Don Pulford

Donald B. Pulford is a former stuntman and stunt coordinator who served as stunt double for William Shatner in , , and . He was born on the same day as Dean Stockwell. Pulford was interviewed alongside stuntman Randy Hall for the special feature "Strange New Worlds: The Valley of Fire" on the Star Trek Generations (Special Edition) DVD. His costume as double for Shatner in Star Trek V was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay for US$1,923.00. 
Pulford, born in Burbank, California, previously doubled Shatner in several episodes of and portrayed Officer Baker in the 1986 episode "Shootout", which also featured fellow Trek performers James Darren, David Froman, Nanci Rogers, and Philip Weyland.
Pulford appeared first in film productions in the late '50s, when he portrayed background characters in films such as (1956) and (1964).
In the '70s, Pulford started a career in the stunt business and performed such physical action in (1972, with Charles Seel), (1972-1973, starring Kevin Tighe), The Streets of San Francisco (1973, along Judyann Elder, Al Wyatt, and Glenn R. Wilder), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974 and 1978, with Alan Oppenheimer, Vince Deadrick, and Robert Symonds), (1980), and The Greatest American Hero (1982-1983, with stunts by Mark Riccardi and Gene LeBell).
His film work includes films such as (1975, with stunts by Tom Huff and Charles Picerni), (1976, stunt coordinated by Buddy Joe Hooker), (1976), (1979, with stunts by Robert Herron, Alan Oliney, Regina Parton, and Bill Couch, Sr.), (1980, with stunts by Greg Barnett, Gary Baxley, Erik Cord, Al Jones, and Tom Morga), (1983), (1986, with fellow Generations stuntmen Michael Haynes and Bud Davis), (1986), (1987), and (1989), in which he doubled actor .
In the '90s, Pulford worked in the stunt department for (1990), (1991, with stunts by Maria Kelly and Lynn Salvatori), (1991), (1991), (1994), (1994), again as double for Nick Nolte, (1994), (1995), and (1996, with stunts by Michael Papajohn, Clifford T. Fleming, and Pat Romano).
Among his latest films are (1996, with stunts by Ron Balicki, Mark Chadwick, Mike Gunther, Bridgett Riley, Paul Sklar, and Rich Minga), (1997), (1997, with James Cromwell, Matt McCoy, Paul Guilfoyle, Symba Smith, Brenda Bakke, Robert Clendenin and stunts by Steven Lambert and Allan Graf), (1997), (1998), the comedy Magicians (2000, with stunts by Noon Orsatti, Buck McDancer, Denney Pierce, and Spice Williams), (2001), and (2004, with stunts by Joni and Rick Avery, Anita Hart, Katie Rowe, Kym Washington, and Scott Workman).
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