Ralph Garrett obit

 Stuntman Ralph Garret Has Died

He was not on the list.

Ralph Garrett (15 October 1937 – 19 July 2021; age 83) was a stuntman and stunt coordinator who performed as a stunt double in the two Star Trek: The Original Series third season episodes "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" and "The Cloud Minders". He doubled for David Frankham in his first appearance, and unspecified Troglyte stunts in his latter appearance. He also doubled for Leonard Nimoy in an unspecified episode of Star Trek. (Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, 2d Ed., p. 102)

He was the husband of fellow Star Trek stunt performer Donna Garrett.

Ralph Leland Garrett grew up in suburban Los Angeles, California. Garrett began his career in show business at age thirteen as a member of his father Homer Garrett's Why-Not Twirlers, which was an acrobatic square dance troupe warm-up act at nightclubs. Ralph met his wife Donna Garrett while on leave from the Army at a Why-Not Twirlers rehearsal in 1961; the couple got married three years later in 1964. Garrett's career as a stuntman started in the mid-1960's and lasted until the early 1990's. Outside of his work as a stuntman, Ralph also played small roles in a few films and TV shows. He's the father of two children: Daughter Nicole and son Damon.

Stunts

Drew Barrymore and Kris Kristofferson in No Place to Hide (1992)

No Place to Hide

5.1

stunts

1992

 

Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. in Air America (1990)

Air America

5.8

stunts

1990

 

Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern in Wild at Heart (1990)

Wild at Heart

7.2

stunts

1990

 

Matthew Broderick in Glory (1989)

Glory

7.8

stunt player

1989

 

Terror Night (1989)

Terror Night

4.9

stunts (as Ralph L. Garrett)

1989

 

Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn in Casualties of War (1989)

Casualties of War

7.1

stunts

1989

 

The Jigsaw Murders (1989)

The Jigsaw Murders

4.8

stunts

1989

 

Alien Nation (1988)

Alien Nation

6.3

stunts

1988

 

In Dangerous Company (1988)

In Dangerous Company

3.5

stunts

1988

 

Sylvester Stallone in Rambo III (1988)

Rambo III

5.8

stunts

1988

 

Sherilyn Fenn and Richard Tyson in Two Moon Junction (1988)

Two Moon Junction

5.0

stunts

1988

 

Remote Control (1988)

Remote Control

5.5

stunts

1988

 

Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, and Donna Dixon in The Couch Trip (1988)

The Couch Trip

5.8

stunts

1988

 

Kim Evenson and Charles Laulette in Kandyland (1987)

Kandyland

4.4

stunts

1987

 

Million Dollar Mystery (1987)

Million Dollar Mystery

5.1

stunts

1987

 

Whoopi Goldberg in Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)

Jumpin' Jack Flash

5.9

stunts

1986

 

Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, and Helen Slater in Ruthless People (1986)

Ruthless People

6.9

stunts

1986

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Raw Deal (1986)

Raw Deal

5.6

utility stunts

1986

 

Moving Violations (1985)

Moving Violations

5.7

stunt player

1985

 

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

The Return of the Living Dead

7.3

stunts

1985

 

Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Jenny Wright in The Wild Life (1984)

The Wild Life

6.0

stunts

1984

 

Leslie Nielsen in Police Squad! (1982)

Police Squad!

8.4

TV Series

stunt coordinator

1982

6 episodes

 

The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)

The Sword and the Sorcerer

5.5

stunts

1982

 

Partners (1982)

Partners

5.3

stunts

1982

 

Underground Aces (1981)

Underground Aces

4.2

stunt player

1981

 

The Electric Horseman (1979)

The Electric Horseman

6.4

stunts: chase sequence

1979

 

The One Man Jury (1978)

The One Man Jury

5.4

stunts

1978

 

Night Cries (1978)

Night Cries

6.1

TV Movie

stunts (uncredited)

1978

 

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: chicken and Coors man (uncredited)

1974

 

Soylent Green (1973)

Soylent Green

7.0

stunts (uncredited)

1973

 

Deliverance (1972)

Deliverance

7.7

stunts (uncredited)

1972

 

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

stunt performer: troglytes (uncredited)

1969

1 episode

 

Stefan Arngrim, Gary Conway, Kurt Kasznar, Deanna Lund, Don Marshall, Don Matheson, and Heather Young in Land of the Giants (1968)

Land of the Giants

7.1

TV Series

stunts

1968–1970

 

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

7.2

TV Series

stunts

1964–1968

 

Actor

Robin Wright, Judith Anderson, Valorie Armstrong, Melissa Reeves, Robert Alan Browne, Paul Burke, Ismael 'East' Carlo, Margarita Cordova, Nicolas Coster, Lane Davies, Richard Eden, Gina Gallego, Linda Gibboney, Andrea Howard, Ava Lazar, A Martinez, Todd McKee, John Allen Nelson, Rupert Ravens, Julie Ronnie, Kerry Sherman, Louise Sorel, Jonna Leigh Stack, Marcy Walker, and Dane Witherspoon in Santa Barbara (1984)

Santa Barbara

5.7

TV Series

Thug #3

1985

3 episodes

 

Mimi Rogers, Jim Varney, and Chad Everett in The Rousters (1983)

The Rousters

7.6

TV Series

Wagon Driver

1983

1 episode

 

Johnny Yune in They Call Me Bruce (1982)

They Call Me Bruce

5.6

Bodyguard In The Alley

1982

 

How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980)

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

6.0

Security Guard #2

1980

 

James Stewart and Mickey Rooney in The Magic of Lassie (1978)

The Magic of Lassie

5.5

Kennelman

1978

 

Noah Beery Jr. and James Garner in The Rockford Files (1974)

The Rockford Files

8.2

TV Series

Sal (uncredited)

1976

1 episode

 

Chopper One (1974)

Chopper One

7.0

TV Series

Officer Hadley

1974

1 episode

 

Stefan Arngrim, Gary Conway, Kurt Kasznar, Deanna Lund, Don Marshall, Don Matheson, and Heather Young in Land of the Giants (1968)

Land of the Giants

7.1

TV Series

Toy (uncredited)

1970

1 episode

 

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

7.2

TV Series

Somers

1968

1 episode