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.
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]
{{
cite news}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link)