Bob Herron

Born: 1924-09-23 in Lomita, California, USA

Died: 2021-10-10

Known For: Acting

Biography

Stuntman and actor Bob Herron was born on September 23, 1924 in Lomita, California. Herron grew up with his father in Hawaii. After his parents divorced, Bob's mother remained in California and married Ace Hudkins, who was a famous supplier of horses for movies. Following service in the Navy in the South Pacific, Herron started wrangling horses on movie sets for his stepfather Hudkins in 1946. Bob made the transition to stuntman in 1950 and went on to perform stunts in a slew of films and television shows in a career that spanned from the 1950's to the early 2010's.

Filmography

2011

Love's Christmas Journey ... (Stunt Double)

2005

Be Cool ... (Stunts)

2004

A Stuntman for All Seasons: A Tribute to Bennie Dobbins as Self

2003

Reno 911! as Bob Herron, Prisoner Unjustly Accused
The Long Ride Home ... (Stunt Double)

2002

Behind the Action: Stuntmen in the Movies as Self

2000

Bedazzled ... (Stunts)

1998

Small Soldiers ... (Stunts)
BASEketball ... (Stunts)
Second Chances ... (Stunts)

1997

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ... (Stunts)
L.A. Confidential ... (Stunts)
Liar Liar ... (Stunts)
MouseHunt ... (Stunts)
Leave It to Beaver ... (Stunts)
Retroactive ... (Stunt Double)
Buddy ... (Utility Stunts)

1995

Batman Forever ... (Stunt Double)

1994

True Lies ... (Stunts)

1992

Batman Returns ... (Stunt Double)
Sneakers ... (Stunts)
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot ... (Stunts)

1991

Child's Play 3 ... (Stunts)

1990

Another 48 Hrs. ... (Stunts)
Dark Angel ... (Stunts)
Dick Tracy ... (Stunt Double)

1989

Tales from the Crypt ... (Stunts)
Pet Sematary ... (Stunts)
Grave Secrets as Kurt Norwood

1988

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! as Dr. Alford (uncredited)
Red Heat ... (Stunts)
The Seventh Sign as Jimmy's Guard
Betrayed as Bank Guard
Messenger of Death ... (Stunts)

1987

Prince of Darkness ... (Stunts)
Dragnet ... (Stunts)
No Man's Land ... (Stunts)

1986

Howard the Duck ... (Stunts)
¡Three Amigos! ... (Stunts)
Poltergeist II: The Other Side ... (Stunts)
52 Pick-Up ... (Stunts)
Thrashin' ... (Stunts)
Annihilator ... (Stunts)

1985

The Goonies ... (Stunts)
Weird Science ... (Stunts)
Pale Rider ... (Stunts)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure ... (Stunts)
Explorers ... (Stunts)

1984

Airwolf ... (Stunt Double)
City Heat as Garage Soldier
Frankenweenie ... (Stunts)

1983

Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Sarge (uncredited)
Cujo ... (Stunt Double)

1982

Poltergeist ... (Stunts)
The Sword and the Sorcerer ... (Stunts)
The Toy ... (Stunt Double)
Hysterical ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1980

Any Which Way You Can ... (Stunts)
The Nude Bomb ... (Stunts)
Melvin and Howard ... (Stunts)

1979

The Black Hole ... (Stunt Double)
1941 ... (Stunts)
The Frisco Kid ... (Stunts)
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers as Nick
The Fantastic Seven ... (Stunts)

1978

Convoy ... (Stunts)
California Suite ... (Stunts)
Movie Movie as Hood #2 / Mover #1
The Fifth Floor as Sheriff

1977

The Domino Principle as Brookshire
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo ... (Stunts)
Mr. Billion as Moose - Bodyguard
Rollercoaster ... (Stunts)
Superstunt as Self
Local Color as Fred

1976

Rocky ... (Stunts)
The Enforcer ... (Stunts)
Silver Streak ... (Stunts)
Obsession ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Swashbuckler ... (Stunts)
No Deposit, No Return ... (Stunts)

1975

Death Race 2000 ... (Stunts)
Breakout ... (Stunts)
Hearts of the West ... (Stunts)
The Last Survivors ... (Stunts)

1974

The Six Million Dollar Man as Bandit
Blazing Saddles ... (Stunts)
Earthquake ... (Stunts)
Uptown Saturday Night ... (Stunts)
99 and 44/100% Dead ... (Stunts)
The Bank Shot as Bank Guard (uncredited)
Black Samson ... (Stunts)

1973

The Magician as Scuba Diver
Soylent Green ... (Stunts)
American Graffiti ... (Stunts)
Dillinger ... (Stunts)
Cleopatra Jones ... (Stunts)
The Don Is Dead ... (Stunts)
Oklahoma Crude as Dulling

1972

Joe Kidd ... (Stunts)
Prime Cut ... (Stunts)
Kung Fu as Second Tough
The Groundstar Conspiracy ... (Stunts)

1971

Diamonds Are Forever ... (Stunts)
Shaft ... (Stunts)
Bearcats! as Paul
Raid on Rommel ... (Stunts)
$ as Bodyguard
The Feminist and the Fuzz ... (Stunts)
The Steagle ... (Stunts)

1970

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! ... (Stunts)
There Was a Crooked Man... as Oran
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? ... (Stunts)
The Grasshopper ... (Stunts)
Zig Zag ... (Stunts)

1969

The Wild Bunch ... (Stunt Double)
Mackenna's Gold ... (Stunts)
Paint Your Wagon ... (Stunts)
The Over the Hill Gang as Lafe Jordan
A Time for Dying as Rankin
The Silent Gun ... (Stunts)

1968

Ice Station Zebra ... (Stunt Coordinator)
With Six You Get Eggroll ... (Stunts)
Journey to Shiloh ... (Stunts)
Speedway ... (Stunts)
In Enemy Country ... (Stunts)

1967

Mannix as Thug #2 (uncredited)
The Invaders ... (Stunts)
In Like Flint ... (Stunts)
Rough Night in Jericho ... (Stunts)
Tobruk ... (Stunts)
Counterpoint ... (Stunts)
Chuka ... (Stunt Double)
Hot Rods to Hell ... (Stunts)

1966

Star Trek as Kahless
The Chase ... (Stunts)
It's About Time as Doctor
The Silencers ... (Stunts)
Harper ... (Stunts)
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? ... (Stunts)
The Rare Breed ... (Stunts)
The Appaloosa ... (Stunts)
Not With My Wife, You Don't! ... (Stunts)
An American Dream ... (Stunts)
Beau Geste ... (Stunts)

1965

The Wild Wild West as Captain Jackson (uncredited)
The Great Race as Palace Guard (uncredited)
Cat Ballou ... (Stunts)
Major Dundee ... (Stunts)
In Harm's Way ... (Stunts)
The Cincinnati Kid ... (Stunts)
Ship of Fools ... (Stunts)
The War Lord ... (Stunts)
Shenandoah ... (Stunts)
Girl Happy ... (Stunts)
Morituri ... (Stunts)
Star Trek: The Cage ... (Stunt Double)
The Sword of Ali Baba ... (Stunts)
Love Has Many Faces ... (Stunt Double)
My Blood Runs Cold ... (Stunts)

1964

1960

Spartacus ... (Stunts)
The Unforgiven ... (Stunts)
Elmer Gantry ... (Stunts)
Seven Ways from Sundown
Who Was That Lady? ... (Stunts)
The Great Impostor as Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond as Thug (uncredited)
Ice Palace ... (Stunts)

1959

Rio Bravo ... (Stunts)
The FBI Story ... (Stunts)
Westbound as Henchman (uncredited)
Cry Tough ... (Stunts)

1958

Auntie Mame ... (Stunts)
Ride a Crooked Trail ... (Stunts)
The Deep Six ... (Stunts)
Darby's Rangers ... (Stunts)

1957

The Monolith Monsters ... (Stunts)
The Big Land ... (Stunts)
Utah Blaine ... (Stunts)
Man Afraid as Frankie Simmons - Burglar (uncredited)

1956

The Ten Commandments as Courier (uncredited)
Walk the Proud Land ... (Stunts)
The Vagabond King ... (Stunts)
The Mole People
Santiago ... (Stunts)
Come Next Spring ... (Stunts)

1955

Gunsmoke as Vern
The Court Jester ... (Stunts)
The Far Horizons ... (Stunts)
Lady Godiva of Coventry ... (Stunts)
To Hell and Back ... (Stunts)
The Man from Bitter Ridge as Jim Hanley (uncredited)

1954

River of No Return ... (Stunts)
Destry ... (Stunts)
The Boy from Oklahoma ... (Stunts)
Saskatchewan as Brill
Four Guns to the Border as Evans

1953

War Arrow ... (Stunts)
Gun Fury as Curly Jordan
The Man from the Alamo as (uncredited)
The Charge at Feather River ... (Stunts)
Serpent of the Nile ... (Stunts)
Column South ... (Stunts)
Champ for a Day ... (Stunts)

1952

The Sniper ... (Stunts)
The Red Ball Express ... (Stunts)
Yankee Buccaneer ... (Stunts)
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima ... (Stunts)
The Story of Will Rogers ... (Stunts)
Operation Secret ... (Stunt Double)

1951

Along the Great Divide ... (Stunts)
Only the Valiant ... (Stunts)
Ten Tall Men ... (Stunts)
The Red Badge of Courage ... (Stunts)
The Golden Horde ... (Stunts)
Raton Pass ... (Stunts)

1950

Winchester '73 ... (Stunts)
The Flame and the Arrow ... (Stunts)
Rocky Mountain ... (Stunts)