Dick Brownfield
Richard "Dick" Ramon Brownfield  worked, while employed by Desilu Productions as part of Jim Rugg's team in a junior position, on the special effects throughout the run of , including the first pilot episode , though uncredited as was usual in that era. Subsequently, in the employment of Paramount Television, he worked in the same capacity, now as a senior special effects staffer, on the entire run of . When The Next Generation ended, he moved on to  and worked on the first four seasons of the series. He was also the special effects coordinator for the  video game Star Trek: Borg.

Captain Dick Brownfield was named for him and appeared on a number of dedication plaques for various starships.

Brownfield has been featured in the 1995 documentaries, Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure and E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager.

Career outside Star Trek
Beside his work on Star Trek, Dick Brownfield created special effects for the television drama The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979) and the horror sequel The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985, with Michael Berryman and Penny Johnson and special effects artist Mark Stimson) and worked as special effects coordinator on Robert Duncan McNeill's short film 9mm of Love (2000, with Ethan Phillips, Liz Vassey, Patricia Tallman, editor Daryl Baskin, assistant directors Michael Risner and David Trotti, and special effects artist Mark Stimson). 9mm of Love was Brownfield's last recorded motion picture industry work.

Father of two by wife Beverly, with whom he was married on 9 September 1962, Brownfield is currently enjoying retirement on a ranch located in the southern part of California.

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