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Donald R. Pike (28 November 1929 – 28 July 2018; age 88) was a stuntman, stunt actor, and stunt coordinator who worked as stunt coordinator on Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Pike has performed stunts in television series such as Police Story, Baretta, and Walker, Texas Ranger (1998, episode Crusader). Among his feature film credits are Earthquake (1974, with Genevieve Bujold), An Eye for an Eye (1981, with Rosalind Chao), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, with David Andrews and stunts by Leslie Hoffman, Tony Cecere, and Kerrie Cullen), Born to Race (1988, with Leon Rippy), Dolly Dearest (1992, with Denise Crosby, Chris Demetral, and stunts by Lane Leavitt and Cole McKay), Sidekicks (1992), Office Space and Arlington Road (both 1999).
Pike has also served as stunt coordinator for several films, including Go Tell the Spartans (1978), I, the Jury (1982, with Paul Sorvino and Judson Scott), Invasion U.S.A. (1985), The Hidden (1987, with Michael Nouri, Branscombe Richmond, and stunts by Gene LeBell, Gary T. Pike, and Irving E. Lewis), Feds (1988), Halloween 5 (1989), and Blue Sky (1994, with Mitchell Ryan, Dion Anderson, and stunts by Greg Gault, Joni Avery, and Eric Norris).
Pike died on 28 July 2018. [1]