Jimmie Booth obit

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Jimmie Booth (28 November 1925 – 16 March 2017; age 91) was an actor who played a Klingon crewman in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Booth also guest starred in the television series The Wild Wild West (1967, guest starring Joseph Campanella), Knots Landing (1984, guest starring Jennifer Savidge), and in several episodes of the television series Paradise (1989-1990, guest starring Gary Epper, Lance LeGault, Stephen Lee, Christopher McDonald, Warren Munson, Tony Epper, Steve Rankin, Barry Jenner, James Sloyan, and directed by Cliff Bole, Robert Scheerer, and James L. Conway).

If there was a stage that needed to be driven, a wagon that needed to be rolled, or a posse scene that needed riders Jimmie Booth got a call.

Born on a farm Jimmie learned how to ride a horse at a young age and after serving two years in the Army Air Corp he traveled with a Wild West Circus Show for two years. Meanwhile Jimmie became acquainted with many of the cowboys and horsemen in the Newhall area who worked in the motion picture industry. Through these connections he was able to become a member of the Screen Extras Guild.

By the late 1950s the television western flourished and he found lots of work in posse scenes, bar scenes, and driving stages all the way through the 1980s working in pretty much any television western and most western movies you can think of.

But like most actors, these jobs only paid part of the bills but there were other jobs that required his skill set. In the 1950's, when the Santa Anita and Hollywood Park horse-racing tracks used draft horses to pull the starting gate, Jimmie drove that team of four Belgians. He also drove the fancy carriage pulled by the team of four high stepping Hackney's which transported the judges to and from their posts.

In 1955 Jimmie was hired at Disneyland to drive the horse-drawn vehicles on Main Street. On Disneyland's opening day he drove the first horse-drawn street car down Main Street to "open the show."

When he retired from the movies he wasn't done yet, because of his unique skill set he was able to drive stagecoaches in parades for Wells Fargo for the next 13 years.

 

Actor

Lee Horsley in Paradise (1988)

Paradise

7.9

TV Series

Stagecoach Driver

Jake

Driver

1989–1990

6 episodes

 

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

7.6

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

1987

 

Andy Griffith in Matlock (1986)

Matlock

7.1

TV Series

Juror

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1987

2 episodes

 

Charlton Heston, Stephanie Beacham, Maxwell Caulfield, Katharine Ross, Tracy Scoggins, Barbara Stanwyck, John James, Emma Samms, and Claire Yarlett in The Colbys (1985)

The Colbys

6.1

TV Series

Courthouse Passerby (uncredited)

1986

1 episode

 

Michael Landon in Highway to Heaven (1984)

Highway to Heaven

6.8

TV Series

Juror (uncredited)

1985

1 episode

 

Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, Constance McCashin, John Pleshette, and Ted Shackelford in Knots Landing (1979)

Knots Landing

6.9

TV Series

Funeral Guest

Ranch Hand

1984

2 episodes

 

Ted Danson, Shelley Long, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, Nicholas Colasanto, and Rhea Perlman in Cheers (1982)

Cheers

8.0

TV Series

Mourner (uncredited)

1984

1 episode

 

Dynasty (1981)

Dynasty

6.4

TV Series

Cowboy (uncredited)

1984

1 episode

 

Hart to Hart (1979)

Hart to Hart

6.7

TV Series

Stage Driver (uncredited)

1982

1 episode

 

James Garner in Bret Maverick (1981)

Bret Maverick

7.5

TV Series

Townsman (uncredited)

1981

1 episode

 

Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

6.4

Klingon Crewman

1979

 

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

Townsman (uncredited)

1975–1979

4 episodes

 

Peter Ustinov, Johnny Doran, Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, and Vic Morrow in Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)

Treasure of Matecumbe

6.1

Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)

1976

 

From Noon Till Three (1976)

From Noon Till Three

6.5

Barfly (uncredited)

1976

 

Barbary Coast (1975)

Barbary Coast

6.7

TV Series

Townsman

Stage Driver

Carriage Driver (uncredited) ...

1975–1976

10 episodes

 

Slim Pickens, Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, Tim Conway, Don Knight, Don Knotts, John McGiver, Harry Morgan, Clay O'Brien, and David Wayne in The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

The Apple Dumpling Gang

6.4

Barfly (uncredited)

1975

 

Louis Gossett Jr. in Black Bart (1975)

Black Bart

3.7

TV Movie

Townsman (uncredited)

1975

 

Kung Fu (1972)

Kung Fu

7.6

TV Series

Townsman

Deputy

Juror (uncredited) ...

1973–1975

4 episodes

 

Mel Brooks and Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles (1974)

Blazing Saddles

7.7

Desperado (uncredited)

1974

 

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

Gunsmoke

8.1

TV Series

Townsman

Barfly

Gang Member (uncredited) ...

1956–1974

66 episodes

 

Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter (1973)

High Plains Drifter

7.4

Target Wagon Driver (uncredited)

1973

 

Pete Duel and Ben Murphy in Alias Smith and Jones (1971)

Alias Smith and Jones

7.6

TV Series

Stage Driver

Wagon Driver (uncredited)

1971–1972

11 episodes

 

Bonanza (1959)

Bonanza

7.3

TV Series

Guard

Townsman

Marcus Henchman (uncredited) ...

1961–1972

13 episodes

 

Nichols (1971)

Nichols

7.6

TV Series

Townsman (uncredited)

1971

1 episode

 

Jack Elam, James Garner, Harry Morgan, and Suzanne Pleshette in Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

Support Your Local Gunfighter

6.8

Townsman (uncredited)

1971

 

The Doris Day Show (1968)

The Doris Day Show

7.2

TV Series

Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)

1971

1 episode

 

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

6.1

Wagon Driver (uncredited)

1969

 

Robert Conrad and Ross Martin in The Wild Wild West (1965)

The Wild Wild West

8.1

TV Series

Coach Driver

Trooper

Carriage Driver ...

1965–1969

39 episodes

 

Walter Brennan and Dack Rambo in The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)

The Guns of Will Sonnett

7.6

TV Series

Trial Spectator

Barfly

Townsman (uncredited)

1967–1969

3 episodes

 

Don Knotts and Barbara Rhoades in The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

The Shakiest Gun in the West

6.3

Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

1968

 

Doris Day in The Ballad of Josie (1967)

The Ballad of Josie

5.7

Court Clerk (uncredited)

1967

 

Lee Majors, Barbara Stanwyck, Linda Evans, Peter Breck, and Richard Long in The Big Valley (1965)

The Big Valley

7.6

TV Series

Townsman

Soldier

Ranch Hand (uncredited) ...

1965–1967

10 episodes

 

Roddy McDowall and Mike Mazurki in The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

6.4

Man at Dock (uncredited)

1967

 

Emily Banks, Bobby Darin, and Don Galloway in Gunfight in Abilene (1967)

Gunfight in Abilene

5.7

Barfly (uncredited)

1967

 

Death Valley Days (1952)

Death Valley Days

7.5

TV Series

Barfly

Jim

Townsman (uncredited) ...

1954–1966

13 episodes

 

Laredo (1965)

Laredo

7.6

TV Series

Wagon Driver

Gang Member

Stage Driver (uncredited)

1965–1966

4 episodes

 

Alain Delon, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, and Rosemary Forsyth in Texas Across the River (1966)

Texas Across the River

6.2

Wagon Driver (uncredited)

1966

 

Ken Berry, Melody Patterson, Larry Storch, and Forrest Tucker in F Troop (1965)

F Troop

7.4

TV Series

Trooper (uncredited)

1966

1 episode

 

James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The Virginian (1962)

The Virginian

7.6

TV Series

Lee's Carriage Driver

Townsman

Party Guest (uncredited) ...

1962–1966

23 episodes

 

Chuck Connors in Branded (1965)

Branded

7.4

TV Series

Carriage Driver

Cowhand

Barfly (uncredited)

1965–1966

3 episodes

 

Scalplock (1966)

Scalplock

6.2

TV Movie

Townsman (uncredited)

1966

 

Audie Murphy, Edgar Buchanan, Joan Staley, Warren Stevens, and Morgan Woodward in Gunpoint (1966)

Gunpoint

6.1

Barfly (uncredited)

1966

 

The Rare Breed (1966)

The Rare Breed

6.3

Cowboy (uncredited)

1966

 

James Stewart, Glenn Corbett, Rosemary Forsyth, Doug McClure, and Patrick Wayne in Shenandoah (1965)

Shenandoah

7.3

Church Member (uncredited)

1965

 

Cat Ballou (1965)

Cat Ballou

6.7

Townsman (uncredited)

1965

 

John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)

Wagon Train

7.5

TV Series

Clanton Gang Member

Wagon Train Member

Wagon Train Applicant (uncredited) ...

1957–1965

23 episodes

 

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

Rawhide

7.9

TV Series

Townsman

Cowhand

Hammerklein Cowhand (uncredited) ...

1959–1965

7 episodes

 

Audie Murphy and Linda Lawson in Apache Rifles (1964)

Apache Rifles

6.4

Miner (uncredited)

1964

 

Destry (1964)

Destry

7.4

TV Series

Townsman (uncredited)

1964

1 episode

 

Robert Fuller and John Smith in Laramie (1959)

Laramie

7.7

TV Series

Townsman

Stage Driver (uncredited)

1960–1963

7 episodes

 

John Derek, Richard Jaeckel, and Chill Wills in Frontier Circus (1961)

Frontier Circus

7.9

TV Series

Show Spectator

Race Spectator

Townsman (uncredited) ...

1961–1962

8 episodes

 

Dale Robertson in Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)

Tales of Wells Fargo

7.9

TV Series

Stage Driver

Barfly

Trooper (uncredited)

1958–1961

3 episodes

 

Cain's Hundred (1961)

Cain's Hundred

7.8

TV Series

Police Officer (uncredited)

1961

1 episode

 

Clu Gulager and Barry Sullivan in The Tall Man (1960)

The Tall Man

7.3

TV Series

Townsman

Cowboy

Barfly (uncredited)

1960–1961

4 episodes

 

Don Collier, Judy Lewis, and Bruce Yarnell in Outlaws (1960)

Outlaws

7.4

TV Series

Miner (uncredited)

1961

1 episode

 

Vincent Price, Henry Hull, and Mary Webster in Master of the World (1961)

Master of the World

5.8

Man at Balloon Society Meeting (uncredited)

1961

 

Merry Anders and Jim Davis in The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961)

The Gambler Wore a Gun

5.7

Townsman (uncredited)

1961

 

James Brown, Gregg Palmer, and Joan Staley in Gun Fight (1961)

Gun Fight

5.2

Townsman (uncredited)

1961

 

Henry Fonda in The Deputy (1959)

The Deputy

6.9

TV Series

Townsman

Danton Gang Member (uncredited)

1960–1961

5 episodes

 

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

8.0

TV Series

Barfly

Townsman (uncredited)

1959–1961

2 episodes

 

Lawman (1958)

Lawman

8.1

TV Series

Townsman (uncredited)

1959–1961

2 episodes

 

Glenn Ford and Maria Schell in Cimarron (1960)

Cimarron

6.4

Wagon Driver (uncredited)

1960

 

Riverboat (1959)

Riverboat

7.3

TV Series

Trial Spectator

Fight Spectator

Townsman (uncredited) ...

1959–1960

5 episodes

 

Sebastian Cabot, Anthony George, and Doug McClure in Checkmate (1960)

Checkmate

7.5

TV Series

Ranch Hand (uncredited)

1960

1 episode

 

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

7.6

TV Series

Clanton Man

Posse Member

Cora's Driver (uncredited) ...

1959–1960

4 episodes

 

Rory Calhoun in The Texan (1958)

The Texan

7.5

TV Series

Posse Member

Barfly (uncredited)

1960

2 episodes

 

Have Gun - Will Travel (1957)

Have Gun - Will Travel

8.4

TV Series

Townsman

Cowhand (uncredited)

1958–1960

4 episodes

 

Jim Davis and Lyn Thomas in Noose for a Gunman (1960)

Noose for a Gunman

5.7

Townsman (uncredited)

1960

 

Don Durant and Mark Goddard in Johnny Ringo (1959)

Johnny Ringo

6.9

TV Series

Townsman (uncredited)

1960

1 episode

 

Bat Masterson (1958)

Bat Masterson

7.3

TV Series

Barfly (uncredited)

1960

1 episode

 

Tumbleweed: Baron of Purgatory

6.0

TV Series

Henchman (uncredited)

1959

1 episode

 

Shotgun Slade (1959)

Shotgun Slade

6.8

TV Series

Posse Member (uncredited)

1959

1 episode

 

The only authorized DVD edition of all episodes in  Season One.

The Rifleman

8.3

TV Series

Diner Patron

Townsman (uncredited)

1959

5 episodes

 

Michael Ansara in Law of the Plainsman (1959)

Law of the Plainsman

8.1

TV Series

Townsman (uncredited)

1959

1 episode

 

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

The Untouchables

8.0

TV Series

Union Member (uncredited)

1959

1 episode

 

The Magical World of Disney (1954)

The Magical World of Disney

8.4

TV Series

Pickford (uncredited)

1959

1 episode

 

Dick Powell in Zane Grey Theatre (1956)

Zane Grey Theatre

7.5

TV Series

Townsman

Trial Spectator (uncredited)

1958–1959

4 episodes

 

Black Saddle (1959)

Black Saddle

7.5

TV Series

Townsman (uncredited)

1959

1 episode

 

Audie Murphy and Terry Moore in Cast a Long Shadow (1959)

Cast a Long Shadow

6.1

Trail Cook (uncredited)

1959

 

Lee Aaker, James Brown, and Rin Tin Tin II in The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

7.0

TV Series

Trooper

Horseman (uncredited)

1954–1959

4 episodes

 

Audrey Dalton, Willard Parker, and Grant Williams in Lone Texan (1959)

Lone Texan

6.6

Townsman (uncredited)

1959

 

Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner in The Buccaneer (1958)

The Buccaneer

6.4

Soldier (uncredited)

1958

 

Audie Murphy and Gia Scala in Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)

Ride a Crooked Trail

6.6

Townsman (uncredited)

1958

 

George Montgomery in Cimarron City (1958)

Cimarron City

7.4

TV Series

Townsman (uncredited)

1958

1 episode

 

Randolph Scott, Virginia Mayo, and Karen Steele in Westbound (1958)

Westbound

6.5

Cowhand (uncredited)

1958

 

Phyllis Coates and Joel McCrea in Cattle Empire (1958)

Cattle Empire

6.2

Vaquero (uncredited)

1958

 

James Garner and Jack Kelly in Maverick (1957)

Maverick

8.0

TV Series

Stage Driver (uncredited)

1958

1 episode

 

Brian Donlevy in Escape from Red Rock (1957)

Escape from Red Rock

5.8

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

1957

 

Robert Culp in Trackdown (1957)

Trackdown

7.8

TV Series

Texas Ranger (uncredited)

1957

1 episode

 

Wayde Preston in Colt .45 (1957)

Colt .45

7.2

TV Series

Townsman

Barfly (uncredited)

1957

2 episodes

 

Rod Cameron in State Trooper (1956)

State Trooper

7.5

TV Series

Juror (uncredited)

1957

1 episode

 

Glenn Ford and Van Heflin in 3:10 to Yuma (1957)

3:10 to Yuma

7.6

Wade Henchman (uncredited)

1957

 

Playhouse 90 (1956)

Playhouse 90

8.3

TV Series

Trooper (uncredited)

1957

1 episode

 

Gail Davis in Annie Oakley (1954)

Annie Oakley

7.2

TV Series

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

1956

1 episode

 

John Agar, Richard Boone, and Mamie Van Doren in Star in the Dust (1956)

Star in the Dust

6.0

Farmer (uncredited)

1956

 

The Last Hunt (1956)

The Last Hunt

6.8

Barfly (uncredited)

1956

 

Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe, and John Lupton in Man with the Gun (1955)

Man with the Gun

6.7

Townsman (uncredited)

1955

 

Lloyd Bridges and Joan Taylor in Apache Woman (1955)

Apache Woman

4.7

Townsman (uncredited)

1955

 

Richard Jaeckel, Adelle August, and Bill Williams in Apache Ambush (1955)

Apache Ambush

5.4

Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

1955

 

Beverly Garland, Jimmy Lydon, and Wayne Morris in The Desperado (1954)

The Desperado

6.3

Trail Herder (uncredited)

1954

 

William Boyd in Hopalong Cassidy (1952)

Hopalong Cassidy

7.6

TV Series

Townsman at Funeral

Henchman

Townsman (uncredited) ...

1952–1954

11 episodes

 

Richard Denning, Martha Hyer, and George Montgomery in Battle of Rogue River (1954)

Battle of Rogue River

5.6

Trooper (uncredited)

1954

 

Stories of the Century (1954)

Stories of the Century

7.0

TV Series

Raider

Gang Member (uncredited)

1954

2 episodes

 

Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, and Michael Rennie in King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)

King of the Khyber Rifles

6.3

Afridi Horseman (uncredited)

1953

 

Bill Elliott, Myron Healey, Mary Ellen Kay, and Fuzzy Knight in Vigilante Terror (1953)

Vigilante Terror

6.6

Townsman (uncredited)

1953

 

Gene Autry and Champion in Last of the Pony Riders (1953)

Last of the Pony Riders

6.7

Townsman (uncredited)

1953

 

John Crawford in The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953)

The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd

6.7

Tavern Patron (uncredited)

1953

 

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in The Abbott and Costello Show (1952)

The Abbott and Costello Show

8.1

TV Series

Barfly (uncredited)

1953

1 episode

 

Rita Moreno and Dennis Morgan in Cattle Town (1952)

Cattle Town

5.4

Rider (uncredited)

1952

 

Rand Brooks, Terry Frost, Noel Neill, and Whip Wilson in Montana Incident (1952)

Montana Incident

6.2

Homesteader (uncredited)

1952

 

Will Rogers Jr. and Jane Wyman in The Story of Will Rogers (1952)

The Story of Will Rogers

6.6

Townsman at Party (uncredited)

1952

 

Rod Cameron and Peggie Castle in Wagons West (1952)

Wagons West

6.2

Barfly (uncredited)

1952

 

Tim Holt, Richard Martin, and Noreen Nash in Road Agent (1952)

Road Agent

6.0

Deputy (uncredited)

1952

 

Gene Autry and Champion in Night Stage to Galveston (1952)

Night Stage to Galveston

6.2

Townsman (uncredited)

1952

 

Gary Cooper and Mari Aldon in Distant Drums (1951)

Distant Drums

6.4

Trooper (uncredited)

1951

 

Stunts

Mel Brooks and Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles (1974)

Blazing Saddles

7.7

stunts (uncredited)

1974

 

James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The Virginian (1962)

The Virginian

7.6

TV Series

stunt double: Stewart Granger (uncredited)

1970

1 episode

 

Walter Brennan and Dack Rambo in The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)

The Guns of Will Sonnett

7.6

TV Series

stunt double: Walter Breenan (uncredited)

1969

1 episode

 

Don Knotts and Barbara Rhoades in The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

The Shakiest Gun in the West

6.3

stunts (uncredited)

1968

 

Robert Conrad and Ross Martin in The Wild Wild West (1965)

The Wild Wild West

8.1

TV Series

stunt double: John Abbott

stunt driver: Robert Conrad and Ross Martin (uncredited)

1967–1968

2 episodes

 

John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)

Wagon Train

7.5

TV Series

stunt driver: Charles Ruggles (uncredited)

1965

1 episode

 

John Derek, Richard Jaeckel, and Chill Wills in Frontier Circus (1961)

Frontier Circus

7.9

TV Series

stunt double: Frank Ferguson (uncredited)

1961

1 episode