Ray Walston Ray Walston was the actor who played Boothby in three " Star Trek " episodes . He first played the role in the episode . He later appeared in two episodes of , portraying Chakotay ' s hallucination of Boothby and a holographic recreation of in and a member of Species 8472 disguised as in the episode . He was perhaps best known for his role as " Uncle Martin " the Martian in the 1960s television comedy series " My Favorite Martian " . He was also known for his Tony Award - winning performance in the Broadway production of " Damn Yankees " , his two - time Emmy Award - winning role as Judge Henry Bone on the drama series " Picket Fences " , and his supporting roles in several popular films , including " South Pacific " , " The Apartment " , " The Sting " , and " Fast Times at Ridgemont High " . Early life . Walston was born Herman Walston in New Orleans , Louisiana , on 2 November 1914 , although some sources state he was born on 2 December . He began acting at an early age , acquiring minor acting parts in stage productions at many New Orleans theaters . He also began performing in traveling shows until his family moved to Houston , Texas . In 1938 , Walston made his professional stage debut in a production of " High Tor " as part of the Houston Civic Theater ' s repertory company . He later spent three years with the Cleveland Playhouse in Ohio , during which time he acted in such productions as Tennessee Williams ' " You Touched Me " . Broadway career . Walston ultimately made his way to New York City , where he made his Broadway debut in a 1945 production of William Shakespeare ' s " Hamlet " . He then acted in a Broadway revival of " The Front Page " along with TOS guest actor Arnold Moss . His subsequent Broadway credits include " The Survivors " ( 1948 , with Marc Lawrence and Kenneth Tobey ) , Tennessee Williams ' " Summer and Smoke " ( 1948 - 49 ) , Shakespeare ' s " King Richard III " ( 1949 , with Nehemiah Persoff ) , " Me and Juliet " ( 1953 - 54 ) , and " House of Flowers " ( 1954 - 55 ) . In 1955 , Walston was cast as Mr . Applegate ( actually the Devil ) in the Broadway musical " Damn Yankees " . For his performance in this production , Walston won the 1956 Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical . One of Walston ' s co - stars in " Damn Yankees " was , who later directed the episode . Both Walston and Komack reprised their stage roles in the 1958 film adaptation of " Damn Yankees " . Early film and television work . Walston first appeared on television in an episode of CBS ' live anthology series " Suspense " in 1949 , appearing in several more episodes between 1949 and 1954 . He also appeared on such anthology dramas as " Studio One " ( with James Gregory ) , " Hallmark Hall of Fame " ( with Theodore Bikel ) , and " Playhouse 90 " . Throughout the early 1960s , he appeared on such television programs as " Outlaws " , " Cain ' s Hundred " , and " Ben Casey " . Walston made his film debut in the 1957 war romance " Kiss Them for Me " . He then played Luther Billis in the 1958 musical " South Pacific " , a role he had played in a production of the play on tour in the US in 1950 and in London in 1951 . France Nuyen also starred in the film as Liat . That same year , Walston reprised his stage role from the Broadway musical " Damn Yankees " in the film version of the same name . Walston later worked with writer / director on two acclaimed comedies , the Academy Award - winning " The Apartment " ( 1960 ) and 1964 ' s " Kiss Me , Stupid " ( which also featured Henry Gibson ) . At the 1959 Laurel Awards , Walston ranked 8th place in the category for Top Male Personality . In 9th place was recurring actor James Darren . Walston ' s " South Pacific " co - star and fellow Trek alumna France Nuyen ranked ninth in the Top Female Personality category . " My Favorite Martian " . From 1963 through 1966 , Walston starred in the CBS science fiction / situation comedy series " My Favorite Martian " ( which was filmed at Desilu ) . On this show , Walston portrayed a stranded extraterrestrial befriended by a reporter who passes him off as his " Uncle Martin " . The series was a hit for CBS and made Walston an American household name . In 1999 , over thirty years after " My Favorite Martian " ended its run , Walston appeared in the feature film based on the series , also called " My Favorite Martian " . In this film , the role of " Uncle Martin " was played by actor Christopher Lloyd . Walston portrayed Armitan , an older Martian in disguise who had been stranded on Earth since the 1960s . The antagonist of the film was played by another " Star Trek " alumnus , Wallace Shawn . In 2000 , Walston portrayed Uncle Martin one final time in a television commercial for AT & T . In the ad , Martin is still stranded on Earth and wonders if AT & T ' s rates apply for phoning fellow Martians living in the United States . The post - " Martian " years ( 1966 - 1979 ) . After " My Favorite Martian " ended its run in 1966 , Walston appeared in the 1967 film " Caprice " along with Irene Tsu and Michael J . Pollard . He then portrayed Mad Jack Duncan in the 1969 western musical film " Paint Your Wagon " , based on the Broadway play of the same name . Karl Bruck , Robert Easton , Roy Jenson , William O ' Connell , and Harve Presnell also had roles in this film . During the 1970s , Walston had supporting roles in such films as the Academy Award - winning 1973 crime comedy " The Sting " ( with Ed Bakey and James Sloyan ) and the hit 1978 action comedy " Silver Streak " ( with Stefan Gierasch ) . He also guest - starred on many television series , including " Mission : Impossible " , " Ellery Queen " ( with Joan Collins ) , " The Six Million Dollar Man " , " Starsky and Hutch " ( starring David Soul ) , and " Buck Rogers in the 25th Century " ( with Tim O ' Connor and Earl Boen ) . In addition to his film and television work , Walston continued acting on stage at venues in New York City , Philadelphia , and Cleveland . He was a guest artist at the Philadelphia Drama Guild from 1971 through 1972 and at the Cleveland Play House from 1975 through 1978 . In 1979 , Walston was a regular on the short - lived serialized television drama " Stop Susan Williams " . In this series , Walston portrayed the traitorous editor of a newspaper owned by Marj Dusay ; fellow TNG guest star John Hancock also played a villain . " Stop Susan Williams " was one of three serials telecast on NBC under the umbrella title " Cliffhangers " in 1979 ; the other two serials were " The Phantom Empire " , starring Mark Lenard and David Opatoshu , and " The Curse of Dracula " , starring Michael Nouri and Louise Sorel . One of the directors with whom Walston worked on " Stop Susan Williams " was Reza Badiyi . Walston and Badiyi worked together again later that year for an episode of " The Incredible Hulk " , which also reunited Walston with his " My Favorite Martian " co - star , . The episode , by no coincidence , was titled " My Favorite Magician " . 1980s . Walston made numerous film and television appearances throughout the 1980s . Perhaps his best known film role is that of uptight history teacher Mr . Hand in the cult 1982 teen comedy " Fast Times at Ridgemont High " . Fellow TNG guest actors Vincent Schiavelli and Scott Thomson also starred in this film . Walston and Schiavelli were the only actors from the film to reprise their roles in the short - lived 1986 television spin - off , " Fast Times " , which co - starred Wallace Langham . Walston ' s other film roles during the 1980s include Popeye ' s father , Poopdeck Pappy , in 1980 ' s " Popeye " ( co - starring Paul Dooley and Richard Libertini ) , and the blind ( then deaf and later amnesiac ) newspaper vendor in 1984 ' s " Johnny Dangerously " ( with Joe Piscopo , Vincent Schiavelli , and Scott Thomson ) . He also played the role of Kore in the cult 1981 science fiction / horror B - movie " Galaxy of Terror " , which starred Edward Laurence Albert and co - starred Jack Blessing and Sid Haig . In 1988 he appeared in another B - movie project , " Saturday the 14th Strikes Back " , which also featured Joseph Ruskin and Michael Berryman . In addition , Walston guest - starred in such television series as " Hart to Hart " ( with Dean Stockwell ) , " Fantasy Island " ( starring Ricardo Montalban ) , " Gimme a Break ! " ( starring John Hoyt ) , " Newhart " ( with Tony Papenfuss ) , " Night Court " ( as Judge Martin A . Landis , a wordplay on " Martian has landed , " again working with Vincent Schiavelli , as well as John Larroquette and Biff Yeager ) , " St . Elsewhere " ( starring Ed Begley , Jr . , Bruce Greenwood , and Norman Lloyd ) , " 21 Jump Street " ( with Robert Hooks and Kurtwood Smith ) , and " Murder , She Wrote " ( with Richard Beymer , Lawrence Pressman , and Jay Robinson ) . He also appeared in three episodes of " Simon & Simon " , including one directed by Vincent McEveety and co - starring Logan Ramsey . In 1984 , Walston made several appearances as Mr . Bottoms on the primetime soap opera " Santa Barbara " , on which Judith Anderson , Nicholas Coster , and Louise Sorel were regulars . The following year , he was briefly a cast member on the comedy series " Silver Spoons " , on which Franklyn Seales was a main cast member . Walston may also be remembered for playing Matt in the 1986 TV special " The Mouse and the Motorcycle " , based on the children ' s novels by Beverly Clearly . Walston reprised this role in two sequels , 1988 ' s " Runaway Ralph " and 1991 ' s " Ralph S . Mouse " . The main character in these specials – a young boy who befriends a talking , motorcycle - riding mouse named Ralph – was played by fellow TNG guest actor Philip N . Waller . Walston ' s other television credits during the 1980s included the 1989 two - part mini - series " I Know My First Name Is Steven " ( with Gregg Henry , Barbara Tarbuck , and John Vickery ) and made - for - TV movies such as " Amos " ( with James Sloyan and Don Keefer ) and " Crash Course " ( with Olivia d ' Abo ) . 1990s . In January 1990 , Walston received the Life Career Award from the Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy & Horror Films . Later that year , Walston appeared in an episode of the hit drama series " L . A . Law " , on which Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake were regulars and Diana Muldaur had a recurring role . Two years later , David E . Kelley , the co - writer of Walston ' s " L . A . Law " episode , created " Picket Fences " and cast Walston in the role of the irritable Judge Henry Bone . Walston worked on the series throughout all of its four seasons , from 1992 through 1996 . His role was a recurring one during the show ' s first season , after which he became part of the regular cast . Walston received an Emmy Award nomination for portrayal of Judge Bone in 1994 . He was nominated again in 1995 and 1996 , winning both times . Besides his role on " Picket Fences " and his appearances on " L . A . Law " and " Star Trek : The Next Generation " , Walston also worked on such shows as " Eerie , Indiana " ( with Gregory Itzin ) , " The Commish " ( with Kaj - Erik Eriksen ) , " Dr . Quinn , Medicine Woman " ( starring Chad Allen and Joe Lando ) , and " Ally McBeal " ( with Albert Hall and Tracy Middendorf ) . He also played Glen Bateman in the 1994 mini - series " The Stand " , working with Miguel Ferrer , Matt Frewer , and Ken Jenkins . Walston ' s most notable film credit during the 1990s was his role as Candy in the 1992 adaptation of John Steinbeck ' s " Of Mice and Men " ( co - starring Richard Riehle and Noble Willingham ) . He was also seen in the 1996 comedy " House Arrest " , working with Christopher McDonald and Wallace Shawn . Walston and Shawn later worked together on the aforementioned " My Favorite Martian " movie . In " Addams Family Reunion " , the 1998 direct - to - video sequel to Paramount ' s hit " Addams Family " films , Walston played the father of Ed Begley , Jr . ' s character . Carel Struycken also appeared in the movie , reprising his role as Lurch . Work on " Star Trek " . Walston filmed his scenes for his appearance in the fifth season episode " The First Duty " on Monday on location at the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Van Nuys , California . According to the call sheet , he was picked up at 5 : 30 am at home and had a makeup call at 6 : 00 am . During his appearance on the " Star Trek : Voyager " episode " In the Flesh " , Walston often had trouble with remembering his lines during long one - shot dialogue scenes . However , while the cameraman was changing the film during shooting of the scene in the briefing room , Walston recited a line from " Hamlet " . Robert Beltran then stated the next line , and Walston the next . The two went on for about five full minutes , amazing the entire cast and crew . Tim Russ remembered in an interview for the special features of " Voyager " Season 5 DVD that it was so quiet besides them , you could hear a pin drop , and that when they were done , everyone broke out in applause . For the " Star Trek : Voyager " fifth season episode " The Fight " , Walston filmed his scenes on Thursday on Paramount Stage 16 with a makeup call at 7 : 45 am and a set call at 8 : 30 am . His costume from " The First Duty " was later sold off on the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction on eBay for US $ 700 . 00 . His costume worn in " The Fight " was sold for US $ 374 . 36 . In , reading the script rewrite of , which featured Akuta having an antenna implanted in his head ( much like " Uncle Martin " ) , Bob Justman jokingly suggested they should hire Walston to play the part . ( " " ) Final work and death . Walston ' s final film was a 2001 comedy called " Early Bird Special " , in which he co - starred with William Windom . In the previous year , Walston made a guest appearance on the drama series " Touched by an Angel " , in an episode also featuring J . G . Hertzler , Lee Meriwether , and Keith Szarabajka . Just before his death , he filmed his second appearance on the series " 7th Heaven " , which starred Stephen Collins and Catherine Hicks , having previously appeared on the show in 1998 . Walston died in Beverly Hills , California , on New Year ' s Day , 2001 , following a six year battle with lupus . He had just turned 86 years old one month earlier . He was survived by his wife , Ruth Calvert , their daughter , Kate , and two grandchildren . Walston was cremated and his ashes were given to his daughter .