Alan Gibbs Alan Robert Gibbs was a stuntman , stunt coordinator , and second unit director who performed stunts in the episode . Born in Florida , Gibbs has doubled for actors such as , , , and ( 1973 in " The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing " and 1977 in " Smokey and the Bandit " ) . Beside " Star Trek " , Gibbs performed stunts in the television series " The Girl from U . N . C . L . E . " ( 1967 , along Bob Bralver and Dick Geary ) , " The Immortal " ( 1971 ) , " Mannix " ( 1971 - 1973 ) , " The Magician " ( 1974 , with Abraham Sofaer and Glenn R . Wilder ) , " Vega $ " ( 1980 ) , " Riptide " , and " Knight Rider " ( 1986 , with Patricia McPherson , Henry Darrow , Ada Maris , and Andy Gill ) . In his career , which spanned over two decades , Gibbs performed stunts in films such as the drama " The Savage Seven " ( 1968 ) , the war drama " The Green Berets " ( 1968 , with George Takei ) , the comedy " The Great Bank Robbery " ( 1969 , with John Anderson ) , the science fiction film " Beneath the Planet of the Apes " ( 1970 ) and its sequel " Conquest of the Planet of the Apes " ( 1972 ) , the western drama " Little Big Man " ( 1970 , with Jeff Corey and stunts by Tommy J . Huff and Gary Combs ) , the thriller " Scorpio " ( 1973 , with John Colicos ) , ' s thriller " Chinatown " ( 1974 ) , the drama " Death Wish " ( 1974 ) , the action film " Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold " ( 1975 ) , ' s drama " One Flew Over the Cuckoo ' s Nest " ( 1975 , with Louise Fletcher , Brad Dourif , Christopher Lloyd , Vincent Schiavelli , and Michael Berryman ) , ' s western " Convoy " ( 1978 ) , ' s drama " Heaven ' s Gate " ( 1980 ) , the romance " The Postman Always Rings Twice " ( 1981 ) , the action film " Lone Wolf McQuade " ( 1983 , with Robert Beltran and Kane Hodder ) , ' s drama " Scarface " ( 1983 ) , the science fiction adventure " The Ice Pirates " ( 1984 , with Mary Crosby and Ron Perlman ) , and ' s " Moonwalker " ( 1988 ) . Beginning in 1972 , Gibbs served as stunt coordinator for projects such as the thriller " The Mechanic " with Jill Ireland , the mystery film " The Midnight Man " ( 1974 ) , the action comedy " Cannonball ! " ( 1976 ) , the pilot episode of " CHiPs " ( 1977 , with Robert Pine , Brooke Bundy , and Tommy J . Huff ) , the drama " The Border " ( 1982 ) , the sequel " Cannonball Run II " ( 1984 ) , the crime comedy " Legal Eagles " ( 1986 ) , the horror comedy " The Witches of Eastwick " ( 1987 , with Carel Struycken and stunts by Christine Ann Baur , Paula Moody , and Spike Silver ) , the action film " Shakedown " ( 1988 , with stunts by John Alden , Noon Orsatti , Gary Epper , and Patricia Tallman ) , and the comedy sequel " ' Crocodile ' Dundee II " ( 1988 ) . In addition , Gibbs served as second unit director on the action comedy " Cannonball ! " ( 1976 ) , " Smokey and the Bandit " ( 1977 ) , the thriller " Avalanche Express " ( 1979 ) , the television special " The Return of the Six - Million - Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman " ( 1987 , with Gary Lockwood ) , and the drama " Big Shots " ( 1987 ) , as well as gaffer in the camera department on the television film " The Master of Ballantrae " ( 1984 ) , the thriller " Suspicion " ( 1987 ) , the drama " maigret " ( 1988 ) , and the television action film " The Diamond Trap " ( 1988 ) . Gibbs passed away at the age of 47 caused by cancer in Los Angeles , California .