Background
Poe was born in Portola, California.
Poe was born in Portola, California.
He graduated from Pittsburg Senior High School in 1964 then from the University of San Francisco in 1967.
He has worked in movies, television and on Broadway. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Along with Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Mark Lenard, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Armin Shimerman and John de Lancie he is one of only a few actors to play the same character on three different Star Trek series.
He played in (1987), (1993) and (1995).
He recently appeared in A Christmas Carol at Ford"s Theatre, 2006, as Ebenezer Scrooge, was in the San Diego cast of the new Broadway-bound musical, Cry-Baby. Currently, Poe is performing in the revival of Girl Crazy at the New York City Center, November 19–22, directed by Jerry Zaks.