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Bruce Barbour (born 22 April 1949; age 75) is a former stuntman who performed stunts in episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Enterprise. He received no credit for his appearances. Trousers worn by him in Enterprise were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1](X)

Barbour has started his stunt career in the late 1960s when he doubled and stood-in for actor and former brother-in-law Michael Nesmith on several episodes of the music series The Monkees. In addition, he appeared in several stunt roles between 1967 and 1968. He also doubled actor Richard Ely in The Young Rebels (1970-1971, with Jesse Wayne), Lee Van Cleef in the series The Master (1984, with Ed Anders, Pat Romano, Greg Barnett, Brian J. Williams, and Spice Williams and coordinated by Phil Adams), Paul Bartel in Eating Raoul (1982), Kevin Costner in The Bodyguard (1992), Robert Urich in the drama Clover Bend (2002, coordinated by Peewee Piemonte), and Leslie Nielsen in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991, coordinated by Phil Adams), Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994, coordinated by Phil Adams), Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995, coordinated by Gary Combs), Spy Hard (1996), Family Plan (1997, coordinated by Terry James), Pirates: 3D Show (1999), and Superhero Movie (2008, coordinated by Charlie Croughwell).

Barbour served five years on the Board of Directors of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures and became a Lifetime Member in 2009. His stunt work also earned him two Taurus World Stunt Award nominations – in 2002 in the category Best Driving for his performance in the crime comedy Bandits, shared with Terry Jackson and Jacob Chambers and in 2010 in the category Best Vehicle Stunt in the action comedy The Other Guys.

Throughout his five decades in the stunt business, he performed stunts in television series including Adam-12 (1969), The Wild Wild West (1969), Here Come the Brides (1969, with Robert Bralver), Mission: Impossible (1970-1972, with Dick Dial, Chuck Hicks, Glenn R. Wilder, and starring Leonard Nimoy), Kung Fu (1973), The Partridge Family (1973), McCloud (1974), Mannix (1975, coordinated by Dick Ziker), Harry O (1975), The Streets of San Francisco (1976), Police Story (1974-1977, coordinated by Richard E. Butler), Lou Grant (1977), Baa Baa Black Sheep (1978), Emergency! (1975-1979, with Johnny Miller), The Rockford Files (1979), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1980), The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1980), CHiPs (1982), Tales of the Gold Monkey (1983, with Steve Kelso), Falcon Crest (1983), Matt Houston (1983, with Robert Bralver), Fantasy Island (1983, coordinated by Jimmy Nickerson), Knight Rider (1983, coordinated by Robert Bralver), Blue Thunder (1984), St. Elsewhere (1984, with Matt McColm), Hunter (1984), Remington Steele (1983-1984, with Leslie Hoffman), Street Hawk (1985, with Hubie Kerns, Jr. and coordinated by John Moio), Space (1985), T. J. Hooker (1985, coordinated by Jerry Summers), Dynasty (1985, with Brian J. Williams and coordinated by John Moio), The Fall Guy (1982-1985, with Mark Riccardi and Don Ruffin), Amazing Stories (1985), The A-Team (1983 and 1986), Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985-1987, with Brian J. Williams), Tales from the Darkside (1987), Mike Hammer (1987, coordinated by Richard E. Butler), Beauty and the Beast (1987), Magnum, P.I. (1987), Houston Knights (1988), Dallas (1983 and 1988, coordinated by Robert Herron), Tour of Duty (1989), Moonlighting (1985-1989, with Keii Johnston), War and Remembrance (1989), Midnight Caller (1989-1990), Tales from the Crypt (1990, coordinated by Charles Picerni), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990, with Edward Conna and Anita Hart), Rescue 911 (1990), Knots Landing (1991), MacGyver (1986-1991), Matlock (1987-1992), L.A. Law (1989-1992), The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993, coordinated by Chris Doyle), Murder She Wrote (1996), High Incident (1997, with Elle Alexander), L.A. Heat (1997), Family Matters (1997), Sister, Sister (1994 and 1997), Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1998), V.I.P. (1998, coordinated by Jim Wilkey), Profiler (1999), Snoops (1999), Walker, Texas Ranger (2000, coordinated by Eric Norris), Black Scorpion (2001, coordinated by Peewee Piemonte), Malcolm in the Middle (2000-2002), The District (2001-2002), She Spies (2003), Oz (2001-2003), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003), Third Watch (2003), Fear Factor (2002-2003), America's Most Wanted (2004), Charmed (2004, coordinated by Noon Orsatti), JAG (1999 and 2005, coordinated by Diamond Farnsworth), In Justice (2006, coordinated by Peewee Piemonte), Neighbours (2006), The O.C. (2007), and The Strip (2008).

Barbour also worked as stunt coordinator on projects such as The Lady in Red (1979, with Vince Deadrick, Mary Peters, and Harry Wowchuk), Fade to Black (1980, with Mike Cassidy, Ann Chatterton, and Kerrie Cullen), the television pilot of The Phoenix (1981), Children of the Corn (1984, with Kerrie Cullen), Space Rage (1985), Spenser: For Hire (1986, co-starring Avery Brooks), the television Western Desperado (1987, with Tony Brubaker), the television thriller Live! From Death Row (1992, with co-stunt coordinator Kane Hodder), and the reality short A Dollar a Day (2008).

Among the films, he performed stunts in are the musical Head (1968), Hell's Angels '69 (1969, with Buddy Joe Hooker and Ronald R. Rondell), Gaily, Gaily (1969, with Robert Bralver, Bob Herron, and John Moio), There Was a Crooked Man... (1970, with Fred Carson, Chuck Hicks, and Gene LeBell), The Towering Inferno (1974), Moving Violation (1976), The White Buffalo (1977), Thunder and Lightning (1977), The Incredible Melting Man (1977), F.I.S.T. (1978), Piranha (1978), Almost Summer (1978), Captain America (1979, with Jean Coulter and Tim Culbertson), The Amityville Horror (1979), Meteor (1979), 1941 (1979), The Electric Horseman (1979), The Nude Bomb (1980), Airplane! (1980), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Without Warning (1980), Alligator (1980), The Howling (1981), Under the Rainbow (1981), the drama Pennies from Heaven (1981), Ghost Story (1981, with Erik Cord and Johnny C. Meier), Partners (1982), The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), The Beastmaster (1982), First Blood (1982), 48 Hrs. (1982), Deal of the Century (1983), The Man Who Loved Women (1983), Crackers (1984), Streets of Fire (1984), City Limits (1984), Certain Fury (1985, with Sharon Schaffer), Gotcha! (1985), Year of the Dragon (1985), Commando (1985), Innerspace (1987), The Running Man (1987), Under Cover (1987), Nuts (1987), Rambo III (1988), Alien Nation (1988), Weekend at Bernie's (1989), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), Road House (1989), Turner & Hooch (1989), Glory (1989), Total Recall (1990), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), RoboCop 2 (1990), Repossessed (1990), The Doors (1991), The Hard Way (1991), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Deep Cover (1992), Under Siege (1992), RoboCop 3 (1993), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993, with Sandy Berumen-Justus, Keith Campbell, Kiante Elam, Tom Huff, and Alan Marcus), Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), On Deadly Ground (1994), Natural Born Killers (1994), For Better or Worse (1995, directed by and starring Jason Alexander), Batman Forever (1995), Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995), Strange Days (1995), Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Set It Off (1996), Lost Highway (1997), Conspiracy Theory (1997), Starship Troopers (1997), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), Payback (1999), The Replacements (2000), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Rush Hour 2 (2001), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Red Dragon (2002), Anger Management (2003), Peter Pan (2003), Along Came Polly (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007), Rush Hour 3 (2007), and Get Smart (2008).

In 2012, Barbour moved with his wife to Carson City, Nevada. [2]

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