Dick Brownfield

Dick Brownfield

Birth name:

Richard Ramon Brownfield

Date of birth:

10 March1938

Place of birth:

Los Angeles County, California, USA

Date of death:

26 May2022

Place of death:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Roles:

Special Effects artist

Richard "Dick" Ramon Brownfield (10 March1938–26 May2022; age 84) worked, while employed byDesilu Productions as part ofJim Rugg's team in a junior position, on the special effects throughout the run ofStar Trek: The Original Series, including the first pilot episode "The Cage", though uncredited as was usual in that era. Subsequently, in the employment ofParamount Television, he worked in the same capacity, now as a senior special effects staffer, on the entire run ofStar Trek: The Next Generation. WhenThe Next Generation ended, he moved on toStar Trek: Voyager and worked on thefirst throughsixth seasons. He was also the special effects coordinator for thevideo gameStar Trek: Borg.

CaptainDick Brownfield was named for him and appeared on a number ofdedication plaques for various starships.

Brownfield has been featured in the 1995documentaries,Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure andE! Inside Star Trek: Voyager.

Career outsideStar Trek[]

Beside his work onStar Trek, Dick Brownfield created special effects forThe Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979) andThe Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985, withMichael Berryman andPenny Johnson and special effects artistMark Stimson) and worked as special effects coordinator onRobert Duncan McNeill's short film9mm of Love (2000, withEthan Phillips,Liz Vassey,Patricia Tallman, editorDaryl Baskin, assistant directorsMichael Risner andDavid Trotti, and special effects artist Mark Stimson).9mm of Love was Brownfield's last recorded motion picture industry work.

Father of two by wife Beverly, with whom he was married on 9 September 1962, Brownfield is survived by his wife, two children, and six grandchildren.

External link[]

• Dick Brownfield at theInternet Movie Database