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Craig Huxley
American actor, musician (b. 1954) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Craig Huxley (also known as Craig Hundley; born 1954[1]) is an actor, inventor, and musician. He led three albums that were released by Pacific Jazz Records in the late 1960s.
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In 1967, he portrayed Captain Kirk's nephew in the Star Trek episode "Operation Annihilate!".[1][2] The following year, he played a different role in the episode "And the Children Shall Lead".[2][3] As a child, he also acted on television in Kung Fu, The Flying Nun, and Bewitched.[1]
His first album, Arrival of a Young Giant, was a trio album by Hundley (piano), Jay Jay Wiggins (bass), and Gary Chase (drums) that was released in 1968.[4] Craig Hundley Plays with the Big Boys, from the following year, had a big band added to the trio.[5] The 1969 release, Rhapsody in Blue, also featured a big band, and included Ed Thigpen on drums.[6]
Huxley invented a musical instrument – an aluminum refinement of the blaster beam – in the 1970s.[7] His design was patented in 1984.[8] The instrument was used in the soundtrack to Star Trek: The Motion Picture,[7] and Huxley played it for the soundtrack to 10 Cloverfield Lane.[9]
In 1985, Huxley established The Enterprise Studios, a music recording studio in Burbank, California.[10]