Terry James (born 25 October 1949; age 74) is a stuntman, stunt actor, and stunt coordinator who performed stunts in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation under stunt coordination by Dennis Madalone. He received no credit for this performance.
Born in Ohio, White moved to Los Angeles in his twenties and has started a career in the stunt business, when doubling Greg Evigan in B.J. and the Bear (1979-1981), David Hasselhoff inKnight Rider (1986, starring William Daniels and Patricia McPherson), and John Lithgow in Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983, with Larry Cedar and stunts by Eddy Donno and Eurlyne Epper-Woldman). He also performed in The Dukes of Hazzard, Days of Our Lives, Remington Steele, Santa Barbara (1985, with Nicolas Coster, Louise Sorel, and Ralph Garrett), and Murder, She Wrote. James served as stunt coordinator for episodes of Santa Barbara, The Bold and the Beautiful, and The Young and the Restless, as well as for Stripes (1981, with John Larroquette and Lance LeGault, and stunts by John Cade, Steve Blalock, and Mary Peters) and Revenge of the Nerds (1984, with Brian Tochi, James Cromwell, Bernie Casey, and stunts by Steve Blalock, John Cade, and Corey Michael Eubanks).
James worked as stunt coordinator for Moving Target (1988, with John Glover and stunts by Michael J. Sarna), the drama In Dangerous Company (1988, with Cliff DeYoung and Tracy Scoggins), Rescue 911, Killer Tomatoes Eat France (1991, with stunts by Chris Doyle and Michelle Sebek), the television thriller Sunstroke (1992), Charlie's Ghost Story (1994, with Charles Rocket and Alan Shearman), and Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994, with Robert Picardo, Stephen Davies, Brian Tochi, James Cromwell, and Bernie Casey). In addition, he performed stunts in Baywatch, Quantum Leap (starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell), The Flash, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (starring Joe Lando and Chad Allen), The X-Files, Babylon 5 (starring Andreas Katsulas and Patricia Tallman), and Heaven Help Us, in Blind Fury (1989, with Terry O'Quinn, Noble Willingham, and Meg Foster), Glory (1989), Darkman (1990, with Larry Drake, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Neal McDonough, and stunts by Chris Doyle, Chuck Borden, Dennis Madalone, and Gene LeBell), The Double 0 Kid (1992, with John Rhys-Davies), and Sneakers (1992). Further stunt performances include Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes (1994, with Famke Janssen and Christopher Pettiet), the horror film The Killing Jar (1996, with Brett Cullen and James Noah, and stunts by Michelle Sebek), Anaconda (1997, with stunts by Phil Culotta, Terry Jackson, Denney Pierce, and Mike Smith), Most Wanted (1997), The Prophecy II (1998), Mercury Rising (1998), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999, with Clint Howard, Jack Kehler, Rebecca Romijn, Tony Jay, and stunts by Jennifer Caputo, Lisa Hoyle, Kim Robert Koscki, Monica Staggs, Lynn Salvatori, and Patricia Tallman), The Crow: Salvation (2000, starring Kirsten Dunst), The Way of the Gun (2000), Rush Hour 2 (2001), and L.A. Heat, Pacific Blue, and Without a Trace (starring Enrique Murciano and stunt coordination by Dennis Madalone).
James mainly served as stunt coordinator for projects such as An Unfinished Affair (1996, with Leigh Taylor-Young) and No One Would Tell (1996), Moloney (1996), Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997, with Jessica Collins, Geoff Meed, and Guy Siner), The Godson (1998), the thriller Civility (2000, with Clarence Williams III), and Thank You for Smoking (2005).
In 2003 he was the producer and second unit director for The Trip, stunt coordination by Brian Hite and Oliver Keller. He was also the stunt double for Jon Voight in Holes (2003, with Alex Daniels, Rick Worthy, Eric Pierpoint, Gary Bullock, Jeff Ricketts, Jim Wilkey, and Brian J. Williams and Transformers (2007, written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman).
James performed stunts in Crash and Burn (2008, along Gary Wayton), worked as stunt driver on 17 Again (2009, along Jeremy Fry, Webster Whinery, Alina Andrei, Mark Chadwick, Steve Kelso, Lincoln Simonds, Ator Tamras, and Webster Whinery, Jr.) and Super Capers (2008, with Clint Howard, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr., and Terrell Clayton), and as stunt coordinator on the action comedy Double Duty (2009, with Anthony De Longis and Lisa Lord) and Lower Learning (2008, with Jack Donner and stunts by Henry Kingi, Jr.).
Between 2010 and 2012 he worked as stunt coordinator on several episodes of the daily soap Days of Our Lives for which he received a Daytime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Stunt Coordination in 2012. He previously received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 2011 in the same category for his work on the daily soap The Young and the Restless on which he worked between 1988 and 2012. More recently projects include work as stunt rigger on The Oogieloves in the The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012), as producer on the horror thriller Huff (2012, with Clint Howard), and as stunt coordinator on the action thriller The Last Duane (2013, with Anthony De Longis). in early October 2012, James appeared as a special guest at the Knight Rider Reunion, honoring the 30th birthday of the television series. Other Trek alumni who attended the event were Peter Parros, Burton Armus, Louis Race, and Daphne Ashbrook. [1]