Guy Raymond
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Guy Raymond (1 July 1911 – 26 January 1997; age 85) was the actor from New York who played the human bartender of the Deep Space K-7 station in the classic original series episode "The Trouble with Tribbles". Footage of his appearance was later used in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations".
Raymond has appeared in a handful of feature film and has also made several television appearances. His film credits include: the 1959 science fiction movie 4D Man, starring fellow TOS guest actors Robert Lansing and Lee Meriwether; 1961's Sail a Crooked Ship, with another TOS guest star, Frank Gorshin; 1963's It Happened at the World Fair, featuring original series actors Gary Lockwood and Yvonne Craig; The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), with DS9 guest star Brian Keith and TOS guest star Andrea Dromm; The Ballad of Josie (1967), with TOS guest stars Paul Fix and John Fiedler; and 1969's The Undefeated, with Lee Meriwether and Paul Fix.
On television, Raymond was a regular cast member on the sitcom Harris Against the World, which lasted only one season from 1964 through 1965. In 1969, he had a role in the 1969 TV movie The Flim-Flam Man, co-starring fellow TOS guest actor James Gregory, and in 1976, he co-starred with Harris Yulin, Granville Van Dusen, Gerrit Graham, and Ian Wolfe in the TV movie Dynasty. Raymond has also guest-starred on several popular TV series besides Star Trek, including Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Green Acres, and The Beverly Hillbillies. He had a recurring role as Mr Peavey, an odd-jobs man, in the television series The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1968-70).
Raymond was the stepfather of actress Hallie Todd, who played Lal in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Offspring". Raymond died in Santa Monica, California in 1997.
