Ray Walston

== Work on ''Star Trek'' ==
Walston filmed his scenes for his appearance in the {{s|TNG}} [[TNG Season 5|fifth season]] episode "The First Duty" on Monday {{d|27|January|1992}} [[Filming locations|on location]] at the [[Japanese Garden]] at the [[Tillman Water Reclamation Plant]] in Van Nuys, California. According to the call sheet, he was picked up at 5:30 am at home and had a makeup call at 6:00 am.

For the [[VOY Season 5|fifth season]] episode of ''Voyager'', "In the Flesh", Walston filmed his scenes on Tuesday {{d|7|July|1998}}, Thursday {{d|9|July|1998}}, and Monday {{d|13|July|1998}} on [[Paramount Stage 8]] and 16 and on location at the Japanese Garden at the Water Reclamation Plant.

During his appearance on the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' episode "In the Flesh", Walston often had trouble with remembering his lines during long one-shot dialogue scenes. However, while the cameraman was changing the film during shooting of the scene in the [[briefing room]], Walston recited a line from ''[[Hamlet]]''. [[Robert Beltran]] then stated the next line, and Walston the next. The two went on for about five full minutes, amazing the entire cast and crew. [[Tim Russ]] remembered in an interview for the special features of the [[VOY Season 5 DVD|''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.

For the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' [[VOY Season 5|fifth season]] episode "The Fight", Walston filmed his scenes on Thursday {{d|22|October|1998}} on [[Paramount Stage 16]] with a makeup call at 7:45 am and a set call at 8:30 am.

His costume from "The First Duty" was later sold off on the [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction]] on eBay for US$700.00. {{stala|0991}} His costume worn in "The Fight" was sold for US$374.36. {{stala|4381}}

In {{y|1967}}, reading the script rewrite of {{e|The Apple}}, which featured [[Akuta]] having an antenna implanted in his head (much like "Uncle Martin"), [[Bob Justman]] jokingly suggested they should hire Walston to play the part. (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two]]'')