Hubie Kerns, Jr.

Hubie Kerns, Jr. is a stuntman, stunt actor, stunt coordinator, and second unit director who performed stunts in , in seven episodes of as one of the stunt doubles for Colm Meaney and Andrew Robinson, and in three episodes of . He received no credit for all of his Star Trek television appearances. Kerns dropped the Jr. from his name when his father, who was also a noted stuntman, passed away in 1999. His father, Hubie Kerns, Sr. performed stunts in .
On Thursday , he filmed stunt scenes as stunt double for Robert Duncan McNeill for the Voyager first season episode . His access shaft/stairway stunt with fellow stunt double David Balcorta on Paramount Stage 16 was later re-shot and Kerns, Jr. was replaced by stunt double Jerry Spicer. On Tuesday , Kerns, Jr. was again listed as stunt double for Robert Duncan McNeill on the call sheet for the episode along with fellow stunt doubles Lynn Salvatori and Ken Lesco. However, this stunt was also not part of the final episode.
Kerns was born in Hollywood, California and has been married to actress Sandra Kerns since 1975. They have two children, Zack and Kallie. Kerns started his acting and stunt career at the age of 10, doubling actor Jon Provost in the television series Lassie. He has also worked as a second unit director and camera operator and is specialized in underwater photography and action scenes. As a stuntman he mostly performs car stunt work and is also a precision driver for motorcycles, boats, and other vehicles and is involved in several car stunt organizations such as Tom Anthony's precision driving team which he joined from 1973-1988. Kerns worked also for several years as a beach lifeguard and junior lifeguard coach.
Kerns was the second unit stunt coordinator and underwater stunt double for actor Patrick Duffy on (1977-1978), where he joined Tom Morga and Paul Stader. According to Morga, Kerns work was the most difficult of the series. His scenes were shot in a depth of about twenty feet in cold water and the only thing he wore was a swim suit.
Among his extensive stunt resume which includes over 300 television series and more than 600 films are films such as (1967, with Kim Darby), three Planet of the Apes films (1970, 1972, and 1973, with Ricardo Montalban, James Gregory, Jeff Corey, Gregory Sierra, Lou Wagner, and stunts by Nick Dimitri, Gary Epper, Gene LeBell, Paul Stader, Tony Brubaker, Paula Crist, Erik Cord, George Wilbur, and Felix Silla), The Swiss Family Robinson (1975), (1978), (1978, with Susan French), (1979), (1982), (1984, starring Tom Hanks), Perry Mason Returns (1985), (1987, with Christopher Plummer, Bruce Gray, Jim Boeke, Josh Cruze, Juliana Donald, Meg Wyllie, and stunts by Vince Deadrick, Mark De Alessandro, Corey Michael Eubanks, and Allan Graf), (1988), (1988), (1989,starring Robert Englund and Lisa Wilcox, with Michael Bailey Smith, and stunts by Lynn Salvatori, Vince Deadrick, Jr., Cherie Tash and Sharon Schaffer), (1990, starring Sean Connery and James Earl Jones, with Gates McFadden), (1992), (1992), Quentin Tarantino's (1994, with stunts by Cameron, Chris Doyle, Ken Lesco, Dennis Madalone, and Scott McElroy), (1995), (1996, with Brent Spiner), (1997, starring Martin Sheen, with Melinda Clarke, Frank Welker, Caroline Gibson, Jay Caputo, Laura Interval, Stewart Lew, stand-in Kerry Hoyt, and stunts by Kane Hodder, Faith Minton, Denney Pierce and Spice Williams), (1998, with Christian Slater), (1998, with James Cromwell and Denise Crosby), (1998), (2000), (2001), (2001), Jonathan Frakes' (2002, with Ken Jenkins, Gina Hecht, Billy Mayo, Jenette Goldstein, and stunts by Brian Avery, Joni Avery, Rick Avery, Joey Box, Kevin Derr, Leigh Hennessy, Buck McDancer, Alex Madison and Justin Sundquist), (2002, starring Kirsten Dunst), (2004), and Bobby (2006).
Kerns has also performed stunts and stunt acting roles in television series such as Lassie, , , (with Robert Ito), , , , (starring Robert Foxworth), (starring William Daniels and Patricia McPherson), (with Kelsey Grammer, Kirstie Alley, and Bebe Neuwirth), (starring Richard Dean Anderson), (starring Jonathan Banks), (starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell), (starring Branscombe Richmond), seaQuest DSV (starring Stacy Haiduk and Stephanie Beacham), , , , , , , (2002–05, starring Miguel Ferrer and Jerry O'Connell), (2004, starring Leland Orser and Mädchen Amick), (starring Jerry O'Connell), , and (starring Joan Collins).
== Star Trek appearances ==
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