Robert Gary Robert Gary , born Robert Leroy Cratty , Jr . in Illinois , was a script supervisor on and . He was also a second unit script supervisor on and . He was one of the first male script supervisors in Hollywood . Gary ' s first production as a script supervisor was the 1956 western " The Searchers " , which starred Jeffrey Hunter and featured stunts by Dick Dial . This was followed by two more western films : " Friendly Persuasion " in 1956 ( which featured Chuck Courtney , Billy Curtis , Richard Hale , Peter Mark Richman , and William Schallert , stunts by Loren Janes , and assistant direction by Austen Jewell ) and " Quantrill ' s Raiders " in 1958 ( which featured stunts by Al Wyatt ) . Gary also worked on the 1958 war film " Darby ' s Rangers " ( which featured Corey Allen , Torin Thatcher , and William Wellman , Jr . , and stunts by Dick Crockett and Bob Herron ) and the acclaimed , Academy Award - winning 1959 film " The Diary of Anne Frank " ( which co - starred Richard Beymer ) . From 1959 through 1962 , Gary was a frequent script supervisor on the CBS television series " Perry Mason " . This show ' s previous script supervisor was Cosmo Genovese , who also went on to work on " Star Trek : Voyager " . Genovese returned to " Perry Mason " after Gary left in 1962 . During a break from " Perry Mason " , Gary was script supervisor on the 1962 fantasy film " The Magic Sword " , which co - starred Gary Lockwood and Liam Sullivan and which included a score composed by Franz Bachelin . Throughout the 1960s and 1970s , Gary worked on seven films from director Robert Aldrich . Among them were " What Ever Happened to Baby Jane ? " ( 1962 ; with cinematoraphy by Ernest Haller , makeup by Monty Westmore , and stunts by Carol Daniels ) , " 4 for Texas " ( 1963 ; with a performance by Abraham Sofaer and stunts by Bill Catching , Chuck Hicks , Roy Jenson , Hal Needham , Jack Perkins , and Charlie Picerni ) , " Hush . . . Hush , Sweet Charlotte " ( 1964 ; featuring performances by William Campbell and John Megna ) , " The Flight of the Phoenix " ( 1965 ) , and " The Grissom Gang " ( 1971 ; with performances by Kim Darby , Robert Lansing , Hal Baylor , and Don Keefer , music by Gerald Fried , stunts by Dick Durock and Jesse Wayne , and hair styling by Jean Austin ) . John LaSalandra , later a music editor on " Star Trek : The Next Generation " , was construction coordinator on the latter three films . Gary ' s other film credits include " The Strangler " ( 1964 , with performances by Byron Morrow and James B . Sikking ) and " Big Daddy " ( 1969 , with performances by Tanya Lemani and Ned Romero and effects work by Wah Chang ) . From 1972 onward , Gary worked solely in television , including the final season of " Lassie " and various episodes of shows such as " The Waltons " , " Trapper John , M . D . " , " Falcon Crest " , " Dynasty " , " CHiPs " , and " Fame " . ( TNG and DS9 writer - producer Ira Steven Behr was also a script supervisor on " Fame " . ) Most recently , Gary was a script supervisor on the long - running NBC medical drama " ER " . Gary was an instructor of script supervision at the University of California at Los Angeles ' School of Theater , Film and Television for over a decade . He also taught at the University of Southern California and out of his apartment located near Paramount Studios in Hollywood . He was a board member and treasurer of IATSE Local 871 . Gary died at a nursing home in Los Angeles on 3 May 2010 . He was 90 years old .