Mel Stewart to 1978. In the 1980s, Stewart starred on "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" as section chief Billy Melrose during the show's four-year run from 1983 through 1987, and continued guest starring in both television and films. His last on screen appearance came in the 1993 film "Made in America", starring Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson. In addition to acting and directing, Stewart was an accomplished jazz saxophonist. A longtime resident of San Francisco, he also taught acting at San Francisco State University. His students included actor Danny Glover. He established the theater group Black Actors Now Through Unity (BANTU) and directed
Guinan (Star Trek) Guinan (Star Trek) Guinan is a recurring character that appeared in the American science fiction television series "" as well as the films "Star Trek Generations" and "". Portrayed by Whoopi Goldberg, Guinan is a bartender in the Ten-Forward lounge aboard the starship USS "Enterprise"-D. She was also played as a child by Isis Carmen Jones in the episode "". The character first appears in the second-season opening episode "", and she appears several times over the course of the next four seasons; she makes no appearances in the seventh. She mainly works in Ten-Forward, whose set was added in