Eddie Hice obit

Remembering Actor & Stuntman Eddie Hice

 

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StarTrek.com is saddened to report the passing of Eddie Hice, a veteran stuntman and stunt coordinator whose many credits included two episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Hice died on March 12, succumbing to a long illness at the age of 85.

Hice appeared in the TOS hours "Day of the Dove" and "Wink of an Eye," playing security officers in both. He portrayed one of the patients at Mercy Hospital in The Voyage Home. Freddie Hice, his son, performed stunts in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

Over the course of his career, which spanned six decades, Hice worked on such films and television shows as Bonanza, Bonnie and Clyde, Get Smart, M*A*S*H, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, S.W.A.T., Escape from New York, The Beastmaster, Repo Man, Amazon Women on the Moon, A View to a Kill, They Live, Glory, RoboCop 2, Out to Sea, Big Momma's House, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous and Georgia Rule.

Please join StarTrek.com in offering our condolences to Hice's family, friends and colleagues.

Hice was born on March 1, 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for They Live (1988), Repo Man (1984) and Escape from New York (1981). He was married to Dianne L. Wilson and Patty Elder. He died on March 12, 2015 in Sylmar, California, USA.

Hice enlisted in the Marines and served from 1946 to 1949.

 

Stunts

Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, and Lindsay Lohan in Georgia Rule (2007)

Georgia Rule

5.9

stunts

2007

 

Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous

5.2

stunts

2005

 

I Am Sam (2001)

I Am Sam

7.6

stunts (as Ed Hice)

2001

 

Scott Caan, Ali Larter, and Colin Farrell in American Outlaws (2001)

American Outlaws

5.9

stunts

2001

 

Rob Schneider in The Animal (2001)

The Animal

4.8

stunts

2001

 

Big Momma's House (2000)

Big Momma's House

5.2

stunts

2000

 

Kevin Kline and Will Smith in Wild Wild West (1999)

Wild Wild West

4.9

stunts

1999

 

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in The Odd Couple II (1998)

The Odd Couple II

6.4

stunts

1998

 

Nathan Lane and Lee Evans in Mousehunt (1997)

Mousehunt

6.5

stunts

1997

 

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in Out to Sea (1997)

Out to Sea

6.1

stunts

1997

 

Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton in Dante's Peak (1997)

Dante's Peak

6.0

stunts

1997

 

Dan Aykroyd, Jack Lemmon, and James Garner in My Fellow Americans (1996)

My Fellow Americans

6.5

stunts

1996

 

Danny DeVito, Embeth Davidtz, Kiami Davael, Pam Ferris, Rhea Perlman, Jacqueline Steiger, Michael Valentine, and Mara Wilson in Matilda (1996)

Matilda

7.0

stunts

1996

 

Jim Carrey in The Cable Guy (1996)

The Cable Guy

6.1

utility stunts (as Edward Hice)

1996

 

Spider the Dead: The First Chapter

stunts

1995

 

Steven Seagal in On Deadly Ground (1994)

On Deadly Ground

4.6

stunts

1994

 

Mr. T in Freaked (1993)

Freaked

6.4

stunts

1993

 

Mariel Hemingway, Kay Lenz, and John Mellencamp in Falling from Grace (1992)

Falling from Grace

5.5

stunts

1992

 

Sweet Justice (1991)

Sweet Justice

4.1

stunts

1991

 

Steven Seagal in Out for Justice (1991)

Out for Justice

6.1

stunts

1991

 

Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen in The Rookie (1990)

The Rookie

5.9

stunts

1990

 

Ghoulies Go to College (1990)

Ghoulies Go to College

4.0

Video

stunt player

1990

 

Peter Weller in RoboCop 2 (1990)

RoboCop 2

5.8

stunts

1990

 

Peacemaker (1990)

Peacemaker

5.2

stunt player (as Edward Hice)

1990

 

Richard Dreyfuss, John Goodman, and Holly Hunter in Always (1989)

Always

6.4

stunts

1989

 

Matthew Broderick in Glory (1989)

Glory

7.8

stunt player

1989

 

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

5.0

stunts

1989

 

Get Smart, Again! (1989)

Get Smart, Again!

6.1

TV Movie

stunt coordinator

1989

 

Tom Hanks in The 'Burbs (1989)

The 'Burbs

6.8

stunts

1989

 

Jeff Imada and Roddy Piper in They Live (1988)

They Live

7.2

stunts

1988

 

Dangerous Curves (1988)

Dangerous Curves

3.8

stunts

1988

 

Traxx (1988)

Traxx

5.3

stunts

1988

 

Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin in Midnight Run (1988)

Midnight Run

7.5

stunts

1988

 

Remote Control (1988)

Remote Control

5.5

stunts

1988

 

Kathy Ireland in Alien from L.A. (1988)

Alien from L.A.

3.2

stunt player

1988

 

Born to Race (1988)

Born to Race

3.9

stunts

1988

 

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

Amazon Women on the Moon

6.2

stunts

1987

 

Nightforce (1987)

Nightforce

4.0

Video

stunts

1987

 

Judith Barsi in Eye of the Tiger (1986)

Eye of the Tiger

5.6

stunts

1986

 

Rutger Hauer in Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

5.9

stunts

1986

 

Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

7.3

stunts

1986

 

Ratboy (1986)

Ratboy

3.9

stunts (as Edward Hice)

1986

 

Short Circuit (1986)

Short Circuit

6.6

stunts (as Ed Hice)

1986

 

Emilio Estevez and Craig Sheffer in That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)

That Was Then... This Is Now

6.1

stunts

1985

 

Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny Glover, Steve Guttenberg, Shelley Duvall, Elliott Gould, Martin Short, and Michael York in Tall Tales & Legends (1985)

Tall Tales & Legends

7.1

TV Series

stunt coordinator

1985

1 episode

 

Kevin Costner, Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, and Scott Glenn in Silverado (1985)

Silverado

7.2

stunts

1985

 

Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts, and Christopher Walken in A View to a Kill (1985)

A View to a Kill

6.3

stunts (uncredited)

1985

 

Crimewave (1985)

Crimewave

5.5

stunts (as Eddy Hice)

1985

 

Falcon Crest (1981)

Falcon Crest

6.2

TV Series

stunts (uncredited)

1985

1 episode

 

Hellhole (1985)

Hellhole

5.0

stunts

1985

 

Betsy Russell in Tomboy (1985)

Tomboy

4.7

stunt player (as Edward L. Hice)

1985

 

Betsy Russell in Avenging Angel (1985)

Avenging Angel

4.9

stunts

1985

 

Ghost Warrior (1984)

Ghost Warrior

5.2

stunt player

1984

 

The Lost Empire (1984)

The Lost Empire

4.7

stunts

1984

 

Emilio Estevez, Olivia Barash, and Harry Dean Stanton in Repo Man (1984)

Repo Man

6.8

stunt coordinator

stunts

1984

 

Happy (1983)

Happy

6.0

TV Movie

stunts

1983

 

Get Crazy (1983)

Get Crazy

6.6

stunts

1983

 

Blue Thunder (1983)

Blue Thunder

6.4

stunts (uncredited)

1983

 

Heart Like a Wheel (1983)

Heart Like a Wheel

6.7

stunts

1983

 

Dolly Parton, Burt Reynolds, and Dom DeLuise in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

6.1

stunt coordinator

1982

 

The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)

The Sword and the Sorcerer

5.5

stunts (as Ed Hice)

1982

 

Vice Squad (1982)

Vice Squad

6.4

stunt coordinator

1982

 

Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall in True Confessions (1981)

True Confessions

6.3

stunts

1981

 

Adrienne Barbeau, Donald Pleasence, and Kurt Russell in Escape from New York (1981)

Escape from New York

7.1

stunts

1981

 

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

4.1

stunt double

1981

 

Charles Bronson in Borderline (1980)

Borderline

6.0

stunts

1980

 

Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)

Cheech and Chong's Next Movie

6.0

stunt coordinator

1980

 

Don Adams in The Nude Bomb (1980)

The Nude Bomb

5.1

stunt coordinator

1980

 

Walk Proud (1979)

Walk Proud

5.4

stunts

1979

 

David Cassidy and Simon Oakland in David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978)

David Cassidy - Man Undercover

6.8

TV Series

stunt coordinator

1978–1979

4 episodes

 

Mark Hamill and Annie Potts in Corvette Summer (1978)

Corvette Summer

5.7

stunts

1978

 

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in The Front Page (1974)

The Front Page

7.3

stunts (uncredited)

1974

 

Fred Astaire, William Holden, Paul Newman, Richard Chamberlain, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely, and Jennifer Jones in The Towering Inferno (1974)

The Towering Inferno

7.0

stunts (uncredited)

1974

 

Charlton Heston, Victoria Principal, Geneviève Bujold, Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Marjoe Gortner, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Roundtree, and Barry Sullivan in Earthquake (1974)

Earthquake

5.9

stunts (uncredited)

1974

 

Mame (1974)

Mame

5.9

stunts (uncredited)

1974

 

Lew Ayres, John Huston, Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Severn Darden, Natalie Trundy, and Paul Williams in Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

5.4

stunts (uncredited)

1973

 

The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973)

The Soul of Nigger Charley

5.3

stunts (uncredited)

1973

 

The Mad Bomber (1973)

The Mad Bomber

5.8

stunts (uncredited)

1973

 

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

6.1

stunts (uncredited)

1972

 

The Night Stalker (1972)

The Night Stalker

7.4

TV Movie

stunts (uncredited)

1972

 

Brute Corps (1971)

Brute Corps

5.5

stunt coordinator

1971

 

The Moonshine War (1970)

The Moonshine War

5.9

stunts (uncredited)

1970

 

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

6.0

stunts (uncredited)

1970

 

Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman, and Jo Ann Pflug in M*A*S*H (1970)

M*A*S*H

7.4

stunts (uncredited)

1970

 

Don Adams and Barbara Feldon in Get Smart (1965)

Get Smart

8.2

TV Series

stunt double: Don Adams (uncredited)

1967–1969

3 episodes

 

Maurice Evans in Planet of the Apes (1968)

Planet of the Apes

8.0

stunts (uncredited)

1968

 

James Caan, Joanna Moore, and Bobby Riha in Countdown (1967)

Countdown

5.9

stunt double (uncredited)

1967

 

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Bonnie and Clyde

7.7

stunts (uncredited)

1967

 

First to Fight (1967)

First to Fight

5.8

stunts (uncredited)

1967

 

James Coburn, Giovanna Ralli, and Dick Shawn in What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

6.6

stunts (uncredited)

1966

 

Actor

Leslie Nielsen, George Kennedy, Ricardo Montalban, Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson, Jeannette Charles, Reggie Jackson, and Nancy Marchand in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

7.6

Criminal at Police Station

Baseball Fan (uncredited)

1988

 

Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

7.3

Mercy Hospital Patient (uncredited)

1986

 

Hard to Hold (1984)

Hard to Hold

4.9

Waiter

1984

 

Sigourney Weaver, Chevy Chase, and Gregory Hines in Deal of the Century (1983)

Deal of the Century

4.6

Bagman

1983

 

The Beastmaster (1982)

The Beastmaster

6.2

Jun Priest

1982

 

James Garner in Bret Maverick (1981)

Bret Maverick

7.5

TV Series

Sam Black

1982

1 episode

 

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

The Lord of the Rings

6.2

Character Actor (voice, as Eddy Hice)

1978

 

Kurt Russell and Tim Matheson in The Quest (1976)

The Quest

7.1

TV Series

Emmet Driscoll

1976

1 episode

 

Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Richard Bull, Sidney Greenbush, Jonathan Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, and Katherine MacGregor in Little House on the Prairie (1974)

Little House on the Prairie

7.5

TV Series

Roy Collins

1976

1 episode

 

Joe Forrester (1975)

Joe Forrester

7.3

TV Series

(as Ed Hice)

1975

2 episodes

 

S.W.A.T. (1975)

S.W.A.T.

6.7

TV Series

Martinez

1975

1 episode

 

Monte Markham in The New Perry Mason (1973)

The New Perry Mason

5.5

TV Series

Tony Landon

1973

1 episode

 

The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973)

The Soul of Nigger Charley

5.3

Mexican (as Ed Hice)

1973

 

The Mad Bomber (1973)

The Mad Bomber

5.8

Policeman in Drag

1973

 

Hell's Belles (1969)

Hell's Belles

5.5

Mongoose

1969

 

Don Adams and Barbara Feldon in Get Smart (1965)

Get Smart

8.2

TV Series

KAOS Agent

KAOS Agent #2

Drummer ...

1966–1969

6 episodes

 

Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek (1966)

Star Trek

8.4

TV Series

Security Guard #2

Security Guard (uncredited)

1968

2 episodes

 

Adam West and Burt Ward in Batman (1966)

Batman

7.5

TV Series

The Riddler (uncredited)

1968

1 episode

 

Adam West, Cesar Romero, Frank Gorshin, Burgess Meredith, Lee Meriwether, and Burt Ward in Batman: The Movie (1966)

Batman: The Movie

6.5

Guinea Pig #1 (uncredited)

1966

 

James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, and Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke (1955)

Gunsmoke

8.1

TV Series

Townsman

Cowboy

Frank ...

1964–1966

4 episodes

 

Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, and Sheb Wooley in Rawhide (1959)

Rawhide

7.9

TV Series

Brawler

Vigilante (uncredited)

1964

2 episodes

 

John Agar, William Bendix, Lon Chaney Jr., Rory Calhoun, Richard Arlen, Linda Foster, Virginia Mayo, and Regis Parton in Young Fury (1964)

Young Fury

5.6

Hellion Gang Member

1964

 

Have Gun - Will Travel (1957)

Have Gun - Will Travel

8.4

TV Series

Townsman (uncredited)

1963

1 episode

 

Abel Fernandez, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni, and Robert Stack in The Untouchables (1959)

The Untouchables

8.0

TV Series

Hood

Machine-Gunner

Speakeasy Patron (uncredited) ...

1959–1963

10 episodes

 

Sam Benedict (1962)

Sam Benedict

7.9

TV Series

Guard

Courtroom Spectator

Reporter (uncredited)

1962–1963

5 episodes

 

Cain's Hundred (1961)

Cain's Hundred

7.9

TV Series

Hoodlum #2

Hood

Johnny ...

1961–1962

4 episodes

 

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

7.6

TV Series

Clanton Henchman

Hannegan Henchman

Townsman (uncredited) ...

1959–1961

15 episodes

 

Brian Keith in The Westerner (1960)

The Westerner

7.9

TV Series

Wrangler (uncredited)

1960

1 episode

 

Thriller (1960)

Thriller

8.2

TV Series

Barfly (uncredited)

1960

1 episode

 

Bonanza (1959)

Bonanza

7.3

TV Series

Carnival Attendee (uncredited)

1960

1 episode

 

Rory Calhoun in The Texan (1958)

The Texan

7.6

TV Series

Bartender

Luke Bisbee

Cowhand ...

1958–1960

5 episodes

 

Death Valley Days (1952)

Death Valley Days

7.5

TV Series

Townsman (uncredited)

1959

2 episodes

 

Pat Conway in Tombstone Territory (1957)

Tombstone Territory

7.9

TV Series

Townsman

Man With Tanner (uncredited)

1958–1959

3 episodes

 

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Survival Game (1987)

Survival Game

3.4

second unit director

1987