Robert Costanzo Robert Costanzo is a veteran character actor who appeared as Slade Bender in the second season episode . Hailing from Brooklyn , Costanzo has amassed a career spanning three decades and over two hundred film and television credits . Film work . Costanzo has dozens of feature films to his credit . Small roles in films such as " Dog Day Afternoon " ( 1975 , featuring Chris Sarandon ) , Neil Simon ' s " The Goodbye Girl " ( 1977 ) , and " Saturday Night Fever " ( 1977 ) gave way to larger supporting roles in films like " Fatso " ( 1980 ) , " Two of a Kind " ( 1983 ) , and " The Lightship " ( 1986 ) . He found his greatest success in features during the 1990s , beginning with a key supporting role in the 1990 science fiction action / adventure " Total Recall " . Also featured in this film were Marc Alaimo , Roy Brocksmith , Ronny Cox , Mel Johnson , Jr . , Frank Kopyc , Lycia Naff , and the voice of Robert Picardo . In addition , Jon Povill was credited with the film ' s story . Also in 1990 , Costanzo appeared in two blockbuster films with TNG co - star ( and later DS9 regular ) Colm Meaney : " Dick Tracy " and " Die Hard 2 " . Fellow " Star Trek " alumni Hamilton Camp , Seymour Cassel , Tony Epper , Ed McCready , Michael J . Pollard , Bert Remsen , John Schuck , Paul Sorvino , and Ian Wolfe appeared in the former film , as well , while William Sadler co - starred in the latter . Costanzo ' s subsequent films include " City Slickers " ( 1991 , with Tracey Walter and Noble Willingham ) , " Honeymoon in Vegas " ( 1992 , with Seymour Cassel and Keone Young ) , " North " ( 1994 , with Jason Alexander , Rosalind Chao , and Keone Young ) , and " For Better or Worse " ( 1996 , starring and directed by Jason Alexander ) . He was the second male lead in the 1993 horror film " Man ' s Best Friend " and also co - starred with TOS actor James Doohan in 1995 ' s " Storybook " . More recently , Costanzo had small roles in such films as " Alex & Emma " ( with Jordan Lund ) and " Searching for Bobby D " ( with Michael Nouri ) and supporting roles in films like " In the Mix " and " The Flyboys " . In addition , he starred in the 2007 independent film " Banished " , which he also associate produced . Some of his upcoming films include " Dark Room Theater " and " A Wild Ride " . Television work . Besides TNG , Costanzo has made guest appearances on numerous television series , including " The Bob Newhart Show " , " Barney Miller " , " Charlie ' s Angels " , " Who ' s the Boss ? " , " Family Ties " , " Murder , She Wrote " , " The Fall Guy " , " Night Court " ( starring John Larroquette ) , " Beverly Hills , 90210 " , " Ally McBeal " , " ER " , " Will & Grace " , and " CSI : NY " , just to name a few . He also had recurring roles on " St . Elsewhere " and three series from creator : " Hill Street Blues " ( starring Barbara Babcock , Barbara Bosson and James B . Sikking ) , " L . A . Law " ( starring Corbin Bernsen ) , and " NYPD Blue " ( starring Gordon Clapp and Sharon Lawrence ) . He was a regular on several short - lived programs , including " The Last Resort " ( 1979 - 80 ) and " Checking In " ( 1981 ) for CBS . He is known for playing Joey Tribbiani Sr . , the father of ' s character , on an episode of " Friends " and an episode of that show ' s spin - off series , " Joey " . Perhaps his best - known television role , however , is the voice of Detective Harvey Bullock on the various " Batman " animated series and movies of the 1990s . Costanzo ' s other TV credits include a number of shows co - starring actors who had been or would become regulars on a " Star Trek " series . In 1985 , he appeared in an episode of " The Twilight Zone " which also featured s Tim Russ ( albeit , in a separate segment ) . In 1989 , Costanzo appeared on " Quantum Leap " , the popular time travel series which starred s Scott Bakula ( as well as Dean Stockwell , who also appeared on " Enterprise " ) . In a 1998 episode of " Early Edition " , Costanzo worked alongside George Takei , famous for playing Sulu on . Costanzo is one of the many " Star Trek " actors who appeared in HBO ' s " 61 * " . His co - stars included Seymour Cassel , J . D . Cullum , Charles Esten , Bob Gunton , Robert Joy , Christopher McDonald , Bruce McGill , Michael Nouri , Dell Yount , and Connor Trinneer . Costanzo voiced in an episode of " The Zeta Project " with Worf actor Michael Dorn ( as well as " Voyager " guest star Michael McKean ) . He also supplied the voice of Philoctetes on Disney ' s " Hercules " animated series , the direct - to - video movie " Hercules : Zero to Hero " , the series " House of Mouse " , and the video games " Arcade Frenzy " , " Kingdom Hearts " , and " Kingdom Hearts II " . In addition , he lent his voice to a 2006 episode of Seth MacFarlane ' s animated series " Family Guy " . In 2007 , Costanzo appeared in an episode of the FX series " Dirt " , along with Jeffrey Nordling , Mariette Hartley , and Randy Oglesby . He then appeared on " Boston Legal " , starring TOS actor William Shatner and s Rene Auberjonois . Other " Trek " connections . Additional projects in which Costanzo worked with other " Star Trek " alumni include :