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Alan Oliney (born 15 October 1945; age 78) is a stuntman and stunt actor who performed stunts in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and doubled Avery Brooks in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine first season episode "Battle Lines".
Oliney has doubled for stars such as Wesley Snipes, Delroy Lindo, and Michael Winslow and has been the main stunt double for Eddie Murphy in most of his films.
Among his stunt resume are films such as Westworld (1973, with Majel Barrett), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979, with Felix Silla, Tim O'Connor, Dave Cadiente, Kenny Endoso, Tony Epper, and stunts by Greg Barnett, Tony Brubaker, Phil Chong, Erik Cord, Tom Huff, and Tom Lupo), The Osterman Weekend (1983, with Meg Foster), The Karate Kid (1984), Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) and Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986, both with David Graf), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989, with David Graf and Matt McCoy), Predator 2 (1990, with Kevin Peter Hall, Lilyan Chauvin, Philip Weyland, and stunts by Janet Brady, Jeff Cadiente, Joy Hooper, Rusty McClennon, and Manny Perry), Sister Act (1992, starring Whoopi Goldberg with Max Grodénchik), Last Action Hero (1993), Demolition Man (1993, with Bob Gunton, Bill Cobbs, and Tracee Lee Cocco), Village of the Damned (1995, with Kirstie Alley, Thomas Dekker, and Lindsay Haun), Showgirls (1995), Eraser (1996, with Vanessa Williams), Batman & Robin (1997, with John Glover, Steve Blalock, Mark Chadwick, Paul Sklar, and stunts by Jay Caputo, Jennifer Caputo, Shawn Crowder, Dana Hee, Dana Dru Evenson, Joel Kramer, Gene LeBell, Faith Minton, Rita Minor, Mic Rodgers, Todd Bryant, Scott Workman, and Spice Williams), Godzilla (1998), Armageddon (1998), Showtime (2002, with William Shatner), and Fat Albert (2004).
Oliney has also performed stunts in television series such as Baretta, Vegas, Dynasty, The Practice, Hill Street Blues, The Rookies, and The Bernie Mac Show.