Theo Marcuse

Theo Marcuse was the actor who portrayed Korob in the second season episode . Marcuse filmed his scenes between Friday and Wednesday at Desilu Stage 8.
Marcuse began his television career in 1950, and a movie career five years later. Possessed of an expressive face and able to affect a sinister mien, he worked steadily from then until his death just over six months after he filmed his appearance on Star Trek and one month after the episode aired. He died in a road accident in Hollywood. His last residence was in San Francisco, California.
Among his many television credits, Marcuse played one of The Riddler's, played by Frank Gorshin, henchmen in two 1966 episodes of , which also guest-starred Sherry Jackson. The same year he appeared in an episode of , starring James Darren, Lee Meriwether, and Whit Bissell. Also in 1966, he guest-starred with Sally Kellerman in an episode of I Spy and appeared in two episodes of The Twilight Zone, including the classic "To Serve Man", which featured David Armstrong, Joseph Ruskin, and James Wellman. In films, he appeared in Elvis Presley's (1965), with Michael Ansara and Carey Foster, directed by Gene Nelson.
Marcuse served as a lieutenant in the during World War II. He was a submarine officer who had been awarded the Silver Star Medal for valor in combat. 
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