Richard Biggs, born on March 18, 1960, was an American television actor. He gained widespread recognition for his role as Engineer and Crewman Ray Palmer in the science fiction television series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'. Biggs had a career in the entertainment industry that began in the 1980s and reached its peak in the 1990s. Unfortunately, he passed away on May 22, 2004, due to cancer.