Jay Robinson Jay Robinson was an American character actor from New York , New York , USA . In , he appeared on , playing Ambassador Petri , the Troyian ambassador , in the third season episode . He filmed his scenes between Tuesday and Thursday at Desilu Stage 9 . Robinson ' s most well - known role is that of in the 1953 Biblical epic , which also marked his film debut . guest actress Jean Simmons starred in this film , as well , while Michael Ansara and Anthony Jochim made uncredited appearances . Robinson would reprise the role of Caligula the following year in the sequel , , co - starring William Marshall and featuring an uncredited Julie Newmar . In 1955 , Robinson co - starred with TOS guest actresses Joan Collins and Leslie Parrish in the historical drama , " The Virgin Queen " ( which , like " The Robe " , was directed by ) . The following year , he co - starred with Nehemiah Persoff in . After recovering from a drug addiction and a career - ruining jail sentence , Robinson returned to acting on television in the late 1960s , and in 1971 , he co - starred in the film " Bunny O ' Hare " , directed by Gerd Oswald . He went on to have roles in such movies as ' s ( 1972 , with Stanley Adams ) , " Nightmare Honeymoon " ( 1973 , with David Huddleston , Roy Jenson , and " TOS " star Walter Koenig ) , ( 1975 , with Joan Marshall ) , ( 1982 , with Richard Lynch , Anthony De Longis , Jeff Corey , Joseph Ruskin , and George Murdock ) , and ( 1988 , with Kenneth Tobey ) . Robinson ' s more recent films included ' s 1992 blockbuster version of and the 1993 horror movie " Skeeter " , which also featured fellow " TOS " guest stars Charles Napier , Michael J . Pollard , and Barbara Baldavin , as well as an uncredited performance by Richard Herd . Besides " TOS " , other television series on which Robinson appeared include " Mannix " , " Bewitched " , " The Wild Wild West " , " Kolchak : The Night Stalker " ( with fellow " TOS " guest actor John Fiedler ) , " The Waltons " , " Barney Miller " ( with another " TOS " guest star , Lee Meriwether ) , and " Murder , She Wrote " ( with Michael Sarrazin , Ed McCready and directed by Vincent McEveety ) . In 1974 he appeared in an episode of " Planet of the Apes " entitled " Tomorrow ' s Tide " , which was directed by Don McDougall and photographed by Jerry Finnerman . It was later edited into the television movie " Farewell to the Planet of the Apes " , ( which also featured Mark Lenard and John McLiam in footage from other episodes ) . From 1976 through 1977 , Robinson was a regular on " The Krofft Supershow " , along with Malachi Throne , and during the 1988 - 89 television season , Robinson was a regular on the daytime soap opera " Days of Our Lives " , playing the role of Monty Dolan . guest star Bumper Robinson was also a part of the " Days of Our Lives " cast during that time . Robinson has appeared in a number of made - for - TV movies , including ( 1973 , with Anthony Zerbe ) , and " Sinatra " ( 1992 , with Bob Gunton , Jeff Corey , Don Stark , Jack Shearer , Marc Grady Adams , and Christopher Carroll ) . He starred in several direct - to - video productions of plays by William Shakespeare throughout the early 1980s , including " Othello " ( 1981 , with William Marshall in the title role ) , " Macbeth " ( 1981 , with Alan Oppenheimer ) , and " The Taming of the Shrew " ( 1983 , with Bruce Davison , Larry Drake , and Bill Erwin ) . Additionally , from 1997 through 2000 , Robinson hosted a Discovery Channel program much like " Ripley ' s Believe It or Not ! " , but with an even more bizarre list of topics . It was entitled " Beyond Bizarre " . Robinson died at his home in Sherman Oaks , California , on 27 September 2013 . He was 83 years old . Other " Trek " connections . Additional projects in which Robinson appeared with other " Star Trek " performers include :