Ralph Moratz Ralph Moratz was an actor who appeared as a background actor in two " Star Trek " productions . He first appeared as a Mercy Hospital visitor near the elevator in the feature film in , directed by Leonard Nimoy . , Moratz appeared as a Bajoran Vedek in the second season episode , directed by Cliff Bole . Born in Berlin , Germany , Moratz became a target of harassment when Adolf Hitler ' s power increased , due to Moratz ' Jewish heritage . In 1939 , he was able to leave Berlin on a transport to France where he found shelter in a Jewish orphanage in Paris . In 1941 , he was able to resettle to New York . He attended Flushing High School and enlisted in the United States Air Force . In November 1953 , Moratz joined Central Casting and SEG and in 1955 he became a member of the Screen Actors Guild and of AFTRA in the 1980s . During his acting time , Moratz took a thirty year hiatus where he worked as programmer , analyst , and application manager of payroll and consumer loans at a bank in Los Angeles , California . He returned full time to acting following his retirement . Moratz died on 10 March 2016 at the age of 84 in Hermiston , Oregon . Acting . Moratz started his acting career in the early 1950s and worked as background actor in film productions such as the drama " The Robe " ( 1953 , with Jean Simmons , Torin Thatcher , Jay Robinson , and Michael Ansara ) , the romance " The Student Prince " ( 1954 , with John Hoyt ) , the romance " Sabrina " ( 1954 , with Kay E . Kuter ) , the drama " Sign of the Pagan " ( 1954 ) , the drama " East of Eden " ( 1955 ) , the drama " An Annapolis Story " ( 1955 , with William Schallert , Benjie Bancroft , and Don Keefer ) , the musical romance " Daddy Long Legs " ( 1955 ) , the adventure " The Purple Mask " ( 1955 , with John Hoyt ) , the drama " Not as a Stranger " ( 1955 , with Whit Bissell and Gail Bonney ) , the comedy " How to Be Very , Very Popular " ( 1955 ) , the war drama " The McConnell Story " ( 1955 , with Paul Baxley and Arthur Tovey ) , and the drama " Rebel Without a Cause " ( 1955 , with Ian Wolfe and Chuck Hicks ) . In 1955 , he worked as stunt double for actor for his jump into the orchestra in the musical romance " Hit the Deck " . He also worked as stand - in on the Western television series " Black Saddle " ( 1959 ) and " The David Niven Show " ( 1959 ) . Further acting work includes the comedy " The Lieutenant Wore Skirts " ( 1956 , with Leslie Parrish ) , the history drama " Helen of Troy " ( 1956 , with Torin Thatcher ) , the comedy " Our Miss Brooks " ( 1956 , with Arthur Tovey ) , the war drama " D - Day the Sixth of June " ( 1956 , with Parley Baer ) , the drama " Giant " ( 1956 , with Paul Fix ) , the adventure " Around the World in 80 Days " ( 1956 ) , the drama " Written on the Wind " ( 1956 , with William Schallert and Gail Bonney ) , the romance " Friendly Persuasion " ( 1956 , with Peter Mark Richman ) , the drama " Jeanne Eagels " ( 1957 , with Theodore Marcuse ) , the war drama " Raintree County " ( 1957 , with DeForest Kelley ) , the romance " Sayonara " ( 1957 , with Ricardo Montalban and William Meader ) , the war comedy " No Time for Sergeants " ( 1958 , with Dick Crockett and Bob Hoy ) , the war drama " Pork Chop Hill " ( 1959 , with Barry Atwater , Bert Remsen , and Clarence Williams III ) , the comedy " A Hole in the Head " ( 1959 ) , the drama " The Apartment " ( 1960 , with Ray Walston ) , the drama " Judgment at Nuremberg " ( 1961 , with William Shatner , Bernard Kates , and Rudy Solari ) , the romance " Two for the Seesaw " ( 1962 , with Victor Lundin ) , the romance " Irma la Douce " ( 1963 , with Grace Lee Whitney ) , the comedy " It ' s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World " ( 1963 , with Madlyn Rhue ) , and the comedy " The Steagle " ( 1971 ) as well as episodes of " Wanted : Dead or Alive " ( 1959 - 1960 ) , " The Rifleman " ( 1960 , with Paul Fix and Whit Bissell ) , " Ben Casey " , " Bonanza " , and " Zane Grey Theater " ( 1960 ) . Following his " break " from acting , Moratz started again to work in background with the beginning of his retirement in the 1990s . Among his appearances are the action comedy " Tango & Cash " ( 1989 , with Teri Hatcher ) , the science fiction thriller " Monolith " ( 1993 , with Musetta Vander , Mark Phelan , and Boris Lee Krutonog ) , the comedy " The Wacky Adventures of Dr . Boris and Nurse Shirley " ( 1995 , with Clive Revill ) , the drama " Panther " ( 1995 , with Charles Cooper , Christopher Michael , Joseph Culp , L . Sidney , Manny Perry , and John Snyder ) , the thriller " Heat " ( 1995 ) , the romance " Forget Paris " ( 1995 , with Tom Wright , Tim Halligan , Judyann Elder , and Clint Howard ) , the romance " The American President " ( 1995 ) , the science fiction blockbuster " Independence Day " ( 1996 , with Bill Smitrovich , Frank Novak , Leland Orser , Brent Spiner , Pam Blackwell , Mirron E . Willis , Raphael Sbarge , Carlos LaCamara , Tim Kelleher , Jana Marie Hupp , Robert Pine , Derek Webster , Randy Oglesby , Anthony Crivello , Mark Thompson , Frank Welker , Erick Avari , and Tracey Walter ) , the music drama " That Thing You Do ! " ( 1996 , with Bill Cobbs and Clint Howard ) , the thriller " Albino Alligator " ( 1996 , with Spencer Garrett ) , the thriller " L . A . Confidential " ( 1997 ) , the comedy " The Wedding Singer " ( 1998 , with Ellen Albertini Dow ) , the thriller " Thirteen Days " ( 2000 , with Bruce Greenwood and Steven Culp ) , the fantasy comedy " Monkeybone " ( 2001 ) , the science fiction sequel " Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines " ( 2003 , with Kristanna Loken and Earl Boen ) , and the crime comedy " Nobel Son " ( 2007 , with Tracey Walter , Matt Winston , and Carla Stoelting ) . Besides film work , Moratz appeared in various television series including " Alien Nation " , " Muscle " ( 1995 , with Dan Gauthier , Amy Pietz , and Alan Ruck ) , " Leave Tt to Beaver " , " Picket Fences " , " Dr . Quinn , Medicine Woman " , " The Bonnie Hunt Show " , " Dragnet " , " The Larry Sanders Show " , " News Radio " , " Profiler " , " Sister , Sister " , " The Pretender " , " Pacific Blue " , " Married With Children " , " Hart to Hart " , " Good vs Evil " , " Days of Our Lives " , " Beyond Belief : Fact or Fiction " , and " Curb Your Enthusiasm " ( 2001 - 2007 , with Paul Dooley , Christopher Darga , Joy Kilpatrick , Jimmie F . Skaggs , and Michael McKean ) .