Anthony Zerbe Anthony Jared Zerbe is the Emmy Award - winning American actor who played Vice Admiral Matthew Dougherty in . Early life . Zerbe was born in Long Beach , California . In 1958 , Zerbe joined the California Air National Guard , transferring to the Air Force Reserve in 1960 without serving on active duty . He was discharged in 1968 . In 1960 , following his stint with the Air Force , Zerbe studied acting under . He began appearing on television in 1962 and had a number of TV roles throughout the 1960s before breaking into film in 1967 . He is the brother - in - law of and guest star Salome Jens as he has been married to her sister , Arnette Jens , since October 7 , 1962 . Film work . Zerbe made his feature film debut playing Dog Boy in the acclaimed 1967 drama " Cool Hand Luke " . This film also featured guest stars Lou Antonio and Morgan Woodward . Zerbe made his next film appearance in the 1968 western " Will Penny " , along with Roy Jenson and William Schallert . In 1970 , Zerbe was seen in three films : " The Molly Maguires " ( with Samantha Eggar ) , " The Liberation of L . B . Jones " , and " They Call Me MISTER Tibbs ! " ( alongside Jeff Corey ) . He then played what is perhaps his best known film role , that of post - apocalyptic cult leader Matthias in the 1971 science fiction thriller " The Omega Man " , which also featured Brian Tochi . In 1973 , Zerbe was one of many " Star Trek " alumni to appear in the film " Papillon " . His co - stars included DS9 guest stars Bill Mumy and Gregory Sierra and TOS guest stars William Smithers , Ron Soble , and Vic Tayback . That same year , Zerbe had a supporting role in the crime drama " The Laughing Policeman " , along with Joanna Cassidy and the aforementioned Gregory Sierra . Zerbe then made an uncredited appearance in the 1974 thriller " The Parallax View " , which also had Kenneth Mars in the cast . Zerbe ' s subsequent film credits include " Rooster Cogburn " ( 1975 , with Jon Lormer and Andrew Prine ) , " Who ' ll Stop the Rain " ( 1978 , with David Opatoshu and Gail Strickland ) , " The Dead Zone " ( 1983 , with Helene Udy ) , " P . I . Private Investigations " ( 1987 , with Clayton Rohner , Robert Ito , and Phil Morris ) , and " Steel Dawn " ( 1987 , alongside Christopher Neame ) , the collegiate drama " Listen to Me " ( 1988 ) with Lilyan Chauvin , Timothy Dang and Tom Schanley , and " See No Evil , Hear No Evil " ( 1989 , with Louis Giambalvo , Zach Grenier , and Joel Swetow ) . In addition , Zerbe played the henchman Milton Krest in the film " Licence to Kill " ( which also featured Cary - Hiroyuki Tagawa ) . Outside of " Star Trek : Insurrection " , Zerbe appeared in only two other feature films during the 1990s , including 1999 ' s " True Crime " ( with Michael McKean , William Windom , and Jack Kehler ) . He more recently played Councillor Hamann in and . Television work . Zerbe has several television credits to his name . Besides several appearances on " Mission : Impossible " and " Gunsmoke " ( including an episode titled " Talbot " opposite his sister - in - law , Salome Jens ) and a recurring role on " The Equalizer " ( starring Robert Lansing and Keith Szarabajka ) , Zerbe starred as Lieutenant K . C . Trench on the crime series " Harry O " during the 1975 - 1976 television season . He was brought aboard the show for the second season , replacing Henry Darrow as the main character ' s contact and foil . Zerbe won an Emmy Award for his performance on " Harry O " in 1976 . Zerbe co - starred with William Shatner in a 1972 made - for - TV adaptation of " The Hound of the Baskervilles " . In 1977 , he had a role in the acclaimed mini - series " How the West Was Won " , along with Parley Baer , Paul Fix , David Huddleston , Roy Jenson , and Richard Kiley . He also appeared in the 1978 mini - series " Centennial " . His co - stars on that series included Sally Kellerman , Michael Ansara , Brian Keith , Morgan Woodward , and James Sloyan . The same year , he played the villainous inventor Abner Devereaux in the made - for - TV movie , starring the rock band KISS as well as guest actor Terry Lester . In 1986 , Zerbe was a guest star on another mini - series , " North and South , Book II " . Joining him for this series were Jonathan Frakes , David Ogden Stiers , Jean Simmons , William Schallert , Kurtwood Smith , and Leon Rippy . This was followed by several movie and television appearances , including a starring role on the series " The Young Riders " ( 1989 - 1992 ) as Pony Express supervisor " Teaspoon " Hunter . He has since guest - starred on such series as " Tales from the Crypt " ( with Bibi Besch and John Savage ) , " Murder , She Wrote " ( with Gwynyth Walsh ) , and " Frasier " ( starring Kelsey Grammer ) .