Lawrence Pressman Lawrence Pressman is an actor who has appeared three times on , playing two characters . His largest role on the series was as Legate Tekeny Ghemor in and . In between those episodes , he appeared as a Changeling posing as Federation Ambassador Krajensky in . Pressman is very fond of his role as Tekeny Ghemor and is a great admirer of Avery Brooks , who directed Pressman in his second appearance . Hailing from Cynthiana , Kentucky , Pressman is Jewish and was one of millions of people to have had members of his family killed by the Nazi s . Every member of his family in Russia ( except for Pressman ' s aunt who had escaped to the United States ) was murdered . His father spent many years searching for relatives , but found they had all been killed . Outside of his DS9 roles , Pressman has worked on well over 100 film and television projects . He may best be known for his role as Doctor Canfield in , in which James Sikking also starred , playing Doogie ' s father . Prior to this , he was the star of the short - lived NBC series " Mulligan ' s Stew " in 1977 . During the 1980 - 1981 TV season , Pressman co - starred with Julie Cobb and Louise Sorel on the CBS series " Ladies ' Man " . More recently , Pressman had a recurring role on shows such as " Profiler " ( working with the likes of Lawrence Monoson , Stephen Root and Mark Rolston ) and " Judging Amy " ( include an episode with William Windom and another with Michael Buchman Silver ) . Pressman got his start in Hollywood with a role on the soap opera " The Edge of Night " in 1969 . He was soon acting in film , appearing in " Making It " with John Fiedler and co - starring in the cult blaxploitation film " Shaft " , both released in 1971 . He went on to make guest appearances on many popular series , such as " Mary Tyler Moore " , " Hawaii Five - O " , " M * A * S * H " , " Murder , She Wrote " , , " NYPD Blue " , " The West Wing " and . Subsequent motion picture credits include " The Man in the Glass Booth " ( 1975 ) , " Nine to Five " ( 1980 ) , " The Hanoi Hilton " ( 1987 , co - starring David Soul ) , " Very Bad Things " ( 1998 , with Leland Orser and Christian Slater ) , " Mighty Joe Young " ( 1998 , also featuring Scarlett Pomers ) and an uncredited role in 2001 ' s " Dr . Dolittle 2 " ( featuring James Avery , Googy Gress and the voices of Andy Dick , Michael McKean and Keone Young ) . In addition , he played Coach Marshall in the first " American Pie " film in 1999 and reprised the role in the third film in the series , " American Wedding " , in 2003 . Both films had Pressman workking with John Cho , also in the former , Cho and Pressman joined Clyde Kusatsu , as for the latter , Cho and Pressman were joined by Loren Lester and Angela Paton . In addition to the above , Pressman also had a role in the acclaimed 1976 miniseries " Rich Man , Poor Man " , which also featured fellow " Star Trek " performers Kim Darby , Fionnula Flanagan and Leigh J . McCloskey . He also appeared in the 1983 mini - series " The Winds of War " , along with Peter Brocco , Michael Ensign , Ken Lynch , Byron Morrow , George Murdock and Logan Ramsey . Pressman ' s TV movie credits include 1986 ' s " The Deliberate Stranger " ( co - starring " DS9 " actress Terry Farrell , as well as Jeanetta Arnette and William Boyett ) and 1996 ' s " The Late Shift " ( with Ed Begley , Jr . and Daniel Roebuck ) . In 2003 , Pressman was just one of a few " Trek " stars to appear in the TV movie " DC 9 / 11 : Time of Crisis " , playing Vice President Dick Cheney . Other " Star Trek " actors to appear with him include frequent DS9 guest stars Gregory Itzin , Penny Johnson and Stephen Macht . More recently , Pressman has appeared as Judge Floyd Hurwitz in two episodes of " Boston Legal " , the hit ABC drama series starring William Shatner . The first episode in which he appeared , 2007 ' s " Son of the Defender , " also featured Rene Auberjonois ( who was a series regular at the time ) and Mark L . Taylor . His latest episode , 2008 ' s " The Mighty Rogues , " co - starred John Larroquette ( who replaced Auberjonois on the show ) , Bruce French , Daniel Hugh Kelly , and Derek Webster . In addition , Pressman has been making recurring appearances as judges on the series " Crossing Jordan " and " General Hospital " . Also , in 2007 , Roxann Dawson directed Pressman ( and DS9 guest star Julianna McCarthy ) in an episode of " Cold Case " . Pressman married actress in 1973 . Their son , David Pressman , was born seven years earlier and has also become an actor . Lanna Saunders passed away on 10 March 2007 due to complications from multiple sclerosis .