Jay Jones
Jimmie "Jay" L. Jones  is an actor and stuntman who worked on several projects in the 1960s and 1970s including several episodes of , where he was credited as both Jimmy Jones and Jay Jones. Jones was the son of the prolific stunt performer , grandson of the former Buffalo Bill's Wild West showman, and brother of .

Jones was not familiar with the series at all when he got his first role in the series (as Crewman  in "Catspaw"), and had to ask the neighbor's boy what his sole line ("I'm ready to beam up, sir") actually meant. ( Magazine Issue 283, p. 61) He was hired for the episode because the role needed someone who could do his own stunt fall. After his first appearance, he was frequently called back to the series for smaller parts and stunt work, apparently because Gene Roddenberry took a liking to him. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two, p. 43)

Jones filmed his scenes for "Catspaw" on Tuesday  and Thursday  at Desilu Stage 9 and Stage 10, his scene for "Friday's Child" on Thursday  on location at Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, his scene for "Who Mourns for Adonais?" on Monday  at Stage 10, and his scene for "The Changeling" on Friday  at Stage 9. He filmed his scenes for "The Apple" between Monday  and Wednesday  at Stage 10, his scene for "Mirror, Mirror" on Thursday  at Stage 9, and his scene for "The Trouble with Tribbles" on Tuesday  at Stage 10. He filmed his scene for "A Private Little War" on Friday  at Paramount Pictures' B Tank, his scene for "The Immunity Syndrome" on Monday  at Stage 9, and his scenes for "A Piece of the Action" on Monday  on location at Paramount's McFadden Street backlot. He filmed his scene for "And the Children Shall Lead" on Thursday  at Stage 9, his scene for "Spock's Brain" on Wednesday  at Paramount Stage 3, his scenes for "The Tholian Web" on Tuesday  at Stage 9, and his scenes for "Day of the Dove" on Monday , Wednesday  and Thursday  at Stage 9 and Stage 10. He filmed his scene for "Wink of an Eye" on Wednesday  at Stage 9, his scene for "The Mark of Gideon" on Tuesday  at Stage 9, and his scene for "The Cloud Minders" on Wednesday  at Stage 10.

Jones appeared in movies including the western Rough Night in Jericho (1967, starring Jean Simmons), the action film The Poseidon Adventure (1972, with Phil Adams, Bill Catching, Victor Paul, George Sawaya, and Paul Stader), and the drama The Men's Club (1986, with Frank Langella and Craig Wasson) on which he worked as stunt coordinator.

He also appeared in episodes of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967, with Robert DoQui and Pete Kellett), The High Chaparral (1969, with Henry Darrow), Bonanza (1970-1972, with Robert Lansing, Alfred Ryder, Biff Manard, and Andrew J. Robinson), The F.B.I. (1972), and Kung Fu (1975, with David Huddleston, Keye Luke, Stephen Manley, and Lloyd Kino).

Jones threw the hatchet in the opening scene of the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman in 1993. In addition, he appeared in the  1990 music video "Tease Me Please Me" as well various commercials.

In an interview for the book Science Fiction Television Series by Mark Phillips and Frank Garcia, Jones reveals that he had to be hospitalized twice for injuries suffered from his work on Star Trek. As James Doohan's stunt double in  Jones suffered a concussion after hitting himself on the head following a back flip. And while playing the role of security guard Mallory on , Jones was severely injured by the explosion which was supposed to kill his character.

Star Trek appearances

Stunt double appearances

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