Chuck Courtney Charles " Chuck " T . Courtney , Jr . was a stuntman , stunt actor , and stunt coordinator , who appeared as Davod in the episode . He filmed his scenes on Thursday at Desilu Stage 9 . Almost twenty years later , Courtney served as stunt coordinator for the first season episode . He was among the group of stunt coordinators who were hired , prior to Dennis Madalone s employment on the series . As a close friend and " father figure " , Courtney assisted Madalone in the stunt coordination of several episodes of TNG and . He received no credit for this work . Courtney was born in Los Angeles , California . He was the son of Hollywood costumer Elizabeth Courtney , father of stuntman Dustin Courtney and step father of stuntman Lincoln Simonds . Courtney received a Golden Boot Award in 1994 for his memorable work in western films and television series . Courtney made his first steps into the stunt business in the 1950s and appeared as a background actor and stunt actor in productions such as " The Asphalt Jungle " ( 1950 , with Marc Lawrence and Anthony Caruso ) , " Back at the Front " ( 1952 ) , " Two Guns and a Badge " ( 1954 ) , " Away All Boats " ( 1956 , with Keith Andes and directed by Joseph Pevney ) , " The Lineup " ( 1958 ) , and " Spartacus " ( 1960 , with Jean Simmons ) . He landed the role of Dan Reid , the nephew of the Lone Ranger in the television series " The Lone Ranger " , in which he appeared in fourteen episodes between 1950 and 1955 . These appearances were followed by parts in television series , including " Tales of the Texas Rangers " ( 1956 ) , " Broken Arrow " ( 1957 ) , " Dragnet " ( 1958 ) , " The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin " ( 1958 ) , " 77 Sunset Strip " ( 1958 ) , and " Zane Grey Theater " ( 1959 ) . In the 1960s he performed and doubled in the television series " Laramie " ( 1962 - 1963 ) , " Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea " ( 1964 , with Jim Goodwin , Ronald R . Rondell and Arch Whiting ) , " Wagon Train " ( 1964 , alongside John Hoyt ) , " Laredo " ( 1965 - 1966 ) , " Mission : Impossible " ( 1966 , with Jack Donner and Eddie Paskey ) , " The Wild Wild West " ( 1968 - 1969 , featuring Michael Dunn ) , " The Virginian " ( 1964 - 1969 ) , and " Adam - 12 " ( 1969 - 1970 ) . He was also featured in films such as " Swiss Family Robinson " ( 1960 ) , " Red Line 7000 " ( 1965 , with George Takei and Marianna Hill ) , " El Dorado " ( 1966 , with Paul Fix ) , and " The Green Berets " ( 1968 , also with George Takei and with Irene Tsu ) . Courtney continued in the 1970s and coordinated several feature films , including " Santee " ( 1973 ) , and the television movies " The Wild Wild West Revisited " ( 1979 ) and " More Wild Wild West " ( 1980 ) , both featured Rene Auberjonois . He performed in the films " Rio Lobo " ( 1970 ) , " The Omega Man " ( 1971 , with Anthony Zerbe and Brian Tochi ) , " The Cowboys " ( 1972 ) , and " Sudden Death " ( 1977 ) , and served as producer for the comedy " Muroh the Surf " ( 1975 ) and as associate producer for " The Great Monkey Rip - Off " ( 1979 ) . In the 1980s he was hired as stunt coordinator for the television series " Bring ' Em Back Alive " ( 1982 - 1983 , starring Clyde Kusatsu ) and " The Wizard " ( 1986 - 1987 , starring the late David Rappaport ) . He was also involved in " Porky ' s Revenge " ( 1985 , with Wyatt Knight and Nancy Parsons ) , " Beverly Hills Brats " ( 1989 , with Whoopi Goldberg ) , and " Blind Fury " ( 1989 , starring Terry O ' Quinn ) . Courtney played Bill Baterman in Stephen King ' s horror film " Pet Sematary " ( 1989 ) , in which Denise Crosby , Brad Greenquist , Kavi Raz , Donna Garrett , and Robert Herron also appeared . Among the last productions he appeared in , are Clint Eastwood ' s thriller " The Rookie " ( 1990 , with Marco Rodriguez and Tony Plana ) , the sequel " Alligator II : The Mutation " ( 1991 , with Richard Lynch and Brock Peters ) , and the comedy " Mom and Dad Save the World " ( 1992 , with Teri Garr , Wallace Shawn , Chuck Borden , George Colucci , B . J . Davis , Christopher Doyle , Gene LeBell , Tom Morga , Dennis Madalone , and Lincoln Simonds ) . Courtney committed suicide , after suffering a series of strokes , in North Hollywood , California , on 19 January 2000 at the age of 69 . He was survived by his wife , Geraldine Courtney , his children Dustin and Elizabeth , his step children Kim and Lincoln , and his sister Connie .