He narrated the 1991 [[CBS]] paranormal series ''[[Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories]]''. In 1994, he voiced [[Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]] in ''[[The Pagemaster]]''. In 1998, he had a leading role as Mustapha Mond in ''[[Brave New World (1998 film)|Brave New World]]'', a TV-movie version of [[Aldous Huxley]]'s [[Brave New World|1932 novel]].
[[File:Leonard Nimoy (handprints in cement).jpg|right|thumb|Handprints of Leonard Nimoy in front of [[Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway]] at [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]] theme park]]

From 1994 to 1997, he narrated the ''[[Ancient Mysteries]]'' series on [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]] including "The Sacred Water of [[Lourdes]]" and "Secrets of the [[House of Romanov|Romanovs]]". He appeared in advertising in the United Kingdom for the computer company [[Granville Technology Group|Time Computers]] in the late 1990s. In 1997, he played the prophet Samuel, alongside Nathaniel Parker, in ''The [[Bible Collection]]'' movie [[David (1997 film)|''David'']]. He appeared in several popular television series, including ''[[Futurama]]'' and ''[[The Simpsons]]'', both as himself and as Spock. In 2000, he provided on-camera hosting and introductions for 45 half-hour episodes of the anthology series ''Our 20th Century'' on the AEN TV Network. The series covers world news, sports, entertainment, technology, and fashion using original archive news clips from 1930 to 1975 from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. and other private archival sources.

In 2001, Nimoy appeared on the television show ''[[Becker (TV series)|Becker]]'', where he played Dr. Emmett Fowler, a professor who cannot recall his former student.

Nimoy played the recurring enigmatic character of Dr.{{spaces}}William Bell on the television show ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Fringe-Meet-Dr-1004879.aspx |title=''Fringe'': Meet Dr. William Bell |last=O'Connor |first=Mickey |date=April 8, 2009 |website=TVGuide.com |publisher=CBS Interactive |location=San Francisco, CA |access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> Nimoy opted for the role after previously working with Abrams, [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] on the 2009 ''Star Trek'' film and offered another opportunity to work with this production team again. Nimoy also was interested in the series, which he saw was an intelligent mixture of science and science fiction,<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/10/fringe-leonard-nimoy-on-william-bell.html | title = 'Fringe': Leonard Nimoy on William Bell | date = October 8, 2009 | access-date = March 2, 2015 | website = [[Los Angeles Times]] | first= Andrew | last =Hanson }}</ref> and continued to guest star through the show's fourth season, even after his stated 2012 retirement from acting.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/05/11/leonard-nimoy-talks-about-big-fringe-return | title = LEONARD NIMOY TALKS ABOUT BIG FRINGE RETURN | website = [[IGN]] | date = May 11, 2012 | access-date = March 2, 2015 | first = Matt | last = Fowler }}</ref> Nimoy's first appearance as Bell was in the Season{{nbsp}}1 finale, "[[There's More Than One of Everything]]", which explored the possible existence of a [[multiverse|parallel universe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trektoday.com/content/2009/04/nimoy-joins-fringe.html |title=Nimoy Joins Fringe |author=T'Bonz |date=April 9, 2009 |website=TrekToday |publisher=Christian Höhne Sparborth |location=Utrecht, Netherlands |access-date=November 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625194943/http://www.trektoday.com/content/2009/04/nimoy-joins-fringe.html |archive-date=June 25, 2009 }}</ref> In the May 9, 2009, episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', Nimoy appeared as a surprise guest in the ''[[Weekend Update]]'' segment with [[Zachary Quinto]] and [[Chris Pine]], who play the young Spock and Kirk in the ''Star Trek'' which had just premiered days earlier. In the sketch, the three actors attempt to appease long-time [[Trekkie|Trekkers]] by assuring them the new film would be true to the original ''Star Trek''.<ref>Jacobs, Matthew (February 27, 2015). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/27/zachary-quntio-leonard-nimoy_n_6771954.html?cps=gravity_2246_6639204149541054701 "Zachary Quinto Pays Tribute To His Spock Predecessor Leonard Nimoy"]. ''The Huffington Post''.</ref>