Cast & creator
Bob Herron
Best known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek, Mannix
Stuntman and actor Bob Herron was born on September 23, 1924 in Lomita, California. Herron grew up with his father in Hawaii. After his parents divorced, Bob's mother remained in California and married Ace Hudkins, who was a famous supplier of horses for movies. Following service in the Navy in the South Pacific, Herron started wrangling horses on movie sets for his stepfather Hudkins in 1946. Bob made the transition to stuntman in 1950 and went on to perform stunts in a slew of films and television shows in a career that spanned from the 1950's to the early 2010's.
Also known as: Robert Herron
231
film credits
25
television credits
54
1950–2011 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (256)
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Stunts
1997
Star Trek
Kahless
1966
Mannix
Thug #2 (uncredited)
1967Mannix
Seaman (uncredited)
1967
The Six Million Dollar Man
Bandit
1974The Six Million Dollar Man
Stunts
1974
Airwolf
Stunt Double
1984
Reno 911!
Bob Herron, Prisoner Unjustly Accused
2003
The Wild Wild West
Captain Jackson (uncredited)
1965The Wild Wild West
Party Guest (uncredited)
1965The Wild Wild West
Henchman (uncredited)
1965The Wild Wild West
Third-Fastest Gun (uncredited)
1965The Wild Wild West
Tigo
1965The Wild Wild West
Soldier (uncredited)
1965The Wild Wild West
Second Masked Man (uncredited)
1965
Tales from the Crypt
Stunts
1989
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Sarge (uncredited)
1983
Gunsmoke
Vern
1955Gunsmoke
Jabez
1955
The Invaders
Stunts
1967
Batman Returns
Stunt Double
1992
Rocky
Stunts
1976
The Goonies
Stunts
1985
Pet Sematary
Stunts
1989
Liar Liar
Stunts
1997
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Dr. Alford (uncredited)
1988
True Lies
Stunts
1994
The Ten Commandments
Courier (uncredited)
1956The Ten Commandments
Stunts
1956
The Magician
Scuba Diver
1973
Sex and the Single Girl
Stunts
1964
L.A. Confidential
Stunts
1997
Batman Forever
Stunt Double
1995
Sneakers
Stunts
1992
Child's Play 3
Stunts
1991
Diamonds Are Forever
Stunts
1971
Spartacus
Stunts
1960
Soylent Green
Stunts
1973
Small Soldiers
Stunts
1998
Rio Bravo
Stunts
1959
Poltergeist
Stunts
1982
MouseHunt
Stunts
1997
Bedazzled
Stunts
2000
Red Heat
Stunts
1988
Temple Houston
1963
Weird Science
Stunts
1985
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Stunts
1992
Blazing Saddles
Stunts
1974
Another 48 Hrs.
Stunts
1990
Dark Angel
Stunts
1990
Howard the Duck
Stunts
1986
The Wild Bunch
Stunt Double
1969
The Seventh Sign
Jimmy's Guard
1988
American Graffiti
Stunts
1973
¡Three Amigos!
Stunts
1986
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Stunts
1963
It's About Time
Doctor
1966
The Enforcer
Stunts
1976
Prince of Darkness
Stunts
1987
Be Cool
Stunts
2005
Bearcats!
Paul
1971
The Black Hole
Stunt Double
1979
The Chase
Stunts
1966
Pale Rider
Stunts
1985
Mackenna's Gold
Stunts
1969
Dick Tracy
Stunt Double
1990
The Great Race
Palace Guard (uncredited)
1965
1941
Stunts
1979
Convoy
Stunts
1978
Cujo
Stunt Double
1983
Death Race 2000
Stunts
1975
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Stunts
1977
River of No Return
Stunts
1954
BASEketball
Stunts
1998
Earthquake
Stunts
1974
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Stunts
1986
Cat Ballou
Stunts
1965
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Stunts
1985
The Unforgiven
Stunts
1960
Paint Your Wagon
Stunts
1969
Silver Streak
Stunts
1976
In Harm's Way
Stunts
1965
Major Dundee
Stunts
1965
No Man's Land
Stunts
1987
Shaft
Stunts
1971
Harper
Stunts
1966
Ice Station Zebra
Stunt Coordinator
1968
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Stunts
1982
The Nude Bomb
Stunts
1980
Dragnet
Stunts
1987
Explorers
Stunts
1985
Any Which Way You Can
Stunts
1980
52 Pick-Up
Stunts
1986
Lonely are the Brave
Stunts
1962
California Suite
Stunts
1978
Ship of Fools
Stunts
1965
There Was a Crooked Man...
Oran
1970There Was a Crooked Man...
Stunts
1970
Winchester '73
Stunts
1950
The Cincinnati Kid
Stunts
1965
Girl Happy
Stunts
1965
The Absent-Minded Professor
Stunts
1961
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Stunts
1970
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Stunts
1955
The Silencers
Stunts
1966
Joe Kidd
Stunts
1972
The Domino Principle
Brookshire
1977
Obsession
Stunt Coordinator
1976
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Stunts
1966
The War Lord
Stunts
1965
City Heat
Garage Soldier
1984
The Court Jester
Stunts
1955
The Man from the Alamo
(uncredited)
1953
Kings of the Sun
Stunts
1963
Buddy
Utility Stunts
1997
Who Was That Lady?
Stunts
1960
The Frisco Kid
Stunts
1979
The Man from Bitter Ridge
Jim Hanley (uncredited)
1955
Chuka
Stunt Double
1967
Breakout
Stunts
1975
The Rare Breed
Stunts
1966
The Flame and the Arrow
Stunts
1950
Shenandoah
Stunts
1965
Swashbuckler
Stunts
1976
Destry
Stunts
1954
Only the Valiant
Stunts
1951
Elmer Gantry
Stunts
1960
To Hell and Back
Stunts
1955
Auntie Mame
Stunts
1958
Yankee Buccaneer
Stunts
1952
The Red Badge of Courage
Stunts
1951
Hearts of the West
Stunts
1975
The Toy
Stunt Double
1982
40 Pounds of Trouble
Stunts
1962
In Like Flint
Stunts
1967
The Appaloosa
Stunts
1966
Thrashin'
Stunts
1986
Betrayed
Bank Guard
1988
Rollercoaster
Stunts
1977
Rough Night in Jericho
Stunts
1967
Mr. Billion
Moose - Bodyguard
1977
Along the Great Divide
Stunts
1951
The Sniper
Stunts
1952
The Far Horizons
Stunts
1955
Tobruk
Stunts
1967
Saskatchewan
Brill
1954
Bullet for a Badman
Stunts
1964
Taras Bulba
Stunt Double
1962
With Six You Get Eggroll
Stunts
1968
Love Has Many Faces
Stunt Double
1965
Dillinger
Stunts
1973
Prime Cut
Stunts
1972
The Spiral Road
Stunts
1962
Walk the Proud Land
Stunts
1956
Messenger of Death
Stunts
1988
Leave It to Beaver
Stunts
1997
Retroactive
Stunt Double
1997
The Don Is Dead
Stunts
1973
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960Seven Ways from Sundown
Stunts
1960
Movie Movie
Hood #2 / Mover #1
1978
Hysterical
Stunt Coordinator
1982
The FBI Story
Stunts
1959
Ride a Crooked Trail
Stunts
1958
No Deposit, No Return
Stunts
1976
Love's Christmas Journey
Stunt Double
2011
Raid on Rommel
Stunts
1971
The Great Impostor
Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)
1960
Francis of Assisi
Stunts
1961Superstunt
Self
1977
Counterpoint
Stunts
1967
Morituri
Stunts
1965
Cleopatra Jones
Stunts
1973
99 and 44/100% Dead
Stunts
1974
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Thug (uncredited)
1960
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
Stunts
1952
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
Stunts
1966
The Red Ball Express
Stunts
1952
Four Guns to the Border
Evans
1954Four Guns to the Border
Stunts
1954
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Nick
1979
The Feminist and the Fuzz
Stunts
1971
The Chapman Report
Stunts
1962
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Stunts
1970
Frankenweenie
Stunts
1984
The Charge at Feather River
Stunts
1953
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
Stunts
1963
The Long Ride Home
Stunt Double
2003
Oklahoma Crude
Dulling
1973Oklahoma Crude
Stunts
1973
Hot Rods to Hell
Stunts
1967
The Boy from Oklahoma
Stunts
1954
Ten Tall Men
Stunts
1951
A Time for Dying
Rankin
1969
The Story of Will Rogers
Stunts
1952
An American Dream
Stunts
1966
Santiago
Stunts
1956
Melvin and Howard
Stunts
1980
Kisses for My President
Stunts
1964
Serpent of the Nile
Stunts
1953
Gun Fury
Curly Jordan
1953Gun Fury
Stunts
1953
Beau Geste
Stunts
1966
Journey to Shiloh
Stunts
1968
The Silent Gun
Stunts
1969
Champ for a Day
Stunts
1953
The Sword of Ali Baba
Stunts
1965
The Mole People
1956
War Arrow
Stunts
1953
The Fantastic Seven
Stunts
1979
Kung Fu
Second Tough
1972
The Bank Shot
Bank Guard (uncredited)
1974
Uptown Saturday Night
Stunts
1974
Star Trek: The Cage
Stunt Double
1965
Portrait of a Mobster
Stunts
1961
The Big Land
Stunts
1957
Column South
Stunts
1953
PT 109
Stunts
1963
Darby's Rangers
Stunts
1958
Speedway
Stunts
1968
Escape from Zahrain
Stunts
1962
The Grasshopper
Stunts
1970
My Blood Runs Cold
Stunts
1965
Ice Palace
Stunts
1960
Westbound
Henchman (uncredited)
1959
The Deep Six
Stunts
1958
$
Bodyguard
1971
Black Samson
Stunts
1974
The Fifth Floor
Sheriff
1978The Fifth Floor
Stunts
1978
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Stunts
1972
In Enemy Country
Stunts
1968
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Stunts
1961
The Monolith Monsters
Stunts
1957
Rocky Mountain
Stunts
1950
Grave Secrets
Kurt Norwood
1989
The Slime People
Slime Person (uncredited)
1963The Slime People
Stunts
1963
Second Chances
Stunts
1998
The Vagabond King
Stunts
1956
The Over the Hill Gang
Lafe Jordan
1969
Annihilator
Stunts
1986
A Stuntman for All Seasons: A Tribute to Bennie Dobbins
Self
2004
Come Next Spring
Stunts
1956
Man Afraid
Frankie Simmons - Burglar (uncredited)
1957
The Steagle
Stunts
1971
Man-Trap
Stunts
1961
Raton Pass
Stunts
1951
The Last Survivors
Stunts
1975
Zig Zag
Stunts
1970
The Golden Horde
Stunts
1951
Utah Blaine
Stunts
1957Behind the Action: Stuntmen in the Movies
Self
2002
Cry Tough
Stunts
1959
Local Color
Fred
1977
Operation Secret
Stunt Double
1952