Dick Solomon

Dick Solomon is a humanoid extraterrestrial and one of the main characters featured on the 1996-2001 NBC comedy series 3rd Rock from the Sun. He is played by actor John Lithgow in one of his rare comedic roles and was introduced in the series' pilot episode, "Brains and Eggs". Like all of the credited cast members from the series, appeared in all 139 episodes of the show.

Biography
Dick Solomon, true name unknown, is a member of an unspecified alien race from another star system. He is the High Commander of an exploratory team sent to Earth to learn about it's people and customs. As the High Commander, Dick is assisted by a small team which consists of his first officer, his communications officer and his science officer. Upon landing on Earth, Dick and the others assumed human appearances and took on the guise of a middle-American suburban family bearing the surname Solomon. Taking the name Dick Solomon, he assumed the role of family patriarch with his first officer taking the name Sally (even though she is actually a he as far as their race's gender is concerned), his communications officer assuming the guise of Harry Solomon, Dick's younger brother, and his science officer, albeit the oldest of the group, took on the guise of young Tommy Solomon, Dick's son.