Byron Morrow Byron Morrow was a veteran character actor who has appeared twice in the " Star Trek " universe , both times as admiral s in . He was also the first actor on " Star Trek " to appear as a character in the admiralty . Morrow filmed his scene for " Amok Time " on Monday . He filmed his scene as Westervliet on Friday , at Stage 8 in Desilu ' s Culver City studios . Born in Chicago , Illinois , Morrow served his country in World War II , performing in theater productions during his tour of duty . He began appearing in film and television in the late 1950s and amassed some 200 appearances in a career spanning the next 35 years . Morrow ' s television work includes guest appearances on ( playing a Martian with Vic Perrin in an episode also featuring Susan Oliver and Paul Comi ) , ( two episodes : one with Michael Ansara , Clegg Hoyt , and Brian Keith , another with Jeff Corey and Jason Wingreen ) , " Rawhide " , " The Andy Griffith Show " , " Wagon Train " , " The Man from U . N . C . L . E " ( including an episode where he plays an U . N . C . L . E . doctor with Bill Quinn ) , " The Invaders " ( with Barry Russo and Garth Pillsbury ) , " Bewitched " ( including an episode where he again works with Bill Quinn ) , " Lost in Space " ( with Bill Mumy ) , " Get Smart " , " The Wild Wild West " ( two episodes , both with Arthur Batanides , one with Michael Dunn ) , " I Dream of Jeannie " , " The Mod Squad " ( with Clarence Williams III and Tige Andrews ) , " The Waltons " , " Barnaby Jones " ( working with Bill Erwin , Meg Foster , Vince Howard , and Lee Meriwether ) , " Kolchak : The Night Stalker " ( with John Fiedler and Vince Howard ) , " Quincy , M . E . " ( with Robert Ito and Garry Walberg ) , " Fantasy Island " ( starring Ricardo Montalban ) , " Scarecrow and Mrs . King " , " Highway to Heaven " , and multiple episodes of " Bonanza " , " Mannix " , and " The Rockford Files " . Perhaps most notably , he was often seen in the role of a judge on " Perry Mason " , a series on which he appeared seven times between 1960 and 1966 . Morrow was also seen in a 1970 episode of , during which time his TOS co - star Leonard Nimoy had become a regular on that series . Morrow would also reunite with William Shatner in a 1974 episode of " The Magician " . And in 1989 , Morrow appeared on " Beauty and the Beast " ( starring Ron Perlman and Stephen McHattie ) in an episode also guest - starring future actor Armin Shimerman . " Star Trek " wasn ' t the only franchise in which Morrow played two different admirals ; he also played two different characters with that same rank in the two mini - series based on novels by Herman Wouk , " The Winds of War " ( 1983 ) and " War and Remembrance " ( 1988 ) . Fellow " Trek " alumni Peter Brocco , Michael Ensign , Ken Lynch , Logan Ramsey , and Lawrence Pressman also had roles in the former series ; Ian Abercrombie , Lawrence Dobkin , Bruce French , Richard Lineback , Glenn Morshower , Charles Napier , John Rhys - Davies , and William Schallert appeared in the latter . George Murdock appeared in both . On film , Morrow made appearances in the English version of 1962 ' s " King Kong vs . Godzilla " , the 1963 dramedy " Captain Newman , M . D . " ( also featuring Barry Atwater , Paul Carr , Seamon Glass , James Gregory , and Paul Sorenson ) , Gore Vidal ' s " The Best Man " ( 1964 ) , Disney ' s " The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes " ( 1969 , with Ed Begley , Jr . and William Schallert ) , the war drama " Johnny Got His Gun " ( 1971 , with Peter Brocco , Robert Easton , and David Soul ) , and Elia Kazan ' s 1976 drama " The Last Tycoon " ( co - starring Tige Andrews , Seymour Cassel , and Jeff Corey ) , among others . Morrow went uncredited in nearly all of these films ; however , one film he did receive credit for was the 1970 science fiction classic " Colossus : The Forbin Project " , directed by Joseph Sargent . Morrow retired from acting in 1991 , with his last work being an episode of " Father Dowling Mysteries " . He passed away in Woodland Hills , California fifteen years later . He was 94 years old .