Variety
By Jazz Tangcay
October 11, 2021
Stuntman Bob Herron, who worked as a stuntman on films such as “Diamonds Are Forever,” “L.A. Confidential” and “Batman Forever” has died on Sunday after suffering for complications from a fall, a family member confirmed to Variety. He was 97.
Herron was one of the founding members of the Stuntmen’s Association in 1961 and a past president.
Earlier this year, the Stuntmen’s Association celebrated 60 years. When asked why he had started the association, Herron said, he had wanted to bring stunt people together. “There wasn’t a network for the stuntmen to organize with each other; we were all separate.”
Herron’s love for stunts began as a young child. In an interview with Variety, the stuntman explained, “My stepfather rented horses to the studios and I started wrangling them for the actors and the stuntmen to ride, and it made more money. I thought, ‘That’s the way I want to go.’ I’d watch the actors ride them and realized that was for me. Alex [Daniels, President of the Stuntmen’s Association] gave me my last job, I was in my ‘90s and they wanted an older guy, so that worked out fine.”
Herron was born in Lomita, Calif. His career began in the 1950s working on “Winchester ’73” and “The Flame and the Arrow.” He would work steadily over the years on across TV and film. One of his earliest film credits was as an actor was “Four Guns to the Border,” directed by Richard Carlson. In TV, he worked on hundreds of shows including “Charlie’s Angels,” “The Rockford Files,” “The A-Team” and Kojak.” In film, he also worked on “Pale Rider,” “The Goonies,” “Rocky” and “Earthquake.” With over 342 credits to his name including “Airwolf,” “The Green Hornet” and “Stagecoach,” much of his work went uncredited.
In a statement to Variety, Daniels said, “Bob Herron was the quintessential stuntman that we all aspire to be. As a founding member of the Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures, he showed us the way for many decades and continued to perform stunts to age 92. That was a great run Bobby. Can you do another take?…. cause we’re gonna miss you.”
He is survived by his wife Lynne and two children Danny and Melissa.
HERRON, Bob (Robert Herron)
Born: 9/23/1924, Lomita, California, U.S.A.
Died: 10/10/2021, California, U.S.A.
Bob Herron’s westerns – actor, stuntman:
The Flame and the Arrow – 1950 [stunts]
Rocky Mountain – 1950 [stunts]
Winchester ‘73 1950 [stunts]
Along the Great Divide – 1951 [stunts]
Only the Valiant – 1951 [stunts]
The Red Badge of Courage – 1951 [stunts]
The Battle at Apache Pass – 1952 [stunts]
Cattle Town – 1952 (rider)
The Story of Will Rogers – 1952 [stunts]
The Charge at Feather River – 1953 [stunts]
Column South – 1953 [stunts]
Gun Fury – 1953 (Curly Jordan) [stunts]
The Man from the Alamo – 1953
Wings of the Hawk – 1953 [stunts]
Destry – 1954 [stunts]
Four Guns to the Border – 1954 (Evans) [stunts]
River of No Return – 1954 [stunts]
Saskatchewan – 1954 (Bill)
The Far Horizons – 1955 [stunts]
The Man from Bitter Ridge – 1955 (Jim Hanley)
Cheyenne (TV) – 1955 [stunts]
The Burning Hills – 1956 (Faber)
Pillars of the Sky - 1956
The Rawhide Years – 1956 (barfly) [stunts]
Walk the Proud Land – 1956 [stunts]
The Big Land – 1957 [stunts]
Utah Blaine – 1957 [stunts]
Sugarfoot (TV) – 1957 [stunts]
Born Reckless – 1958 (cowboy)
Ride a Crooked Trail – 1958 [stunts]
Tales of Wells Fargo (TV) – 1958 (Dobie Edwards)
Westbound – 1958
Bronco (TV) – 1958 [stunts]
Rio Bravo – 1959 [stunts]
Seven Ways from Sundown – 1960 (Waggoner) [stunts]
The Unforgiven – 1960 [stunts]
Lonely are the Brave – 1962 [stunts]
Six Black Horses – 1962 [stunts]
The Wild Westerners – 1962 [stunts]
Gunsmoke (TV) –1962 [stunts] 1965, 1968 (Vern, Jabez)
Gunfight at Comanche Creek – 1963 (agent) [stunts]
Bonanza (TV) – 1963, 1970 [stunts]
Temple Houston (TV) – 1963-1964 [stunts]
Bullet for a Badman – 1964 [stunts]
A Distant Trump – 1964 [stunts]
Cat Ballou – 1965 [stunts]
Major Dundee – 1965 [stunts]
Shenandoah – 1965 [stunts]
Laredo (TV) - 1965 (Hunk)
The Wild Wild West (TV) – 1965-1968 (henchman, soldier) [stunts]
The Appaloosa – 1966 [stunts]
Gunpoint – 1966 [stunts]
The Rare Breed – 1966 [stunts]
Stagecoach – 1966 [stunts]
Texas Across the River – 1966 [stunts]
Chuka – 1967 [stunts]
Dundee and the Culhane – 1967 [stunts]
The Guns of Will Sonnett – 1967 [stunts]
Rough Night in Jericho – 1967 [stunts]
The Journey to Shiloh – 1968 [stunts]
The Great Bank Robbery – 1969 [stunts]
Mackenna’s Gold – 1969 [stunts]
Paint Your Wagon – 1969 [stunts]
A Time for Dying – 1969 (Rankin)
The Wild Bunch – 1969 [stunts]
Here Come the Brides (TV) – 1969 [stunts]
The Over-the-Hill Gang (TV) 1969 (Lafe Jordan)
There Was a Crooked Man – 1970 (Oran) [stunts]
Bearcats! (TV) – 1971 (Paul) [stunts]
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid – 1972 [stunts]
Joe Kidd – 1972 [stunts]
Kung Fu (TV) – 1972 (second tough), 1974-1975 [stunts]
Oklahoma Crude – 1973 (Dulling) [stunts]
Blazing Saddles – 1974 [stunts]
The Last Day – 1975 [stunts]
Hearts of the West (TV) – 1975 [stunts]
Little House on the Prairie (TV) – 1975 [stunts]
The Frisco Kid – 1979 [stunts]
Pale Rider – 1985 [stunts]
Three Amigos – 1986 [stunts]
The Long Ride Home – 2003 [stunts]
Aces ‘N’ Eights – 2008 [stunts]
Love’s Christmas Journey (TV) – 2011 [stunts]
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