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Jeffrey Hunter’s Final Film Role Was Responsible for His Death

Did you know that Jeffrey Hunter played Captain Christopher Pike in the pilot episode of Star Trek and that his final marriage only...

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Jeffrey Hunter's Death. In 1969, while filming ¡Viva America! in Spain, Jeffrey Hunter was accidentally injured in an on-set explosion. Soon afterward he began complaining of dizziness and headaches. On May 26th, 1969, he fell down a short flight of stairs at home and struck his head.
Hunter declined to appear in a second Star Trek pilot requested by NBC in 1965 in order to concentrate on film roles. He told the press, I was asked to do it, but had I accepted, I would have been tied up much longer than I care to be.
Served in the Navy from 1945-1946.
Geoffrey Hunter may refer to: Geoff Hunter (footballer) (1959–2022), English soccer player. Geoff Hunter (cricketer) (born 1937), English cricketer. Geoffrey Hunter (logician) (1925–2000), British logician.
33. That same year, Hunter landed the role for which he is probably best known (although it's far from his best work), when he played Jesus in producer Samuel Bronston's King of Kings (1961), which due to Hunter's still youthful looks at 33, was dubbed by irreverent Hollywood wags I Was a Teenage Jesus. After the ...