Would have been fun watching a series with Harcourt Fenton Mudd play a intergalactic con man.

I thought if they were going to use Mudd in any current “Star Trek” series or movies, he should have been played by Ron Jeremy. Instead, they went with Rainn Wilson.

In an interview years ago, Roger C Carmel said that he was among a few of the actors who were considered for the "Dr. Smith" role for CBS's "LOST IN SPACE" TV series before Jonathan Harris was chosen for the role which made him famous. In 1967 before he got the part on NBC's "THE MOTHERS IN LAW", Carmel played "Col Gumm" on ABC-TV's "BATMAN" that aired in March 1967 with guest stars Van Williams and Bruce Lee as their crime-fighting characters, The Green Hornet and Kato, whose 1966-67 series had concluded its 26 episode run. after the first season of NBC's "THE MOTHERS IN LAW", Carmel got into a business conflict with Desi Arnaz, who said that he couldn't raise the salaries for the cast during the second season of the NBC series, the network said that it wouldn't pay out anymore money after the ratings in the show's first season weren't impressive enough, and that ABC expressed interest in picking up the series until NBC had reached an agreement and that the cast all agreed to a salary freeze, except for Carmel, who wanted a salary increase, which got him fired from the series and was replaced by Richard Deacon. The last time Roger C. Carmel played "Harry Mudd" was as the voice of his character in NBC and Filmation Associates' animated version of "STAR TREK" in 1973 in the "Mudd's Passion" segment that Stephen Kendal wrote for the animated series. Later in Carmel's history, the actor worked in a series of commercials promoting a Mexican restaurant chain in a "Col Sanders" spoof, playing "Senior Naugles", a type of spokesman role, but the Mexican restaurant chain went under and was later sold to rival Del Taco. Roger C Carmel was found dead in his apartment on November 11, 1986, a victim of a heart attack, the result of Hypertrophic cardiomyapathy-he wa 54 years old.

The last time Mudd was in Trek was in the 1980s DC series, specifically issues 39 and 40, for June and July 1987.

I'd watch the Mudd spinoff only if his wife Stella was in it to incessantly torture him.

I would have watched the "Mudd" spinoff. I could only imagine the show would have had a revolving door of the prettiest actresses in the business. As long as he had those super duper vitamin pills! 😉😋

wasnt he on DVD? (dick van dyke)

Roger C. Carmel didn't "pass away"--he committed suicide!

Once again the MeTV Staff display a lack of research. Roger C. Carmel originated Harry Mudd in two original series episodes and one animated outing. But the Mudd actions they describe are from Star Trek: Discovery, where Mudd was played by Rainn Wilson.
No wonder so many commentators don't remember Harry from this description.

That's too bad. One of my favorite episodes and fun. Punished him with an old battle-axe (fiancée) with 100's android copies "Harcord!" 😣. I'd watch it).

I don’t watch Star Trek, but that show sounds like fun. 🚀 I

It's a shame it didn't make it even thou I'm not much with Star Trek sometimes

I like Star Trek, but I never heard of Harry Mudd.

I would have been very interested. However, I also would have been even more interested in an "Assignment Earth"/Gary Seven spinoff.

Unfortunately, as beloved by the Star Trek universe and fan base as Mudd and Carmel were, he had a really sour experience with the ill-fated "The Mothers-n-Law" show, when he refused to sign up for another season with no pay raise. That may have been an unwise choice, but according to a paragraph or two in his IMDb bio (also cited on his Wiki page), it appears that Hollywood avarice and greed played just as big a role. From his bio:

"NBC was disappointed by the mediocre ratings of The Mothers-In-Law (1967), and almost canceled it. It picked the show up for a second season after rival network ABC expressed interest in the show, but NBC informed Arnaz that they would not give any additional money for the show. Traditionally, salaries are increased when a TV show is picked up for a new season, and all the actors' contracts specifically called for raises in the event of renewal. Arnaz, who was also producer, director, and writer, called together the cast and crew and told them that although the series had been renewed, there was no money for salary increases.

"According to Carmel's own recollection, Arnaz was already drawing down multiple salaries on the program, and would shortly cast himself as a supporting character in the series, thus drawing another salary, although Carmel didn't know that at the time. Arnaz elicited a promise from the creative people, the crew and the actors to forgo salary increases to keep the show on the air. All the actors agreed but one. Carmel told Arnaz he would quit unless he received a raise, as per his contract. In a contemporaneous account of the incident, Carmel said, "Desi called me and put it on a personal basis. I didn't feel it should be done that way - it was very unfair of him. Then Desi and the Morris Agency threatened I would be replaced. Kaye Ballard and Eve Arden also called me and asked me to go along, but I wouldn't."

"Arnaz's response to Carmel's ultimatum was dismissive. "Where else is he going to make two thousand dollars a week?", the producer asked rhetorically. If Arnaz's Desilu production company gave in to Carmel, it would be faced with giving all the cast members a raise, which was financially unviable with the money on offer from NBC. Arnaz was forced to terminate Carmel, who was replaced by Richard Deacon for the second season. The show had poor ratings and was canceled following its second season."

He had one of those recognizable faces. Seems he had a long career in television and film.