Ed Begley , Jr . Ed Begley , Jr . is an actor from Los Angeles , California who played Henry Starling in the episodes and . He is one of the few people to have participated in both " Star Trek " and " Star Wars " , providing the voice of in the radio drama of . Outside of " Star Trek " , he is best known to television audiences for his five - time Emmy Award - nominated role as Doctor Victor Ehrlich on the medical drama " St . Elsewhere " . Throughout its run , the series also starred Norman Lloyd , Ronny Cox , Ellen Bry , France Nuyen , Chad Allen , Deborah May , Brian Tochi , Alfre Woodard , Bruce Greenwood , David Birney , and Jane Wyatt . Begley reprised his role as Ehrlich with a cameo in the 2000 TV movie " Homicide : The Movie " , co - starring Michelle Forbes and Reg E . Cathey . He also had a recurring role as Doctor Hank Hastings on " 7th Heaven " , co - starring Stephen Collins and Catherine Hicks , and as Hiram Gunderson on HBO ' s " Six Feet Under " , which featured James Cromwell in its last two seasons . Primarily a supporting actor , he has appeared in a number of films and TV movies opposite fellow " Star Trek " performers . He appeared in two Paul Bartel comedies featuring his co - star Robert Beltran : " Eating Raoul " in 1982 ( with Hamilton Camp ) and " Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills " in 1989 ( with Wallace Shawn ) . In 1983 , he appeared in the comedy " Get Crazy " along with another " Voyager " guest star , Robert Picardo , as well as Malcolm McDowell , Dick Miller , and Clint Howard . The other regular " Trek " performers he has appeared with on non - " Trek " projects are the late James Doohan in 1995 ' s " Storybook " ( with Robert Costanzo and Robert Easton ) , DS9 ' s Rene Auberjonois in 1995 ' s " Batman Forever " ( with George D . Wallace ) , and TNG ' s Marina Sirtis in 2003 ' s " Net Games " . He also appeared in " Columbo : How to Dial a Murder " in 1978 alongside Kim Cattrall and Tricia O ' Neil , and sixteen years later co - starred in " Columbo : Undercover " , which was directed by Vincent McEveety . Begley also co - starred in the 1994 fantasy " The Pagemaster " , which featured the voices of " Trek " regulars Leonard Nimoy , Patrick Stewart , and Robert Picardo . The film also starred Christopher Lloyd and the voices of Whoopi Goldberg , Frank Welker , and George Hearn . His other voice - work includes guest roles on episodes of " Batman : The Animated Series " ( with Robert Costanzo , Ron Perlman , and Brock Peters ) , " Batman Beyond " , and " The Zeta Project " ( with Jason Marsden and Kevin Michael Richardson ) . Begley is one of only five actors who has appeared on both " Batman : The Animated Series " and a live - action film based on the Batman comics – the four others being Rene Auberjonois , John Glover , Vincent Schiavelli , and US Senator Patrick Leahy . He also appeared in the Christopher Guest mockumentaries " This Is Spinal Tap " ( 1984 ) , " Best in Show " ( 2000 ) , and " A Mighty Wind " ( 2003 ) , all of which co - starred fellow " Voyager " guest actor Michael McKean ( with the latter also featuring Paul Dooley and Bill Cobbs ) . Begley also co - starred with McKean in the films " Young Doctors in Love " ( 1982 , with Saul Rubinek , Deborah Lacey , Charlie Brill , and Hamilton Camp ) , " Auto Focus " ( 2002 ) , and " Relative Strangers " ( 2006 ) . His many other film credits also include a brief appearance in " Hardcore " ( 1979 , with Gary Graham , Marc Alaimo , and Bibi Besch ) and larger supporting roles in the Navy drama " An Officer & A Gentleman " ( with Tony Plana ) , " Cat People " ( 1982 , with actor Malcolm McDowell , who co - starred with Begley in " Get Crazy " the following year , and John Larroquette from ) , " Protocol " ( 1984 , with Joel Brooks , Cliff DeYoung , Kenneth Mars , Jeanne Mori , Chris Sarandon , Gail Strickland , Keith Szarabajka , George D . Wallace , and Paul Willson ) , " The Accidental Tourist " ( 1988 , with TNG guest star David Ogden Stiers ) , " Greedy " ( 1994 , with Olivia d ' Abo and Kirsten Dunst ) , " I ' m Losing You " ( 1998 , with Salome Jens and Frank Langella ) , and " Get Over It " ( 2001 , starring Kirsten Dunst ) . Begley has worked with both Captain Braxtons : Allan G . Royal in " Future ' s End " and Bruce McGill in both the 1977 film " Handle with Care " ( along with Charles Napier ) and the 2008 film " Recount " , about the contested 2000 presidential election . In this film , Begley played real - life Democratic strategist David Boies while McGill played Mac Stipanovich . " Recount " also starred fellow " Trek " alum Jack Shearer , who played Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia . Other " Trek " connections . Additional film and TV projects in which Begley has appeared with other " Star Trek " performers include :