Ronald R . Rondell Ronald " Ronnie " R . Rondell , Jr . is a stuntman , stunt coordinator and director who worked as stunt coordinator on the " Star Trek " film . He also portrayed the henchman of Nicky the Nose in the film . Rondell is the son of the late actor and assistant director Ronald R . Rondell whose career spanned forty years . He was also the father of stuntman Reid Rondell who died at the age of 22 , filming a helicopter stunt for the television series " Airwolf " in 1985 . Rondell ' s second son is stuntman and stunt coordinator R . A . Rondell who is married to " First Contact " stuntwoman Debby Lynn Ross and has a son , Erik Rondell , also a stuntman . Rondell together with Hal Needham and Glenn R . Wilder was also a founding member of the stunt organization Stunts Unlimited in the early 1970s . With a career of 50 years as a stuntman and stunt coordinator and a career of 40 years as an assistant and 2nd unit director , Rondell is best known to be the stuntman on fire on the 1975 studio album " " . Rondell started his on - screen career in the early 1950s as Dannie Kettle in the comedy film series about the Kettle family , including " Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair " ( 1952 ) , " Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation " ( 1953 ) , and " Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki " ( 1955 ) , the comedy " Her Twelve Men " ( 1954 , with Ian Wolfe ) , the action drama " The Enemy Below " ( 1957 , with Theodore Bikel ) , the war drama " The Naked and the Dead " ( 1958 , with William Campbell ) , and the horror film " Monster on the Campus " ( 1958 , with Whit Bissell ) . Also in the ' 50s Rondell started his career in the stunt industry with performances in the television series " Soldiers of Fortune " , " Mike Hammer " , " Combat Sergeant " ( 1956 ) , " Richard Diamond , Private Detective " , and " Cimarron City " . Between the ' 60s and the ' 90s Rondell worked on over twenty television series such as " Laredo " , " Twen Police " ( 1970 - 1973 ) , " Charlie ' s Angels " ( 1978 - 1980 ) , " Dynasty " ( 1981 ) , " Falcon Crest " , " T . J . Hooker " , " Baywatch " ( 1989 ) , and " Thunder in Paradise " ( 1994 ) and on over 100 feature films such as the adventure " Spartacus " ( 1960 ) , the action drama " The Devil ' s Brigade " ( 1968 ) , the film " Diamonds Are Forever " ( 1971 ) , the action film " McQ " ( 1974 ) , the fantasy adventure " The Beastmaster " ( 1982 ) , the sport drama " The Karate Kid " ( 1984 ) , the fantasy comedy " Mannequin " ( 1987 , starring Kim Cattrall ) , the action thriller " Lethal Weapon " ( 1987 ) and its sequel " Lethal Weapon 2 " ( 1989 ) , the action comedy " Tango & Cash " ( 1989 ) , the thriller " The Hunt for Red October " ( 1990 ) , the science fiction film " Predator 2 " ( 1990 ) , the crime drama " Thelma & Louise " ( 1991 ) , the science fiction film " Demolition Man " ( 1993 ) , the fantasy film " The Crow " ( 1994 ) , the action thriller " Speed " ( 1994 ) , the science fiction adventure " Waterworld " ( 1995 ) , and the action drama " Twister " ( 1996 ) . Following his work on " Star Trek : First Contact " , Rondell worked as stunt coordinator on the Russian unit of the action thriller " The Saint " ( 1997 ) , as supervising stunt coordinator on the comic adaptation " Batman & Robin " ( 1997 ) , and as stunt coordinator on the science fiction thriller " Sphere " ( 1998 ) and " Deep Blue Sea " ( 1999 ) . Stunt work during these years includes the action film " Vanishing Point " ( 1997 ) , the crime comedy " Grosse Pointe Blank " ( 1997 , with Eddy Donno , Billy Hank Hooker , and Buddy Joe Hooker ) , the comedy " Gone Fishin " ' ( 1997 ) , the action sequel " Lethal Weapon 4 " ( 1998 ) , the mystery thriller " Stigmata " ( 1999 ) , the fantasy action film " End of Days " ( 1999 ) , the thriller " The Contender " ( 2000 , with Dan Barringer , Doug Coleman , and Hubie Kerns ) , and the western " American Outlaws " ( 2001 ) . Following his retirement in 2001 , Rondell received a Lifetime Achievement Taurus World Stunt Award in 2004 .