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Richard Hancock (born 15 January 1945; age 79) is a stuntman and stunt coordinator who worked as stunt double for Jake Dengel on the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "The Last Outpost". His costume with the name tag D. Hancock was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1]

Born in Austin, Texas, Hancock moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s and performed stunts in the sports drama Heart Like a Wheel (1983, with Kerrie Cullen, Vince Deadrick, Eddie Hice, Freddie Hice, Gene LeBell, and Harry Wowchuk), Superman III (1983), Revenge of the Ninja (1983, with Steven Lambert), and Space Rage (1985, with Bruce Barbour and Hubie Kerns, Jr.).

In 1985 he became a member of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures and one year later he worked as stunt coordinator on Pretty in Pink with stunt performers Erik Cord and Pat Romano. Further stunt work in the 1980s include Tough Guys (1986, with Steve Kelso, Rick Sawaya, and Tom Steele), Stakeout (1987), Cold Steel (1987, with Janet Lee Orcutt and Bernie Pock), Batteries Not Included (1987, with Ken Bates and Gerard Williams), Little Nikita (1988, with Jophery C. Brown and Kerrie Cullen), Remote Control (1988, with Tony Brubaker, Michael Cassidy, Laurie Creach, Dana Dru Evenson, Marguerite Happy, and Kim Washington), Alien Nation (1988, with Tom Morga, Leslie Hoffman, and Brian J. Williams), Turner & Hooch (1989), Glory (1989), and Remington Steele, Days of Our Lives, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Quantum Leap, and Mike Hammer.

In the 1990s Hancock worked as stunt coordinator on RoboCop 2 (1990) and RoboCop 3 (1993) and on the comedy series Get Smart (1995, starring Andy Dick), as second unit stunt coordinator on Batman Forever (1995), and performed stunts on films such as Fried Green Tomatoes (1991, with Joy Hooper and Kerrie Cullen), Army of Darkness (1992, with Dennis Madalone, Patricia Tallman, Chris Doyle, Chuck Borden, George Colucci, B.J. Davis, Maria Kelly, Gene LeBell, Ken Lesco, Gary Morgan, Tom Morga, John Nowak, and Brian J. Williams), Under Siege (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993, with Sandy Berumen-Justus, Kiante Elam, Tom Huff, Keith Campbell, and Kane Hodder), On Deadly Ground (1994), Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Strange Days (1995), Casino (1995), The Crow: City of Angels (1996, with Mike Avery, Dan Barringer, Jeff Cadiente, Doug and Eliza Coleman, Chris Doyle, Eddie Mathews, and Rick Sawaya), Mars Attacks! (1996), Conspiracy Theory (1997), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), and Walker, Texas Ranger, JAG, V.I.P., and Soldiers of Fortune.

In 1999 Hancock moved back to Austin, Texas but continued to work in the stunt industry. He performed stunts in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000), Miss Congeniality (2000), Rush Hour 2 (2001), Sin City (2005, with Jeremy Fitzgerald, Tommy J. Huff, Chris Palermo, Mic Rodgers, and Christopher Leps), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006, with Brian Avery, Stacey Elizabeth Carino, Mark Ginther, Henry Kingi, Jr., and Eileen Weisinger), Planet Terror (2007, with Jennifer Caputo, Jeff Imada, Buddy Joe Hooker, and Tim Trella), Friday the 13th (2009, with Cheryl Wheeler Duncan and Michael Owen), and The Final Destination (2009).

More recent stunt work include Predators (2010, with Derek Mears, Joey Anaya, and Tim Trella), Doonby (2011, with Cheryl Wheeler Duncan), the television pilot Zombieland (2013, with Joyce McNeal, Cheryl Lewis, and Victor Paguia), the crime drama Clean Sweep (2013, with James Lew and Yoshio Iizuka), and as stunt rigger on Exists (2014).

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