Raymond Singer Raymond Singer is the actor and writer who portrayed the young OP doctor in . Born in New York , Singer received an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production for " Mulan " in 1998 alongside Philip LaZebnik and a Video Premiere Award for Best Screenplay for the animated musical " Joseph : King of Dreams " in 2001 . Singer also received an Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries , Movie or a Dramatic Special for " Iron Jawed Angels " in 2004 as well as a Humanitas Prize nomination in the category 90 Minute or Longer . Other projects he wrote include the television thriller " Beyond Obsession " ( 1994 ) , the teleplay for the television thriller " NightScream " ( 1997 , with Ned Vaughn and Teri Garr ) , and the animated sequel " The Lion King 1½ " ( 2004 , with the voices of Whoopi Goldberg and Frank Welker ) , for which he received no credit . Singer ' s acting career spans 21 years and started in 1975 with appearances in the television series " The Streets of San Francisco " ( 1975 , with Marj Dusay and George D . Wallace ) , " Starsky and Hutch " ( 1975 , with David Soul and Gene LeBell ) , " Police Story " ( 1976 , with Fred Williamson and France Nuyen ) , and " The Rockford Files " ( 1977 ) , and the television movie " The Call of the Wild " ( 1976 , with John Beck ) , and the television drama " Street Killing " ( 1976 ) . Further television credits include " Barnaby Jones " ( 1977 , with Lee Meriwether and Junero Jennings ) , " M * A * S * H " ( 1977 , with David Ogden Stiers and Robert Symonds ) , " Kojak " ( 1975 - 1977 ) , " Fantasy Island " ( 1978 , starring Ricardo Montalban ) , " Charlie ' s Angels " ( 1979 ) , and a recurring role as Lieutenant Watson in the series " Operation Petticoat " ( 1977 - 1978 ) . In the ' 80s he appeared prior to his " Star Trek " performance in the television series " Laverne & Shirley " ( 1980 , with Michael McKean ) , " Benson " ( 1980 ) , " Simon & Simon " ( 1981 , with Sharon Acker ) , " Remington Steele " ( 1982 ) , " Magnum , P . I . " ( 1983 ) , " Scarecrow and Mrs . King " ( 1983 , with Walter Gotell ) , " St . Elsewhere " ( 1984 , with Ed Begley , Jr . , Ellen Bry , and Kavi Raz ) , " Street Hawk " ( 1985 , with Tige Andrews , Earl Boen , Marc Alaimo , and Paul Eiding ) , and " Stingray " ( 1986 , with Kenneth Tigar ) . Singer had supporting roles in the horror thriller " The Entity " ( 1981 , with George Coe ) , the television comedy " The Cartier Affair " ( 1984 , with Joan Collins , Ed Lauter , and Charles Napier ) , the comedy " Feds " ( 1988 , with Kenneth Marshall and Larry Cedar ) , and the television movie " Perry Mason : The Case of the Musical Murder " ( 1989 , with Dwight Schultz , Jim Metzler , and Lori Petty ) . Among his resume are guest appearances in the television series " Family Ties " ( 1986 - 1988 , with regular Brian Bonsall ) , " Night Court " ( 1986 - 1988 , with John Larroquette , Leslie Bevis , Raye Birk , and Kenneth Tobey ) , " Matlock " ( 1989 , along Michael Durrell , David Froman , and Elizabeth Hoffman ) , " Mancuso , FBI " ( 1990 ) , " Father Dowling " ( 1990 , with Jim Beaver and David Warner ) , " Beverly Hills , 90210 " ( 1991 ) , " Sisters " ( 1991 , with Elizabeth Hoffman ) , " Homefront " ( 1993 , with Ken Jenkins ) , " L . A . Law " ( 1990 and 1993 , with Corbin Bernsen , Larry Drake , Nehemiah Persoff , Natalija Nogulich , and Diana Muldaur ) , " NYPD Blue " ( 1994 , with Gordon Clapp , Sharon Lawrence , and Shannon Cochran ) , " Melrose Place " ( 1994 , along Stanley Kamel and Claudette Nevins ) , and " The Naked Truth " ( 1995 ) . Film roles include " Columbo : Uneasy Lies the Crown " ( 1990 , with James Read , Marshall Teague , and Mimi Cozzens ) , the horror sequel " Child ' s Play 2 " ( 1990 , with Gerrit Graham and Brad Dourif ) , the thriller " Delusion " ( 1991 , with Jim Metzler ) , the television drama " The Heroes of Desert Storm " ( 1991 ) , the action comedy " The Taking of Beverly Hills " ( 1991 , with Matt Frewer and Branscombe Richmond ) , and the television drama " Get to the Heart : The Barbara Mandrell Story " ( 1997 , with Dwight Schultz and Lindsey Haun ) .