Ray Walston
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Ray Walston (2 December 1914 – 1 January 2001; age 86) was an actor who played Boothby in TNG: "The First Duty", Chakotay's hallucination of Boothby and a holographic recreation of Boothby in VOY: "The Fight", and a member of Species 8472 pretending to be Boothby in VOY: "In the Flesh".
Ray Walston was well known for his role in the 1960s TV series My Favorite Martian and his part in the 1982 classic comedy film Fast Times at Ridgemont High as the Ridgemont history teacher, Mr. Hand. He reprised the role of Mr. Hand in the short-lived TV series Fast Times in 1982. Ray starred in the comedy film Private School (1983, with Doug Warhit). He also reprised his original role of Uncle Martin in the big-screen adaptation of My Favorite Martian, with Christopher Lloyd appearing as a martian who comes looking for him -- a fact only revealed at the film's conclusion. Walston is also known for his portrayal of Judge Henry Bone on the cult hit series Picket Fences.
As well as a film and television actor, he was also a talented stage performer, having made his Broadway debut in a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet. During his appearance on Star Trek: Voyager in "In the Flesh", he often had trouble with remembering his lines during long one-shot dialog scenes. But while the cameraman was changing the film while filming the scene in the briefing room, he stated a line from Hamlet. Robert Beltran then stated the next line, and Walston the next. The two went on for about 5 full minutes, amazing the entire cast and crew. Michael Piller remembered in an interview for the special features of Voyager Season 5 DVD that it was so quiet besides them, you could hear a pin drop. And that when they were done, everyone broke out in applause.
