Glenn R . Wilder Glenn R . Wilder was a stuntman , stunt actor , stunt coordinator , and second unit director who served as stunt coordinator on and the first season episode . He received no credit for the latter one and was among the group of one time stunt coordinators , prior to Dennis Madalone ' s employment on the series . Wilder was born in Los Angeles , California and is the father of " Star Trek V : The Final Frontier " stuntman Scott Wilder . In 1997 he was injured in a speed boat accident , filming a stunt scene for the feature film " Gone Fishin " . His son was also injured and his daughter - in - Law , stuntwoman Janet Wilder , died . Wilder made his first steps into the stunt business in the early ' 60s and performed and doubled in television series such as " The Beverly Hillbillies " , " The Green Hornet " , " The Fugitive " , as double for , and " The Mod Squad " . He was one of the stunt drivers in Disney ' s " The Love Bug " ( 1968 , alongside Regina Parton , Ronald R . Rondell , and Carey Loftin ) , doubled in the Academy Award nominated thriller " Wait Until Dark " ( 1967 ) , and performed stunts in " The Boston Strangler " ( 1968 , starring Jeff Corey and Sally Kellerman ) . He continued in the ' 70s and appeared in dozens of feature films , including " Cleopatra Jones " ( 1973 , with Bernie Casey ) , " McQ " ( 1974 , with Diana Muldaur ) , " Convoy " ( 1978 , with Madge Sinclair and Seymour Cassel ) , and the television pilot for " Buck Rogers in the 25th Century " ( 1979 ) . Wilder also began working as stunt coordinator and directed the action scenes for productions , including " Fuzz " ( 1972 ) , " Logan ' s Run " ( 1976 , with stunts by Paula Crist , Tommy J . Huff , Beth Nufer , and Mike Washlake ) , and " Blue Collar " ( 1978 , with Ed Begley , Jr . ) . He was responsible for the stunt scenes in the television series " Planet of the Apes " ( 1974 , with Mark Lenard ) and " S . W . A . T . " ( 1975 - 1976 ) , and took punches , made car stunts , and felt from heights in the popular shows " Mission : Impossible " ( 1971 - 1972 , with Leonard Nimoy ) , " Cannon " ( 1972 - 1973 ) , " Mannix " ( 1967 - 1974 ) , and " Starsky & Hutch " ( 1978 , starring David Soul ) . In the ' 80s he coordinated projects such as " Shogun " and the following mini series with the same title ( 1980 , with John Rhys - Davies ) , the science fiction film " The Last Starfighter " ( 1984 , with Barbara Bosson , Meg Wyllie , Marc Alaimo , and Wil Wheaton ) , the comedy " Moving Violations " ( 1985 , with stunts by Christine Ann Baur , Ann Chatterton , David LeBell , and Pat Romano ) , " The Presidio " ( 1988 , with Jenette Goldstein ) , and the television series " Superboy " ( 1988 - 1992 , with semi - regular Sherman Howard and stunts by Joe Murphy ) . In addition he was seen in the films " TRON " ( 1982 , with David Warner ) , " Scarface " ( 1983 , with F . Murray Abraham ) , " The Outlaws " ( 1984 , with Charles Napier ) , " Lethal Weapon " and " Burglar " ( both 1987 , starring Whoopi Goldberg in the latter one ) , " Die Hard " ( 1988 ) , " Action Jackson " ( 1988 ) , " Blind Fury " ( 1989 , with Terry O ' Quinn ) , and " Road House " ( 1989 , with Anthony De Longis and Patricia Tallman ) , as well as in the television series " Fantasy Island " ( 1982 , starring Ricardo Montalban and with Gene LeBell ) , " The A - Team " ( 1986 , starring Dwight Schultz ) , and " B . L . Stryker " ( 1989 - 1990 ) . In 1987 he contributed a part of the screenplay and directed the action film " Masterblaster " , which featured " Star Trek " alumni Raymond Forchion and his son , Scott Wilder . With almost thirty years of experience , Wilder coordinated several feature films in the ' 90s . Among them are " Edward Scissorhands " ( 1990 ) , Disney ' s " Hocus Pocus " ( 1993 ) , and " Heaven ' s Prisoners " ( 1996 , with Teri Hatcher and Don Stark ) , and several episodes of " seaQuest DSV " ( 1995 - 1996 , with Julia Nickson in the last one ) and " Swamp Thing " ( 1990 - 1993 , starring Dick Durock ) . He appeared in " Days of Thunder " ( 1990 ) , " Terminator 2 : Judgment Day " ( 1991 , coordinated by Joel Kramer ) , ' s " Hook " ( 1991 ) , " True Lies " ( 1994 ) , " Baywatch " ( 1994 , episode " The Red Knights " , coordinated by Gregory J . Barnett and directed by Cliff Bole ) , " Fair Game " ( 1995 ) , and " Species II " ( 1998 , with James Cromwell ) . Among his projects in the last years are stunt coordination and second unit direction for the television series " Sheena " ( 2000 - 2002 , alongside Gregory J . Barnett and Jeff Pruitt ) , stunts in the sequel " The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas " ( 2000 , with Joan Collins and stunts by Leslie Hoffman , Spice Williams - Crosby , and Gene LeBell ) , " The Mothman Prophecies " ( 2002 ) , the Academy Award winning " The Hours " ( 2002 ) , " Bad Boys II " ( 2003 ) , and " Deja Vu " ( 2006 ) . He made a memorable performance in the Academy Award winner " Monster " ( 2003 ) , which also featured Kane Hodder and coordinated ' s television horror film " Desperation " ( 2006 , with Steven Weber , Matt Frewer , Ron Perlman , and Charlie Brewer ) . He performed stunts in the thriller " Deja Vu " ( 2006 ) , the crime drama " Death Sentence " ( 2007 ) , the comedy " Sex Drive " ( 2008 ) , as stunt double for in the family adventure " Journey 2 : The Mysterious Island " ( 2012 , starring Dwayne Johnson , stunt coordinated by Alex Daniels , and stunts by Rick Avery and Rick Sawaya ) , and in the comedy " Wanderlust " ( 2012 ) . He also worked as stunt coordinator on the thriller " Cassadaga " ( 2011 ) and the comedy " Numba One " ( 2011 , with Paul Sorvino ) . Among his most recent projects are the thriller " Missionary " ( 2013 ) , the action sequel " Dhoom : 3 " ( 2013 , with Eddie Braun , Erik Cord , Alex Daniels , Jeremy Fry , Allan Graf , Terry James , Oliver Keller , and Harry Wowchuk ) , the action thriller " Need for Speed " ( 2014 , with Christine Anne Baur , Craig Baxley , Jr . , Henry Kingi , Jr . , Henry Kingi , Sr . , Mike Massa , Jimmy N . Roberts , and Don Ruffin ) , and the comedy " Get Hart " ( 2015 , with Hunter Baxley and Todd Bryant ) . Wilder passed away at the age of 83 on 7 July 2017 .