Frank da Vinci

Frank James Buddy da Vinci 14 February 1933 4 June 2013 age 80 was a Chicagoborn actor and stuntman who worked as Leonard Nimoys standin and background and stunt performer on Star Trek The Original Series His nickname according to William Blackburn was Buddy The Star Trek Concordance and derivative works occasionally list him as Bud da Vinci Da Vinci was a standin and double for Anthony Perkins in Alfred Hitchcocks classic Psycho which was written by Joseph Stefano based on a novel by Robert Bloch and featured John Anderson in the cast Da Vincis silhouette can be seen in the famous shower murder scene citation needed edit Da Vinci appeared uncredited in the 1964 The Man from UNCLE episode The Project Strigas Affair which featured both William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and was directed by Joseph Sargent A year later he appeared in the episode The Secret Sceptre Affair which also featured Jack Donner and William Boyett was directed by Marc Daniels coproduced by Sam Rolfe and had a musical score by Jerry Goldsmith 1X After Star Trek was cancelled da Vinci continued to be Nimoys standin for two seasons of Mission Impossible He appeared on screen in the first two parts of the threepart episode The Falcon as the uncredited character named Sebastian For most of the two episodes Sebastian was disguised as Nimoys character Paris Nimoy actually applied the mask disguise on to da Vincis face The episodes also featured Lee Meriwether Logan Ramsey Jack Donner Dick Dial and Charles Picerni and the voice of Robert C Johnson Da Vinci left acting in the 1970s Along with Ellsworth he owned and operated two gay night clubs in Los Angeles He passed away due to renal failure on 4 June 2013 The same year the Pepperdine University of Malibu founded the Frank James Buddy da Vinci and George B Ellsworth Scholarship awarded to applicants who empathize service and volunteerism dedicated to improving the mental and physical health of the LGBT community