Bob Herron
Acting • Born 1924-09-23 – Died 2021-10-10
Biography
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.
Filmography
52 credits
The Ten Commandments
Movie • 1956
Courier (uncredited)
The Man from Bitter Ridge
Movie • 1955
Jim Hanley (uncredited)
The Great Race
Movie • 1965
Palace Guard (uncredited)
Behind the Action: Stuntmen in the Movies
Movie • 2002
Self
The Mole People
Movie • 1956
Seven Ways from Sundown
Movie • 1960
Man Afraid
Movie • 1957
Frankie Simmons - Burglar (uncredited)
Four Guns to the Border
Movie • 1954
Evans
Betrayed
Movie • 1988
Bank Guard
Westbound
Movie • 1959
Henchman (uncredited)
The Slime People
Movie • 1963
Slime Person (uncredited)
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Movie • 1979
Nick
The Fifth Floor
Movie • 1978
Sheriff
The Great Impostor
Movie • 1960
Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)
The Bank Shot
Movie • 1974
Bank Guard (uncredited)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Movie • 1988
Dr. Alford (uncredited)
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Movie • 1960
Thug (uncredited)
Mr. Billion
Movie • 1977
Moose - Bodyguard
A Time for Dying
Movie • 1969
Rankin
Local Color
Movie • 1977
Fred
The Domino Principle
Movie • 1977
Brookshire
Oklahoma Crude
Movie • 1973
Dulling
Saskatchewan
Movie • 1954
Brill
$
Movie • 1971
Bodyguard
Gun Fury
Movie • 1953
Curly Jordan
Grave Secrets
Movie • 1989
Kurt Norwood
Movie Movie
Movie • 1978
Hood #2 / Mover #1
The Over the Hill Gang
Movie • 1969
Lafe Jordan
There Was a Crooked Man...
Movie • 1970
Oran
The Seventh Sign
Movie • 1988
Jimmy's Guard
The Man from the Alamo
Movie • 1953
(uncredited)
Superstunt
Movie • 1977
Self
Star Trek
TV • 1966
Kahless
Mannix
TV • 1967
Thug #2 (uncredited)
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Captain Jackson (uncredited)
The Magician
TV • 1973
Scuba Diver
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Bandit
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Henchman (uncredited)
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Third-Fastest Gun (uncredited)
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Tigo
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
Sarge (uncredited)
It's About Time
TV • 1966
Doctor
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Soldier (uncredited)
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Second Masked Man (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Vern
Bearcats!
TV • 1971
Paul
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Jabez
Mannix
TV • 1967
Seaman (uncredited)
Temple Houston
TV • 1963
Reno 911!
TV • 2003
Bob Herron, Prisoner Unjustly Accused
Kung Fu
TV • 1972
Second Tough