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Bernie Pock was born on 28 March 1963 in Innsbruck, Austria. He was an actor and director, known for Star Trek: Generations (1994), Die Hard (1988) and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989). He was married to Debra Jane Lasley. He died on 5 June 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Stunts, Actor, Director
- March 28, 1963
- Bernie Pock
- June 5, 1996
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Bernie Pock (28 March 1963 – 5 June 1996; age 33) was a stuntman, martial artist and stunt actor who worked as Stunt Rigger for the Yosemite climbing sequence in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. He then appeared as the holographic Aikido fighter in the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "Code of Honor" and worked as stunt double fo...
Born as Bernhard Peter Pock in 1963, he was the son of actress Nancy Kwan and Austrian hotelier Peter Pock. Pock was born in Innsbruck, Austria where his mother and father had opened a ski resort, but the marriage did not last long and the couple divorced in 1968. Kwan moved back to Hollywood where she had a two year marriage with Pock's stepfather writer and producer David Giler. Following the divorce Pock and his mother moved to Hong Kong to care for Kwan's ill father. In the late 1970s they returned to the United States where Kwan met her third husband and Pock's second stepfather, director, actor, and producer Norbert Meisel, whom she married in 1976. Kwan described Pock as "Bernhard, who had the blonde hair of his father and the delicate features of his mother."
Pock met Debra Jane Lasley in 1990 and married her in 1992. Both unaware she had AIDS, he contracted HIV from her; she died of the disease shortly after they were married. Pock died of AIDS in 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA; he was only 33 years old.
Television
Among Pock's television stunt work are episodes of North and South (1985, with stunts by Pat McGroarty, Jimmy Ortega, Vince Deadrick, and Greg Barnett), The A-Team (1986, with Dwight Schultz and Gregory Itzin), Magnum, P.I. (1986, stunt coordination by Bob Minor), Beauty and the Beast (1987, with Ron Perlman, Merritt Butrick, Jeffrey Combs, Jimmy Ortega, and Charles Picerni), Rescue 911 (hosted by William Shatner), and his appearance in The Next Generation. Further television work includes episodes of The New Adam-12 (1990, with Peter Parros and Tiny Ron) and Baywatch (1991, stunt coordinated by Greg Barnett and directed by Monte Markham).
Film
Pock started his career in the stunt business in 1984 when he made his first appearance in Streets of Fire on which he appeared as one of the "Roadmasters" gang members alongside fellow stunt performers Vince Deadrick, Jr., Paul Lane, Spiro Razatos, and Jeff Smolek. He then worked on 24 Hours to Midnight (1985), Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985, starring David Graf and stunts by Tom Morga and Brian J. Williams), Back to the Future (1985, starring Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Thomas F. Wilson, with stunts by Richard E. Butler and Max Kleven), Teen Wolf (1985, with stunts by Mike Cassidy and David Michael Graves), Maximum Overdrive (1986, with stunts by Christine Anne Baur, Tom Huff, and Julius LeFlore), The Golden Child (1986), The Lost Boys (1987, with Todd Feder and stunts by Gene LeBell, Janet Brady, and Spice Williams), and Die Hard (1988). In the 1990s he performed stunts in Spaced Invaders (1990, with stunts by David Michael Graves, Ronald R. Rondell, and Gregg Sargeant), Young Guns II (1990), Fast Getaway (1991, directed by Spiro Razatos), Wayne's World (1992), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), and Sneakers (1992). Pock worked as stunt coordinator on the action film Rage and Honor (1992, with Brian Thompson, Alex Datcher, Faith Minton, and stunts by Michael J. Sarna and J.J. Perry), Dangerous Minds (1995, with John Neville and stunts by Jay Caputo), and The War at Home (1996, with Geoffrey Blake). He was the stunt double for Mike Myers in So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) and for Martin Short in Clifford (1994). Further film stunt work includes Loaded Weapon 1 (1993), Wayne's World 2 (1993), Last Man Standing (1995), A Very Brady Sequel (1996, with Gary Cole, Olivia Hack and Whitney Rydbeck), and Thinner (1996, with Time Winters and stunts by Joey Box, Jay Caputo, Bud Davis, Michael Haynes, Lynn Salvatori, and Erik Stabenau). In 1995, Pock made his directorial debut with the drama Rebellious for which he also wrote the story and appeared in front of the camera in the role of Jeremy Duff. His mother and his stepfather appeared in this film while Meisel also worked as producer on it. Actress Amber Tamblyn, a friend of Pock, wrote a poetry book in 2000 and dedicated it to Pock.
•Bernie Pock at the Internet Movie Database
In 1996, when he was 33, Kwan's son, Bernie, died after contracting AIDS from his girlfriend whom Kwan had cautioned him to avoid. Four years after his death, poet and actress Amber Tamblyn compiled her debut poetry book Of the Dawn and dedicated it to Pock.
Bernie Pock was born on March 28, 1963 in Innsbruck, Austria. He was an actor and director, known for Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) and Die Hard (1988). He was married to Debra Jane Lasley. He died on June 5, 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- March 28, 1963
- June 5, 1996
Jun 11, 2010 · June 11, 2010 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 12 Comments. Several weeks ago I wrote about the World of Suzie Wong and my admiration of Nancy Kwan. When I did a little research, I learned she had written a book about her late son, Bernie Pock. This week I read that book.
Bernie Pock was an actor and stuntman who died of AIDS in 1996 at age 33. He was the son of actress Nancy Kwan and Austrian hotelier Peter Pock.
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In Cambodia's 12th-century temple Angkor Wat, Kwan grapples with the death of her son, Bernie Pock, from AIDS at the age of 33 in 1996. The film is being screened in film festivals internationally. It was awarded "Best Feature Documentary" by American International Film Festival and WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.
