Born in Florida, Gibbs has doubled for actors such as Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Charles Bronson, and Burt Reynolds (1973 in The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing and 1977 in Smokey and the Bandit). Beside Star Trek, Gibbs performed stunts in the television series The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967, along Bob Bralver and Dick Geary), The Immortal (1971), Mannix (1971-1973), The Magician (1974, with Abraham Sofaer and Glenn R. Wilder), Vega$ (1980), Riptide, and Knight Rider (1986, with Patricia McPherson, Henry Darrow, Ada Maris, and Andy Gill).