Michael Pataki Michael Pataki was an actor whose first " Star Trek " role was that of Korax in the classic episode . He later played Karnas in the first season episode . Footage of his role in " The Trouble with Tribbles " was used in the episode . Early life and career . Pataki was born in Youngstown , Ohio . He was a graduate of the University of Southern California , where he majored in drama and political science . Pataki had a career in film and on television which spanned over five decades . He made his debut with an uncredited role in the classic 1958 war film " The Young Lions " , which also featured fellow " Trek " alumni Parley Baer , Hal Baylor , Paul Comi , and Robert Ellenstein . Later that year , he made his first television appearance in an episode of " M Squad " , working with fellow TNG alum Bill Erwin . Throughout the 1960s , Pataki acted predominantly on television , appearing on such series as ( in a 1961 episode starring TOS actor Leonard Nimoy and guest actor Dean Stockwell ) , " Rawhide " ( with Paul Comi and John McLiam ) , " My Favorite Martian " ( starring Ray Walston ) , " Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea " ( with Arch Whiting and Jason Wingreen ) , and . Pataki also appeared in multiple episodes of the hit sitcom " The Flying Nun " , playing three different characters over the show ' s three seasons . Among those he worked with on this series were TOS actresses Susan Howard , Sandra Smith , Tanya Lemani and Louise Sorel . Pataki also appeared in two 1966 " King Tut " episodes of " Batman " , both co - starring Sid Haig and Marianna Hill . In 1969 , Pataki appeared in his first feature film since the 1950s , playing one of the mimes in the classic biker film " Easy Rider " . TOS guest performers Sabrina Scharf and Robert Walker also had roles in this film . In the same year he appeared as the villainous J . C . in the movie " The Sidehackers " ( also known as " Five the Hard Way " ) , which also included TOS guest actor Richard Merrifield and TNG actor / stuntman Erik Cord . Career during the 1970s and 1980s . Pataki and fellow TOS guest actors Stewart Moss and Paul Carr frequently worked in films and made - for - TV movies from director . These productions included the films " Brute Corps " ( 1972 , sans Moss ) , " The Dirt Gang " ( 1972 , also with Michael Forest ) , " The Bat People " ( 1974 ) , " Airport ' 77 " ( 1977 , with Robert Foxworth and Robert Hooks but not Carr or Moss ) , and " Raise the Titanic " ( 1980 , also with Mark L . Taylor and Michael Ensign ) . Pataki alone appeared in Jameson ' s TV movies " The Call of the Wild " ( 1976 , with John McLiam ) , " Superdome " ( 1978 , with Jane Wyatt ) , and " The Cowboy and the Ballerina " ( 1984 , with Antoinette Bower and Christopher Lloyd ) . In 1971 , Pataki appeared in the B - movie " The Return of Count Yorga " . That same year , he also appeared in the classic science fiction film " The Andromeda Strain " , directed by Robert Wise , who went on to direct . Both of these films featured performers from the TOS episode : Mariette Hartley appeared in the former , Kermit Murdock in the latter . ( Bart LaRue and Garry Walberg also appeared in " The Andromeda Strain " . ) The following year , Pataki appeared in an episode of the popular Western series " Bonanza " ; a year later , he appeared on " All in the Family " ( and would do so again in 1977 ) , as well as " Cannon " with Stewart Moss and Arch Whiting and on the series " Shaft " with Michael Ansara and Ron Soble . Pataki and TOS Marianna Hill , having previously worked together on two episodes of " Batman " , reunited for the 1973 horror film " The Baby " and the 1974 comedy " The Last Porno Flick " . Also in 1974 , Pataki appeared in the TV movie " Indict and Conflict " with William Shatner . Pataki later co - starred with Shatner in the 1979 TV movie " Disaster on the Coastliner " and in a 1982 episode of " T . J . Hooker " , with Jonathan Banks , James Darren , and Richard Herd . In 1974 , Pataki also made the first of three appearances on the series " McCloud " , on which Ken Lynch was a regular . His first episode also featured Teri Garr , Eugene Roche , and Gregory Sierra . When he next appeared on the program in February 1976 , Diana Muldaur had become a regular . Pataki and Muldaur were also seen in an episode of " Ellery Queen " , which aired earlier that month . Pataki ' s third episode of " McCloud " also featured Vince Howard . Pataki and Muldaur would later appear together in the 1982 " Fitz and Bones " TV movie " Terror at Alcatraz " , along with Roger C . Carmel , Elisha Cook , Jr . and Marc Lawrence . In 1975 , Pataki played the lead in the 1975 sexploitation film " Carnal Madness " . Two years later , he began playing one of his more well - known roles , as Captain Barbera in the 1977 TV movie " The Amazing Spider - Man " . This movie spawned a made - for - TV sequel called " Spider - Man Strikes Back " the following year , for which Pataki returned , and led to a short - lived cult TV series later in 1978 . Pataki played Captain Barbera through both seasons of " The Amazing Spider - Man " , which aired from 1978 through 1979 . Pataki is well - remembered for his role as Count Mallachi in a three - part episode of the sitcom " Happy Days " in 1976 . Cult movie fans will also remember him for playing Count Dracula in the 1978 B - movie classic " Dracula ' s Dog " , co - starring Jan Shutan . Also in 1978 , Pataki appeared in the TV movie " When Every Day Was the Fourth of July " , which featuring his " The Flying Nun " co - star ( and " Trek " alum ) Louise Sorel as well as Michael Durrell , Bruce French , and Harris Yulin . Pataki was one of the many " Trek " performers to appear in the acclaimed 1979 drama " The Onion Field " . Among his co - stars in this film were John Savage , Ronny Cox , Christopher Lloyd , Richard Herd ( who also appeared with Pataki in TV ' s " Marciano " that same year ) , K Callan , Phillip Richard Allen , and John de Lancie . He also appeared in the popular horror comedy " Love at First Bite " with Robert Ellenstein that same year . Pataki ' s career showed no sign of stopping by the time the 1980s arrived . In addition to appearances in such hit TV series as " Charlie ' s Angels " , " WKRP in Cincinatti " ( with Sam Anderson and Robert Hooks ) , " Laverne & Shirley " ( with David L . Lander and Michael McKean ) , " The Jeffersons " , " Scarecrow and Mrs . King " ( including one episode with Stephen Macht ) , " Cagney & Lacey " ( with Janet MacLachlan and Natalia Nogulich ) , and " St . Elsewhere " ( with Ed Begley , Jr . , Ronny Cox , Norman Lloyd , France Nuyen , Jennifer Savidge , Alfre Woodard , Jane Wyatt , and regular Robert Picardo ) , he also appeared in such major feature films as " Dead & Buried " ( 1981 , with Ed Bakey , Glenn Morshower , and Bill Quinn ) , " Remo Williams : The Adventure Begins " ( 1985 , star Kate Mulgrew as well as George Coe , Patrick Kilpatrick and Jeff Allin ) , " Rocky IV " ( 1985 , edited by John W . Wheeler ) , and " Halloween 4 : The Return of Michael Myers " ( 1988 , music by Alan Howarth ) . In addition , Pataki made numerous appearances on the series " The Fall Guy " , co - starring with Gary Lockwood . He and Lockwood also appeared in a 1988 episode of " The Highwayman " , which was a series starring a pre - " Voyager " Tim Russ . Later career and death . By the 1990s , the majority of Pataki ' s work became voice - over roles on such animated shows as " Batman " , " Ren & Stimpy " , and " Dexter ' s Laboratory " . In the 2000s , he made on - screen appearances in a few low - budget independent films , including 2003 ' s " Edge of Nowhere " . He recently completed shooting on a film called " Trim " , which also features " Star Trek : Voyager " regular Ethan Phillips . Pataki died in North Hollywood , California , on 15 April 2010 . He was 72 years old .