Craig Huxley (also known as Craig Hundley; born 1954) is an actor, inventor, and musician. He led three albums that were released by

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in the late 1960s. In 1967, as a child, he played Captain Kirk's nephew in a ''

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'' episode. He also acted on television in "

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". 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. ''Craig Hundley Plays with the Big Boys'', from the following year, had a big band added to the trio. The 1969 release, ''Rhapsody in Blue'', also featured a big band, and included

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on drums. Huxley invented a musical instrument – an aluminum refinement of the

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– in the 1970s. His design was patented in 1984. The instrument was used in the soundtrack to '' Star Trek: The Motion Picture'', and Huxley played it for the soundtrack to ''

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