Gene LeBell

Gene LeBell was a stuntman and stunt actor who played the Scarred Klingon Veteran in the fifth season episode . He received no credit for his appearance.
LeBell was born in Los Angeles, California and was nicknamed the godfather of judo and grappling, started these sports in his early years. His mother, Aileen Eaton, was the owner of the Olympic Auditorium which was built in 1927 to host the Olympic Games in 1932. With this background he trained with the most famous boxing and wrestling legends and becaome one of the best. He won over two hundred awards and medals and trained the best martial artists of the world such as Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris, in addition to training stuntmen such as Jeff Cadiente. LeBell was also a stuntman and stunt actor and worked on more than a thousand films and television series.
He was married to Midge LeBell and they have two children, one is stuntman David LeBell. He had pictorials, articles and covers in more than 500 magazines and did several training videos.
==Career==
Among his extensive resume are films such as (1961, with Michael Ansara), (1968), (1970), (1972), (1976, with René Auberjonois), (1979), Airplane! (1980), (1982), (1985, with Joel Grey and Kate Mulgrew), (1987, with Peter Weller), (1989, with Teri Hatcher), , , (all three 1990), (1991), (1992, with Dennis Madalone and Patricia Tallman), , , (all three 1995), (1996), (1997), End of Days (1999), (2001, with Whoopi Goldberg), (2002), (2003), (2004), (2004, with Kirsten Dunst and Donna Murphy), and (2007).
He also appeared in television series such as The Munsters, , The Green Hornet, , , , , , , (starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell), , (starring Teri Hatcher, K Callan and Tracy Scoggins), , , , , Kung Fu, , , (starring William Shatner and James Darren), , , and Reno 911!.
LeBell died on 9 August 2022 at the age of 89. 
== External links ==
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