Robert Foxworth Robert Heath Foxworth is an actor from Houston , Texas who has performed on two of the " Star Trek " spin - offs , each time as part of a multi - episode arc . He first played Admiral Leyton in the season four episodes and . Several years later , he played Vulcan administrator V ' Las in the season four episodes , , and . Foxworth had initially auditioned for the role of Goran ' Agar in . ( " " ) The costume he wore as V ' Las was sold off on the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction on eBay for US $ 610 . Personal life . Foxworth was born in Houston , Texas , where he attended Lamar High School . His first marriage was to Marilyn McCormick from 1964 through 1974 ; they had two children together . His son ' s godfather is his DS9 co - star Rene Auberjonois . Foxworth married " Bewitched " actress just two years before she died of colorectal cancer in 1995 . Foxworth married Stacey Thomas in 1998 and they currently reside together in Encinitas , California . Career . " Falcon Crest " and Joanna Cassidy . Foxworth is probably best known for his role as Chase Gioberti on the television soap opera from 1981 through 1987 . With actress Susan Sullivan , he was nominated by the Soap Opera Digest Awards as Favorite Super Couple on a Prime Time Serial in 1986 . In 1982 , Foxworth ' s future " Awakening " co - star Joanna Cassidy made guest appearances in four episodes of " Falcon Crest " . Years later , he and Cassidy played husband and wife in recurring roles on the HBO series ( which co - stars James Cromwell ) . Foxworth and Cassidy most recently co - starred together in the film " Kiss the Bride " , released in March 2008 . Other science fiction credits . Foxworth was no stranger to science fiction when he first appeared on " Star Trek " . In 1974 , he starred in the title role of the android Questor in Gene Roddenberry and Gene L . Coon ' s unsold pilot for " The Questor Tapes " . Two years later , he made his feature film debut in the sci - fi thriller " Invisible Strangler " , in which he had the starring role and co - starred with TOS alumni Leslie Parrish , Marianna Hill , and Percy Rodriguez . In 1979 , Foxworth starred in Paramount ' s sci - fi horror film " Prophecy " , which also featured Graham Jarvis . Ten years later , he co - starred with Christian Slater , Olivia d ' Abo , and F . Murray Abraham in the sci - fi drama film " Beyond the Stars " . Foxworth has also made appearances on the popular science fiction shows ( alongside Rosalind Ingledew and Marco Sanchez ) , " " ( co - starring Andreas Katsulas , Bill Mumy , Mary Kay Adams , and Robin Sachs ) , and " " . In the " SG - 1 " episode " Memento " , Foxworth portrayed a political leader fighting to stop an attempted " coup " by a military leader . On " Babylon 5 " he played a character very similar to his role of Admiral Leyton called General who , like Leyton , is also involved in an attempted " coup " ( although this " coup " against Earth is justified , and succeeds , albeit after his death ) . Foxworth ' s " Babylon 5 " character was killed off - screen in response to his assuming the role of Admiral Leyton , and Bruce McGill was cast in a similar role to replace him . ( In one outtake , McGill , when asked where General Hague was , responded " " He ' s on Deep Space Nine " " ) . Foxworth also appeared in ( narrated by Kevin Conway ) , playing the President of the United States in the 1996 episode " Trial By Fire " . " Transformers " live action film franchise . Foxworth was given the voice role of Autobot medic Ratchet in the live action films produced by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci . In all films Foxworth worked with Glenn Morshower and Frank Welker . In the first " Transformers " release in 2007 , Foxworth joined Andy Milder , W . Morgan Sheppard , Michael Shamus Wiles , and Jamison Yang . Next was the first sequel , 2009 ' s " Revenge of the Fallen " with John Eric Bentley , David Bowe , Robin Atkin Downes , Aaron Lustig , Eric Pierpoint , and Tony Todd who voiced as the title villain The Fallen . In 2011 , Foxworth returned to voicing Ratchet in " Dark of the Moon " alongside Jack Axelrod , George Coe , Michael Dorn , Leonard Nimoy as the treacherous Sentinel Prime , Keith Szarabajka , and Tom Virtue . Other notable screen credits . Film . Foxworth ' s earliest feature film credits were the aforementioned " Invisible Strangler " and the family adventure " Treasure of Matecumbe " , both released in 1976 . In the latter , he acting alongside fellow " Trek " alumni Jane Wyatt , Robert DoQui , Logan Ramsey , Rex Holman , and Louie Elias . Foxworth subsequently appeared in the thriller " Airport ' 77 " ( with Robert Hooks , Monte Markham , and Michael Pataki ) , the 1978 horror sequel " Damien : Omen II " , and the aforementioned science fiction thriller " Prophecy " . The only two films with Foxworth that were released in the 1980s came before and after his time on " Falcon Crest " : 1980 ' s " The Black Marble " , with Barbara Babcock , Herta Ware , and Christopher Lloyd ; and 1989 ' s " Beyond the Stars " ( see his science fiction credits above ) . In 2005 , Foxworth made his first major feature film appearance in over fifteen years when he co - starred with DS9 actor Alexander Siddig , guest actor David Clennon , and actor Christopher Plummer in the acclaimed drama " Syriana " . Television . During the 1970 - 1971 television season , Foxworth was the star of the short - lived CBS legal drama " Storefront Lawyers " . His next series following his role on " Falcon Crest " was CBS ' 1992 summer drama " 2000 Malibu Road " , which also starred Mitchell Ryan . This was followed in 1998 with the NBC situation comedy " LateLine " , on which he worked with Miguel Ferrer . Throughout the 1970s , Foxworth made guest appearances on such series as " The Mod Squad " ( starring Tige Andrews and Clarence Williams III ) , " Medical Center " ( starring James Daly ) , " Barnaby Jones " ( with Lenore Kasdorf and series regular Lee Meriwether ) , " Quincy , M . E . " ( with Phillip Richard Allen , Robert Ito , and Garry Walberg ) , and " Hawaii Five - O " . When his work on " Falcon Crest " came to an end , Foxworth guest - starred in a two - part episode of " Cagney & Lacey " with Gregg Henry . In 1995 , Foxworth appeared on the dramas " Murder , She Wrote " ( directed by Vincent McEveety and co - starring Scott Marlowe and Nicolas Surovy ) and " Picket Fences " ( with Ray Walston ) . In early 2000 , he was seen in a recurring role on the short - lived CBS drama " City of Angels " , during which time he worked with Fran Bennett , Charles Emmett , Tzi Ma , Tony Plana , and Steve Rankin . This was followed later in the year with a two - part episode of " Strong Medicine " with the show ' s developer , Whoopi Goldberg . In 2006 , Foxworth guest - starred in the two - hour second season finale of " Boston Legal " , starring William Shatner and Rene Auberjonois and also guest - starring Jeri Ryan . His other recent guest appearances include episodes of " Law & Order : Special Victims Unit " , " The West Wing " , " Bones " ( directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño ) , " Brothers & Sisters " ( starring John Pyper - Ferguson ) , and " Reaper " ( starring Ray Wise ) . Foxworth was the voice of " Race " Bannon during the second season of " The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest " . He took over the role from Granville Van Dusen , who voiced the character in the first two episodes of the season . John de Lancie voiced Dr . Benton Quest on this series . Foxworth later voiced the character of Professor Emil Hamilton on several episodes of " Justice League Unlimited " ( a character previously voiced on " Superman : The Animated Series " by Victor Brandt ) . Also appearing in the " JLU " episodes which Foxworth appeared in were Jeffrey Combs ( as " The Question " ) , Clancy Brown ( as Lex Luthor ) , and Armin Shimerman . In addition to his episodic television work , Foxworth has starred in many made - for - TV movies . Some of his more notable TV movie credits include 1973 ' s " Mrs . Sundance " ( directed by Marvin Chomsky and co - starring future wife Elizabeth Montgomery ) , 1981 ' s " Peter and Paul " ( with John Rhys - Davies ) , and 1993 ' s " For Love and Glory " , ( co - starring Olivia d ' Abo , Zach Galligan , and " Voyager " s Kate Mulgrew ) . More recently , he had a role in the TNT movie " The Librarian : Return to King Solomon ' s Mines " , directed by Jonathan Frakes and co - starring Erick Avari . ( For more TV movie credits , see other Trek connections below . ) Stage work . Foxworth made his Broadway stage debut in a 1969 production of William Shakespeare ' s " Henry V " in which VOY guest actor Len Cariou played the title role . Foxworth ' s next Broadway role was that of John Proctor in the 1972 revival of " The Crucible " , for which he won a Theatre World Award . In 1975 , Foxworth acted alongside recurring DS9 performer Salome Jens in " One Flew Over the Cuckoo ' s Nest " at the Huntington Hartford Theatre in Los Angeles , California . In 1980 , he co - starred with Stephen McHattie and William Schallert in a Los Angeles production of " Mary Stuart " . In 1984 , Foxworth performed with Christine Healy and Anthony Zerbe in an off - Broadway production of " Terra Nova " . In November 1989 , he co - starred with future wife Elizabeth Montgomery in Broadway ' s " Love Letters " . For this play , he assumed the role of Andrew Makepiece Ladd III , a role which was subsequently played by Fritz Weaver in that same production later in the year . Foxworth continued performing on Broadway through the 1990s , acting in the plays " Candida " , " Ivanov " , and " Honour " . His more recent Broadway credits include " Judgment at Nuremberg " , " Twelve Angry Men " , and " August : Osage County " . He also toured as Robert in David Auburn ' s " Proof " . Foxworth has performed at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego many times over the years . Among the plays he has done at this venue was " Below the Belt " with Alan Oppenheimer . More recently , Foxworth starred as Brutus opposite Robin Gammell ' s Julius Caesar in a 2003 Old Globe Theatre production of " Julius Caesar " . This production also featured Dakin Matthews and Joel Polis . In 2009 , he continued his association with the Old Globe when he co - starred with Melinda Page Hamilton in " Cornelia " . That same year , Foxworth was named associate artist of the Old Globe Theatre . Foxworth ' s other stage credits include " P . S . Your Cat Is Dead " ( with Claudette Nevins ) and " Hamlet " ( with Hal Landon Jr . and Dakin Matthews ) . Other " Trek " connections . Additional film and television projects in which Foxworth appeared with other " Star Trek " performers include :