Editing Ray Walston (section)

=== 1980–1992 ===
From 1980 to 1992, Walston starred in 14 films, including ''[[Galaxy of Terror]]'' and ''[[Fast Times at Ridgemont High]]'' (as well as the 1986 television adaptation) as Mr. Hand. In a 1999 interview, Walston said that he was happy and relieved that when he walked down the street, young fans shouted at him "Mr. Hand" because he had finally torn away from his ''Martian'' role. In 1984, Walston played a judge on an episode of ''[[Night Court]]''. Six years later, he made a guest appearance on an episode of ''[[L.A. Law]]''. He later was hired for the role of Judge Henry Bone on ''[[Picket Fences]]''; the character was originally a recurring role, but Walston proved to be so popular the character was later upgraded to a starring role.<ref>{{cite web |title=Judge Gives Walston a Measure of Justice |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-21-ca-48194-story.html |url-status=live |website=Los Angeles Times Collections |date=21 September 1995 |access-date=23 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224010431/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-09-21/entertainment/ca-48194_1_picket-fences-role |archive-date=24 February 2019}}</ref> In the first season episode, "Remembering Rosemary", Judge Bone wears a Martian costume with antennae to a Halloween party as a nod to Walston's infamous role as Uncle Martin.

He appeared in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' as [[List of Star Trek characters (A–F)#B|Boothby]], head groundskeeper at [[Starfleet Academy]] in San Francisco, and reprised the role twice on ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. In 1988, he guest starred in an episode of the popular horror-fantasy show ''[[Friday the 13th: The Series]]'', as a bitter, elderly comic-book artist who uses a demonically cursed comic book to transform himself into a killer robot and murder his erstwhile enemies. In 1992, Walston played the role of Candy in the big-screen [[remake]] of [[John Steinbeck]]'s ''[[Of Mice and Men (1992 film)|Of Mice and Men]]'' with [[Gary Sinise]] and [[John Malkovich]]. He also made a cameo appearance as a barman in [[Madonna]]'s [[Deeper and Deeper]] video.