Victor Paul Victor Paul was a former stuntman and stunt coordinator who worked as stunt double for Dan Kern , performing his fencing stunts , in the first season episode in . Twenty years prior , he appeared as a Klingon crewman in the third season episode . Paul also portrayed Picard ' s fencing opponent in a deleted scene of " The Next Generation " second season episode . This appearance is part of the extended version of the episode on TNG Season 2 Blu - ray . Born as Philip Paul Romano , Paul is the father of stuntmen John Phillip and Philip Romano and is probably best known for his work on the 1960s television series " " . He worked as stunt coordinator on 120 episodes between 1966 and 1968 and was also the stunt double for actor who portrayed along with ' s stunt double and " Day of the Dove " co - performer Hubie Kerns , Sr . , father of another " Trek " stuntman Hubie Kerns , Jr . . He also doubled for Ward in the 1966 television movie " Batman " which also featured " Trek " stunt performers Dick Crockett , Louie Elias , Gil Perkins , Charlie Picerni , and George Sawaya and was interviewed for the 2002 documentary " Behind the Action : Stuntmen in the Movies " together with Robert Herron and Tony Brubaker . Specialized in performing sword fights and fencing stunts he can be seen various times in movies and television series doubling actors in these scenes . He also worked as fencing coach / sword fight coach in numerous projects such as the television drama " My Wicked , Wicked Ways . . . The Legend of Errol Flynn " ( 1985 , with Denise Crosby ) , the comedy " The Whoopee Boys " ( 1986 ) , the fantasy comedy " Stay Tuned " ( 1992 , with Gary Combs ) , and the comedy " Robin Hood : Men in Tights " ( 1993 , with Patrick Stewart and stunts by Dan Barringer , Erik Cord , Clint Lilley , Scott Leva , and David LeBell ) . Paul is a Lifetime member of the Stuntmen ' s Association of Motion Pictures . Paul started his work in the film and stunt business in the late 1940s with featured appearances in the drama " Scene of the Crime " ( 1949 ) , the war drama " Battleground " ( 1949 , with Ricardo Montalban ) , the crime drama " Gambling House " ( 1950 ) , the romance " Mask of the Avenger " ( 1951 ) , and the adventure " Blackbeard , the Pirate " ( 1952 ) . Prior to his work on " Batman " , Paul also worked on the adventure " Around the World in Eighty Days " ( 1956 , with stunts by Paul Baxley , Max Kleven , Chuck Hicks , and Gil Perkins ) and on the adventure " The Buccaneer " ( 1958 , with Chuck Couch and Gil Perkins ) . Further stunt work includes the television series " Cimarron Strip " ( 1968 , with Ed Madden and Dallas Mitchell ) and " Mission : Impossible " ( 1968 - 1970 , with Leonard Nimoy , Charlie Picerni , Dick Dial , Carol Daniels Dement , and Anthony Zerbe ) , the thriller " Dirty Harry " ( 1971 , with Andrew Robinson ) , the movie " Diamonds Are Forever " ( 1971 , with Paul Baxley , Lightning Bear , Richard E . Butler , Vince Deadrick , Donna Garrett , Carey Loftin , Ronald R . Rondell , and Tom Steele ) , the adventure " The Poseidon " ( 1972 ) , the science fiction film " Conquest of the Planet of the Apes " ( 1972 ) and its sequel " Battle for the Planet of the Apes " ( 1973 ) , the thriller " The Towering Inferno " ( 1974 ) , the comedy " The Last of the Cowboys " ( 1977 ) , the comedy " The Prisoner of Zenda " ( 1979 , with Dick Geary , Erik Cord , and Pete Kellett ) , the horror film " The Island " ( 1980 ) , the music comedy " The Blues Brothers " ( 1980 ) , the music drama " Flashdance " ( 1983 ) , the comedy " Bachelor Party " ( 1984 ) , the comedy sequel " Police Academy 2 : Their First Assignment " ( 1985 , with Ken Bates , Tom Morga , Spiro Razatos , and Brian J . Williams ) , the adventure " The Goonies " ( 1985 ) , the action thriller " Die Hard " ( 1988 ) and its sequel " Die Hard 2 " ( 1990 ) , the comedy " Skin Deep " ( 1989 , with Denise Crosby ) , the action films " Lethal Weapon 2 " ( 1989 ) and " The Last Boy Scout " ( 1991 ) , the comedy " Loaded Weapon 1 " ( 1993 ) , the fantasy film " Casper " ( 1995 ) , the science fiction comedy " Mars Attacks ! " ( 1996 ) , the science fiction drama " Armageddon " ( 1998 ) , and the superhero comedy " Mystery Men " ( 1999 , with Joey Box , Leslie Hoffman , and Gene LeBell ) . As stunt coordinator Paul created and coordinated the stunts for the crime drama " The One Man Jury " ( 1978 , with Dick Durock , Ralph Garrett , John Nowak , and Frank Orsatti ) , the comedy " Zorro , the Gay Blade " ( 1981 ) , the romance " Racing with the Moon " ( 1984 ) , the comedy " The Wild Life " ( 1984 ) , the science fiction comedy " Project X " ( 1987 ) , the television series " Tales from the Crypt " ( 1990 ) , the drama " Don Juan DeMarco " ( 1994 ) , and the television science fiction film " Target Earth " ( 1998 , with Tim Sitarz ) . His last known stunt work performed Paul in the action thriller " Gone in Sixty Seconds " ( 2000 , with Steve Blalock , Janet Brady , Jennifer Caputo , Eugene Collier , Al Goto , Kane Hodder , Tommy J . Huff , Henry Kingi , Sr . , Rusty McClennon , and Merritt Yohnka ) and in the crime drama " 15 Minutes " ( 2001 , with Buddy Joe Hooker and Mike Massa ) .