Rusty McClennon

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Leon "Rusty" McClennon was a stuntman and stunt actor who was the regular stunt double for Michael Dorn on beginning with the third season under stunt coordinator Dennis Madalone. He also doubled Dorn for the water stunt in . His costume and hat from the seventh film was later sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Other costumes worn by McClennon were also sold off, including the ones from , , and . His Klingon uniform neck collar from his work on the episode was later sold off on a Propstore auction. 
== Early life and career ==
Born as Leon McClennon to John and Dorothy McClennon, he was nicknamed "Rusty" by his aunt Alma and uncle Sapp as an infant. He was the second of three children with older sister Vinita and younger sister Sahala Smith. He attended the Palisades Charter High School in Los Angeles and was introduced into drafting. He excelled and moved to UCLA for a drafting class. Following his high school years he was offered the first job using his drafting skills.
Through his sister who was working as a stuntwoman throughout the 1990s, McClennon got a job as a background actor on in 1984. Not knowing the restrictions not to talk to the actors, he started to talk and telling jokes to who asked to give him a line for his acting job so he would become an SAG member. McClennon's appearance as limo driver in the second season episode "Eruption" became his first on screen appearance. Stunt coordinator Ron Stein and stunt double Bob Herron also worked on this episode.
== Stunt career ==
In 1984, McClennon started training stunt work with and Joey Banks. A few years later he received his first credit as stuntman on a feature film with (1988, with Bernie Casey, Clarence Williams III, Dawnn Lewis, Cullen Chambers, Wren T. Brown, Tom Wright, stunt coordination by Alan Oliney and stunts by Tony Brubaker, Eugene Collier, Gilbert Combs, Kenny Endoso, Jim Halty, Irving Lewis, Dennis Madalone, Dwayne McGee, Johnny C. Meier, Bob Minor, Sharon Schaffer, and Kym Washington).
Further stunt work include (1989, stunt coordination by Bob Minor), (1990, stunt coordination by B.J. Davis and Eddie Braun), (1990, working with Greg Barnett, Janet Brady, David Richard Ellis, Tom Huff, Jeff Imada, Buck McDancer, Noon Orsatti, Lynn Salvatori, and Sharon Schaffer), (1990), (1990), (1991), (1992), (1992, stunt coordinated by Julius LeFlore), and (1992, stunt coordination by Yannick Derrien).
It was in 1991 that McClennon doubled actor for the first time on (1991, starring Scott Bakula and stunt coordination by Allan Graf). Further projects on which he worked as his stunt double are (1995, working with his sister), (1996, also as c-stunt coordinator with Tony Brubaker), (1996, stunt coordination by Joel Kramer), (1996, stunt coordination by Tony Brubaker), and (1997, with stunts by Denney Pierce, Johnny Martin, Jay Caputo, and David Keith Anderson).
McClennon worked as stunt coordinator on (1993, stunts by Janet Brady) and performed stunts in (1995, working with LaFaye Baker, Ousaun Elam, Bob McGovern, and Bennie E. Moore, Jr.), (1995), (1995), (1995, also as stunt coordinator), Virtual Combat (1995, with Michael Dorn), Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995, with Joe Piscopo and Kate Mulgrew), (1998, stunt coordination by Kane Hodder), (1998), (1999), and (1999-2000, with Wren T. Brown, Richard McGonagle, and Eileen Weisinger).
In 1999, McClennon was the stunt coordinator on , which featured Jason Alexander, Kamala Lopez-Dawson, and Mike Mukatis. He also performed stunts in (2000), (2000), (2001, with stunts by Dana Hee, Denney Pierce, Joey Box, and Mark Riccardi), (2001), and (2001), and worked as stunt coordinator on the comedy The Wash (2001).
== Death ==
McClennon passed away on 30 April 2015. His memorial service was held on 20 June 2015 at Faithful Central Church in Inglewood. Alan Oliney spoke about him and Sinbad was scheduled to speak about him but was not part of the memorial service. 
== Star Trek appearances ==
File:Rusty McClennon, The Hunted.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, The High Ground.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Transfigurations.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, The Best of Both Worlds.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Reunion.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Qpid.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Redemption II.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Conundrum.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Power Play.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Ethics.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, A Fistful of Datas.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Chain of Command, Part I.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Birthright Part I.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Birthright Part II.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Frame of Mind.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Rightful Heir.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Liaisons.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Eye of the Beholder.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Genesis.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Firstborn.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Rusty McClennon, Generations.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
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