Rusty McClennon Leon " Rusty " McClennon was a stuntman and stunt actor who was the regular stunt double for Michael Dorn on beginning with the third season under stunt coordinator Dennis Madalone . He also doubled Dorn for the water stunt in the seventh feature film in . His costume and hat from the seventh film was later sold off on the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction on eBay . Other costumes worn by McClennon were also sold off , including the ones from , , and . His Klingon uniform neck collar from his work on the episode was later sold off on a Propstore auction . Early life and career . Born as Leon McClennon to John and Dorothy McClennon , he was nicknamed " Rusty " by his aunt Alma and uncle Sapp as an infant . He was the second of three children with older sister Vinita and younger sister Sahala Smith . He attended the Palisades Charter High School in Los Angeles and was introduced into drafting . He excelled and moved to UCLA for a drafting class . Following his high school years he was offered the first job using his drafting skills . Through his sister Vinita who was working as a stuntwoman throughout the 1990s , McClennon got a job as a background actor on the Universal television series " Airwolf " in 1984 . Not knowing the restrictions not to talk to the actors , he started to talk and telling jokes to who asked to give him a line for his acting job so he would become an SAG member . McClennon ' s appearance as limo driver in the second season episode " Eruption " became his first on screen appearance . Stunt coordinator Ron Stein and stunt double Bob Herron also worked on this episode . Stunt career . In 1984 , McClennon started training stunt work with Greg Wayne Elam and Joey Banks . A few years later he received his first credit as stuntman on a feature film with the action comedy " I ' m Gonna Git You Sucka " ( 1988 , with Bernie Casey , Clarence Williams III , Cullen Chambers , Wren T . Brown , Tom Wright , stunt coordination by Alan Oliney and stunts by Tony Brubaker , Eugene Collier , Gilbert B . Combs , Kenny Endoso , Jim Halty , Irving E . Lewis , Dennis Madalone , Dwayne McGee , John Meier , Bob Minor , Sharon Schaffer , and Kym Washington ) . Further stunt work includes the war drama " Glory " ( 1989 , stunt coordination by Bob Minor ) , the action film " Peacemaker " ( 1990 , stunt coordination by B . J . Davis and Eddie Braun ) , the fantasy comedy " Ghost Dad " ( 1990 , working with Gregory J . Barnett , Janet Brady , David Richard Ellis , Tommy J . Huff , Jeff Imada , Buck McDancer , Noon Orsatti , Lynn Salvatori , and Sharon Schaffer ) , the comedy " Cold Dog Soup " ( 1990 ) , the science fiction sequel " Predator 2 " ( 1990 ) , the music drama " The Five Heartbeats " ( 1991 ) , the crime thriller " Deep Cover " ( 1992 ) , the comedy " Class Act " ( 1992 , stunt coordinated by Julius LeFlore ) , and the action thriller " Live Wire " ( 1992 , stunt coordination by Yannick Derrien ) . It was in 1991 that McClennon doubled actor for the first time on the sport comedy " Necessary Roughness " ( 1991 , starring Scott Bakula and stunt coordination by Allan Graf ) . Further projects on which he worked as his stunt double are the comedy " Houseguest " ( 1995 , working with his sister ) , the comedy " First Kid " ( 1996 , also as c - stunt coordinator with Tony Brubaker ) , the comedy " Jingle All the Way " ( 1996 , stunt coordination by Joel Kramer ) , the western comedy " The Cherokee Kid " ( 1996 , stunt coordination by Tony Brubaker ) , and the comedy " Good Burger " ( 1997 , with stunts by Denney Pierce , Johnny Martin , Jay Caputo , and David Keith Anderson ) . McClennon worked as stunt coordinator on the Academy Award nominated drama " What ' s Eating Gilbert Grape " ( 1993 , stunts by Janet Brady ) and performed stunts in the horror comedy " Vampire in Brooklyn " ( 1995 , working with LaFaye Baker , Ousaun Elam , Bob McGovern , and Bennie E . Moore , Jr . ) , the comedy " Friday " ( 1995 ) , the crime drama " Things to Do in Denver When You ' re Dead " ( 1995 ) , the crime drama " Out - of - Sync " ( 1995 , also as stunt coordinator ) , the science fiction film " Virtual Combat " ( 1995 , with Michael Dorn ) , the comedy " Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys " ( 1995 , with Joe Piscopo and Kate Mulgrew ) , the horror sequel " Children of the Corn V : Fields of Terror " ( 1998 , stunt coordination by Kane Hodder ) , the comedy " Holy Man " ( 1998 ) , the crime comedy " Life " ( 1999 ) , and the television series " The Practice " ( 1999 - 2000 , with Wren T . Brown , Richard McGonagle , and Eileen Weisinger ) . In 1999 , McClennon was the stunt coordinator on the drama " Love and Action in Chicago " , which featured Jason Alexander , Kamala Lopez , and Mike Mukatis . He also performed stunts in the crime drama " Hot Boyz " ( 2000 ) , the thriller " Gone in Sixty Seconds " ( 2000 ) , the action thriller " Swordfish " ( 2001 , with stunts by Dana Hee , Denney Pierce , Joey Box , and Mark Riccardi ) , the crime thriller " Training Day " ( 2001 ) , and the science fiction thriller " The One " ( 2001 ) , and worked as stunt coordinator on the comedy " The Wash " ( 2001 ) . Death . McClennon passed away on 30 April 2015 . His memorial service was held on 20 June 2015 at Faithful Central Church in Inglewood . Alan Oliney spoke about him and Sinbad was scheduled to speak about him but was not part of the memorial service .