Dick Durock

Richard "Dick" Durock , also known as Swampy Durock, was a stuntman and stunt actor who played the part of an Elasian guard in the third season episode . He filmed his scenes on Tuesday and Wednesday at Desilu Stage 9. He went on to play the titular role in numerous productions.
His career began as a television stunt double in 1965, for , and in 1968 he began playing extra characters on Star Trek and other series, eventually by the 1970s playing characters with more substantial parts in series like Battlestar Galactica. In 1982 he played the lead in , co-starring Ray Wise and Adrienne Barbeau.
Some of his other films include The Enforcer (1976, with Michael Cavanaugh and John Crawford), (1980, with Norman Lloyd), Coast to Coast (1980, with William Lucking and Karen Montgomery), (1980, with Michael Cavanaugh, George Murdock, Logan Ramsey, and Roy Jenson), (1985), (1986), (1986, with Wil Wheaton and Jerry O'Connell), (1987, with John Larroquette and Armin Shimerman), (1991, with Zach Grenier and Charles Rocket), (1995), and (1997).
Durock was remembered in the "In Memoriam" section at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on .
== Filmography ==
* episode "Buck Can Do It" (1987, with Derek McGrath)
* Swamp Thing TV series (1990-1993, writing by Marc Scott Zicree)
* The Return of Swamp Thing (1989, with Rex Pierson, Chris Doyle, Tony Sears, and Tony Cecere)
* Swamp Thing (1982, with Adrienne Barbeau and Ray Wise)
== External links ==
* – official site
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