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)
Buddy ... (Utility Stunts)
Retroactive ... (Stunt Double)

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

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

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

¡Three Amigos! ... (Stunts)
Howard the Duck ... (Stunts)
Thrashin' ... (Stunts)
52 Pick-Up ... (Stunts)
Annihilator ... (Stunts)

1985

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

1984

Airwolf ... (Stunt Double)
Frankenweenie ... (Stunts)

1983

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

1982

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

1980

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

1979

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

1978

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

1977

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

1976

Rocky ... (Stunts)
Obsession ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Enforcer ... (Stunts)
Silver Streak ... (Stunts)
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)
The Bank Shot as Bank Guard (uncredited)
99 and 44/100% Dead ... (Stunts)
Black Samson ... (Stunts)

1973

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

1972

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

1971

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

1970

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

1969

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

1968

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

1967

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

1966

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

1965

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

1960

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

1959

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

1958

Darby's Rangers ... (Stunts)
Auntie Mame ... (Stunts)
The Perfect Furlough ... (Stunt Double)
Ride a Crooked Trail ... (Stunts)
The Deep Six ... (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)
The Vagabond King ... (Stunts)
The Mole People
Santiago ... (Stunts)
Walk the Proud Land ... (Stunts)
Come Next Spring ... (Stunts)

1955

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

1954

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

1953

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

1952

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

1951

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

1950

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