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Ed Peck (26 March 1917–12 September 1992; age 75) was an actor who played Lieutenant Colonel Fellini in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Tomorrow is Yesterday". He filmed his scenes on Friday 2 December 1966 and Monday 5 December 1966 at Desilu Stage 10.

Peck appeared in various roles in about thirty movies and 75 television shows from the early 1950s to the early 1980s. These include Have Gun - Will Travel (with Brad Weston and Hal Needham), The Untouchables (with Paul Sorensen, Noble Chissell, and Charles Picerni), The Fugitive (with Paul Power, directed by Robert Butler), Gunsmoke (with Michael Barrier, James Doohan, and George American Horse), The Munsters, Get Smart, The Wild Wild West (with Harry Townes, Elisha Cook, Foster Hood, and Max Wagner), Peyton Place (with Tim O'Connor and Garry Walberg, directed by Harvey Hart), The Invaders (with Sally Kellerman, Bill Quinn, and Benjie Bancroft, directed by Murray Golden), I Dream of Jeannie (with Sharyn Hillyer), Bonanza, Land of the Giants (starring Don Marshall, with Charles Dierkop), Ironside (with Robert Ito), All in the Family, The Odd Couple (with Terri Garr and Elinor Donahue), Laverne & Shirley (starring David L. Lander and Michael McKean), The Incredible Hulk (with Don Keefer and the voice of Ted Cassidy), The Mary Tyler Moore Show (directed by Robert Scheerer, Mork & Mindy (with Gina Hecht), and The Dukes of Hazzard.

His best known role is probably his recurring part as a police officer – whose last name was "Kirk" – in nine episodes the popular sitcom Happy Days between 1975 and 1983, where he appeared alongside Jack Perkins, Alan Oppenheimer, Michael McKean, and David L. Lander.

Peck's feature film credits include I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968, with Benjie Bancroft), Bullitt (1968, with Victor Tayback, Joanna Cassidy, Walker Edmiston, Richard Geary, and Vic Perrin), The Comic (1969, with Peter Brocco, Billy Curtis, Alan Marston, Mark Russell, and Bill Zuckert), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971, with Walker Edmiston), and Heaven Can Wait (1978, with Hamilton Camp, Keene Curtis, Benjie Bancroft, and Allan Graf).

Peck retired in 1983; a heart attack claimed his life in 1992.

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