Craig Reed Craig Reed is an actor who appeared in four episodes of and . Due to his loss of his right arm in a car accident at the age of twenty months , Reed has often been cast as a performer with a disability when the role required a character with only one arm such as the Borg in " Star Trek " . In the TNG episode " Descent , Part II " he played one of the Borg drones physically damaged by Lore ' s experimentation alongside Tracee Cocco . For " Unity " , Reed filmed his scenes on Friday , Tuesday , and Wednesday on Paramount Stage 9 and 16 and is listed as " Good Guy - Humanoid Amputee " on the call sheets . His costume from " Unity " was later sold off on the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction on eBay . Reed filmed his scenes for the episode " Scorpion " on Friday and Monday on Paramount Stage 16 and is listed as " Borg " on the call sheet . His costume from " Dark Frontier " was previously worn in the " Star Trek : The Next Generation " episodes and and was also sold off on eBay . For " Dark Frontier " , Reed filmed his scenes on Friday on Paramount Stage 16 and is listed as " Surgical Victim Alien " on the call sheet . Born in Whittier , California , Reed attended the elementary school in Whittier and La Habra High School in Orange County . He later graduated with a BA in Business Management from the California State University in Fullerton . For stunt work , Reed has special prosthetic equipment for his right arm which can be blown off with squibs . His first acting work was in the 1976 drama " Baby Blue Marine " where he appeared as an Army Corporal in the bar scene . The film also featured Bert Remsen , Allan Miller , Kenneth Tobey , and Keone Young . Further film work includes the horror comedy " Re - Animator " , where Reed was credited as the " One Arm Man Corpse " AKA " The Burn Victim " ( 1985 , with Jeffrey Combs and Ian Patrick Williams ) , the horror comedy " The Midnight Hour " ( 1985 , with LeVar Burton , Kurtwood Smith , Joe Gieb , Mickey Morton , and Scott L . Treger ) , the action film " Danger Zone II : Reaper ' s Revenge " ( 1989 , with John Durbin ) , and the science fiction film " Trancers III " ( 1992 , with Melanie Smith , Andrew Robinson , and Stephen Macht ) . Television work includes episodes of " St . Elsewhere " ( 1988 , with Norman Lloyd , Ronny Cox , Ed Begley , Jr . , Bruce Greenwood , France Nuyen , Christina Pickles , Chad Allen , and John Short ) , " China Beach " ( 1990 , with Raymond Cruz ) , " Homefront " ( 1992 , with Ken Jenkins , Sterling Macer , Jr . , David Clover , Thomas Kopache , and William Newman ) , " ER " ( 1996 , with Tom Towles and Bob Clendenin ) , " The Magnificent Seven " ( 1998 , with Ron Perlman , Rick Worthy , Andrew Kavovit , Cliff DeYoung , Julianna McCarthy , Bill Bolender , Steve Rankin , and Time Winters ) , " L . A . Doctors " ( 1998 , with Jeff Allin , Kieran Mulroney , and Tracey Walter ) , " Sliders " ( 2000 , with Bill Blair ) , " Arli $ $ " ( 2000 , with David Graf , Patrick Fabian , and Kay E . Kuter ) , " Any Day Now " ( 2000 , with Jack Blessing and Mike Genovese ) , " Jack & Jill " ( 2001 , with Clayton Rohner , John Billingsley , and Michelle Johnston ) , and " American Dreams " ( 2004 , with Ethan Dampf ) . Reed performed stunts in the action comedy " Spy Hard " ( 1996 ) and appeared more recently in episodes of " Nip / Tuck " ( 2007 ) and " Colony " ( 2016 and 2017 , with John Eddins ) , the horror sequel " Insidious : Chapter 4 " ( 2017 , with Bruce Davison ) , the sport comedy " Battle of the Sexes " ( 2017 , with Sarah Silverman , Wallace Langham , Mark Harelik , Tim Ransom , Max Valentine , and Bill Blair ) , and the drama " Hold On " ( 2017 , with John Savage and Darin Cooper ) . He recently has be appearing at conventions , such as The Hollywood Show and Son of Monsterpalooza in 2016 .