# Bob Herron (stuntman)

Robert Herron (September 23, 1924 – October 10, 2021) was an American stuntman and actor, best known for performing stunts in hundreds of Hollywood films between 1950 and 2011.
Herron was born in Lomita, California in September 1924. He began his career in the early 1950s, appearing in films and television series as an actor and as a stunt performer. His work includes The Ten Commandments (1956), Rio Bravo (1959), Spartacus (1960), The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), The Wild Bunch (1969), Shaft (1971), Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and Rocky (1976).
He died from complications of a fall on October 10, 2021, at the age of 97.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1952 | Cattle Town | Rider | Uncredited |
| 1953 | Invaders from Mars | Martian | Uncredited |
| 1953 | The Man from the Alamo | | Uncredited |
| 1953 | Gun Fury | Curly Jordan | |
| 1954 | Saskatchewan | Brill | |
| 1954 | Magnificent Obsession | Taxi Driver | Uncredited |
| 1954 | Four Guns to the Border | Evans | |
| 1955 | The Man from Bitter Ridge | Jim Hanley | Uncredited |
| 1955 | The Far Horizons | Minor Role | Uncredited |
| 1956 | The Proud Ones | Cowboy | Uncredited |
| 1956 | The Rawhide Years | Barfly | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Away All Boats | Sailor | Uncredited |
| 1956 | The Burning Hills | Faber | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Pillars of the Sky | Trooper | Uncredited |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Courier | Uncredited |
| 1956 | The Mole People | Mole Person | Uncredited |
| 1957 | The Big Land | Texan | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Man Afraid | Frankie Simmons - Burglar | Uncredited |
| 1958 | Westbound | Henchman | Uncredited |
| 1958 | Born Reckless | Cowboy | Uncredited |
| 1960 | The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond | Thug | Uncredited |
| 1960 | Seven Ways from Sundown | Waggoner | Uncredited |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Minor Role | Uncredited |
| 1960 | The Great Impostor | Highway Patrol Officer | Uncredited |
| 1963 | The Slime People | Slime Person | Uncredited |
| 1963 | Gunfight at Comanche Creek | Agent | Uncredited |
| 1965 | The Great Race | Palace Guard | Uncredited |
| 1969 | A Time for Dying | Rankin | |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | Oran | Uncredited |
| 1971 | Dollars | Bodyguard | |
| 1973 | Oklahoma Crude | Dulling | |
| 1974 | Bank Shot | Bank Guard | Uncredited |
| 1974 | Black Samson | Nappa's Gang #5 | |
| 1977 | Mr. Billion | Moose - Bodyguard | |
| 1977 | The Domino Principle | Brookshire | |
| 1977 | Local Color | Fred | |
| 1978 | The Fifth Floor | Sheriff | |
| 1978 | Movie Movie | Hood #2 Mover #1 | (segment "Dynamite Hands") (segment "Baxter's Beauties of 1933") |
| 1984 | City Heat | Garage Soldier #5 | |
| 1988 | The Seventh Sign | Jimmy's Guard #1 | |
| 1988 | Betrayed | Bank Guard | |
| 1988 | The Naked Gun | Dr. Alford | Uncredited |
| 1989 | Grave Secrets | Kurt Norwood | |
| 1994 | True Lies | Hotel Guest | Uncredited |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1965 | Star Trek: The Original Series | Stunt Double for Jeffrey Hunter | Pilot: "The Cage" |
| 1966 | Star Trek: The Original Series | Sam | S1:E2: "Charlie X" |
| 1966 | Star Trek: The Original Series | Stunt Double for Jeffrey Hunter | S1:E12: "The Menagerie" |
| 1969 | Star Trek: The Original Series | Kahless | S3:E22: "The Savage Curtain" |