Supermarionation "Thunderbirds", who closely resembled Sylvia Anderson, and Captain Blue in "Captain Scarlet", who looked like Ed Bishop (the similarity was reportedly coincidental). Other characters were based on well-known film actors: Troy Tempest of "Stingray" was based on James Garner, Scott Tracy of "Thunderbirds" on Sean Connery and Captain Scarlet on Cary Grant. "Stingray" also featured the only non-speaking Supermarionation puppet: the water-breathing woman Marina. Occasionally, close-ups of a live actor's hand would be inserted to show actions such as turning keys and pressing buttons. This was affectionately parodied in the 2004 live-action feature film "Thunderbirds", with a brief shot of
Troy Kotsur Deaf West Theater. While at Gallaudet University, he was awarded Best Actor for his role as Sepp Schmitz in "The Firebugs" and as Kurt Paxton in "In a Room Somewhere". Television roles: Troy was in Whoopi Goldberg's TV show "Strong Medicine" on cable channel Lifetime Television. He guest starred in 6 episodes of his wife's show "". He also was on the special deaf themed episode (December 13, 2006) of "". Troy also guest starred on the television series "Doc" as a deaf baseball player. He also played the character of a deaf child's father in " Scrubs". He also