Bob Herron(1924-2021)

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. Among the notable actors that Herron has doubled for are Ernest Borgnine, Tom Bosley, Ross Martin, Mills Watson, Jackie Gleason, Cliff Robertson, Andy Griffith, and Robert Conrad. Moreover, Bob did a lot of swimming and high diving while living in Hawaii as well as raced his Austin-Healey sports car a little in the 1950's.