Ray Petersen is an actor who played a Romulan senator in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine seventh season episode "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges". As a background actor Peterson received no credit for his appearance and was identified by the name tag of his costume which was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay and where he was written as Ray Peterson. [1](X) In earlier scenes at the banquet, Peterson wore an additional partial costume over his suit. This one was also sold off on eBay. [2](X)
Petersen worked as background actor and stand-in on several television series and feature films in the 1980s and 1990s such as Dynasty (1983, episode "Tender Comrades" with Joan Collins and Peter Mark Richman, 1984 episode "The Mortgage" with Joan Collins, Peter Mark Richman, Clive Revill, John Hugh McKnight, and Lemuel Perry, 1985 episode "The Aftermath" with William O. Campbell, Theodore Bikel, Julian Christopher, Rod Loomis, and Jim Painter, 1985 episode "The Titans: Part 1" with Joan Collins and Stephanie Beacham, 1986 episode "Ben" with Joan Collins, Terrence E. McNally, Bruce Dobos, and John Blower, 1986 episode "Focus" with Joan Collins and Robert Pine, and 1986 episode "The Trial: Part 1" with Joan Collins, Anthony Zerbe, Tricia O'Neil, Warren Munson, Bruce Dobos, George Sasaki, and Peter Eastman), The Colbys (1986 episodes "Something Old, Something New" with Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Ricardo Montalban, Judson Scott, George Sasaki, Gene Poe, and Tim McCormack, 1986 episode "Bloodlines" with Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Ricardo Montalban, Judson Scott, Peter White, Georgann Johnson, David Armstrong, Bob Davis, Faith Burton, John Burnside, and Tim McCormack, and 1987 episode "All Fall Down" with Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Ricardo Montalban, and Liam Sullivan), and Falcon Crest (1985 episode "...And the Fall" with Robert Foxworth, Kate Vernon, Jonathan Frakes, Nathan Jung, Roger Trantham, Tony Rocco, Linnea Soohoo, Jim Lau, and Alan Oliney and 1986).
Petersen received credit as "Man #1" in the Civil Wars episode "The Naked and the Wed" (1992, with Marty Rackham, Allan Miller, and Joseph Ruskin and associate produced by Marc Buckland).