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| | image = Dick Durock.jpg
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| | series=TOS
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| | character=[[Imperious Leader]] and Cylon
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| | born_day=18
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| | born_year=1937
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| | death_month=9
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| | death_day=17
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| | death_year=2009
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| | nationality= US
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| | imdb= 0244270
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| | sortkey=Durock, Dick
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| '''Dick Durock''' (18 January 1937—September 2009<ref name="obit">{{cite_news|first=Erin|last=Blasko|url=http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20090924/News01/909240308/1052/News01|title=South Bend native, 'Swamp Thing' actor Dick Durock fondly recalled|publisher=South Bend Tribue|page=|date=24 September 2009|accessdate=26 September 2009|language=}}</ref>) was an American stuntman and actor.
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| Starting in 1967, Durock portrayed many characters in many science-fiction and drama TV shows of the 1960s through the mid-1990s. Quoting Durock from his biographical notes from his official web site:
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| :''"You'll notice in the Filmography that in my career I've had a pretty liberal sprinkling of shows in the Sci-fi genre. Mainly, however, I usually played big mean thugs who the hero of whatever show I was doing at the time and would beat the %$@&^# out of. From [[w:Clint Eastwood|Clint Eastwood]] and [[w:Charles Bronson|Charlie Bronson]], etc., in feature films to [[w:Jim Garner|Jim Garner]], [[w:Tom Selleck|Tom Selleck]], [[w:Lee Majors|Lee Majors]] and whole bunch of others in TV. I worked a lot because of my size (6'5"- 215lbs) and kind of a rough look. Film heroes like to beat up guys bigger than they are....makes them look good and believe me, I made a lot of them look good over the years."''
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| Durock had supporting or minor roles in classic SF such as ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek|Star Trek]]'', ''[[w:The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' and ''[[buckwiki:Buck Rogers in the 25th Century|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]''. Durock gained his own stardom as the lead in the movie, ''[[w:Swamp Thing (film)|Swamp Thing]]'', co-starring with actress [[w:Adrienne Barbeau|Adrienne Barbeau]].
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| Durock portrayed the uncredited role of the [[Imperious Leader]] in the episode "[[Saga of a Star World]]."
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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