Robert Herron
Robert "Bob" Herron  was a Hollywood stuntman and actor. He worked as stunt double for Jeffrey Hunter on the first  pilot, , also featuring in the same uncredited role as part of archive footage in . Herron appeared, uncredited, as a  crew member named  in . He later played the Excalbian recreation of the legendary  in .

Herron filmed his stunt double appearance for "The Cage" on Monday  and Tuesday  at the "Arab Village" part of the 40 Acres backlot. He filmed his scene for "Charlie X" on Monday  at Desilu Stage 9, and his scenes for "The Savage Curtain" between Monday  and Thursday  at Desilu Stage 10.

As an actor, Herron had small roles in a number of films, including Gun Fury (1953), Movie Movie (1978), and City Heat (1984). He also appeared in Stanley Kramer's The Domino Principle (1977), which also featured Majel Barrett, but Herron was a stuntman first and an actor second. He performed stunts on over 200 films and television shows, and did so for fifty-five years. The films he worked on include The Ten Commandments (1956), Spartacus (1960), The Wild Bunch (1969), Shaft (1971), Rocky (1976), Poltergeist (1982), The Untouchables (1987), and L.A. Confidential (1997). His television work includes The Green Hornet, The Streets of San Francisco, and The Rockford Files. Unfortunately, he received no on-screen credit for much of his work.

He passed away on October 10, 2021 at the age of 97, after suffering for complications from a fall.

Star Trek appearances

Other Trek connections 
Herron did stunt work for numerous films and TV shows which feature principal cast members and frequent or major guest actors from the various Star Trek series and films. These include:
 Yankee Buccaneer (1952), Serpent of the Nile (1953), The Ten Commandments (1956) and Powderkeg (1971 TV movie), all with Michael Ansara
 Gidget (1959) with James Darren and Yvonne Craig
 Spartacus (1960) with Jean Simmons, Paul Lambert, Peter Brocco, John Hoyt, Arthur Batanides, William Blackburn, Dick Crockett, Seamon Glass, Gil Perkins, and narrated by Vic Perrin
 Ice Palace (1960), with George Takei and Chuck Hicks
 PT 109 (1963), with George Takei, James Gregory and Biff Elliot
 Morituri (1965), with George Takei, Paul Baxley, Gene Dynarski, Jim Goodwin, Roy Jenson, and music by Jerry Goldsmith
 Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963) with DeForest Kelley and William Wellman Jr.
 Temple Houston (1963 TV series) with Jeffrey Hunter
 Major Dundee (1965), Soylent Green and Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (both 1973), all with Brock Peters
 The Silencers (1966) with Roger C. Carmel, James Gregory, Nancy Kovack, Grant Woods and Chuck Hicks
 Paint Your Wagon (1969), Silver Streak (1976), and Johnny Dangerously (1984), all with Ray Walston
 McCloud (1970 TV series) with Diana Muldaur, and directors Lou Antonio and Russ Mayberry
 The Moonshine War (1970) and McMillian and Wife (1971 TV series), both with John Schuck, the first also featuring Terri Garr and Dick Crockett
 They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975), both with Anthony Zerbe, the first photographed by Jerry Finnerman
 Raid on Rommel (1971) with John Colicos
 Shaft (1971) with Lawrence Pressman, co-written by John D.F. Black
 The Hindenburg (1975) with Rene Auberjonois, Alan Oppenheimer, Rex Holman and Charles Macaulay, directed by Robert Wise
 McNaughton's Daughter (1976 TV movie) with Ricardo Montalban and Byron Morrow, co-directed by Gene Nelson
 Rocky (1976) with Michael Dorn
 The Fantastic Seven (1979 TV movie) with Christopher Lloyd
 The Island (1980) with David Warner
 The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) with Joseph Ruskin, Jeff Corey and George Murdock
 Pale Rider (1985) with Randy Oglesby
 Explorers (1985) with Robert Picardo and James Cromwell
 Three Amigos! (1986) with Brian Thompson
 Sunset (1988) with Malcolm McDowell and Andreas Katsulas
 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) with Ricardo Montalban and Tiny Ron
 Rescue 911 (1989 TV series) with host William Shatner
 Pet Sematary (1989) with Denise Crosby
 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) with Patti Yasutake
 Steal Big, Steal Little (1995) with Natalia Nogulich
 Liar Liar (1997) with Randy Oglesby and Anne Haney
 L.A. Confidential (1997) with James Cromwell
 Hard Raid (1998) with Anthony Montgomery

Herron also served as stuntman on more than one film featuring one or more of the following Star Trek guest actors:
 Elisha Cook,
 John Fiedler,
 Paul Fix,
 Brian Keith,
 Morgan Woodward

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