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Enos Edward "Yakima" Canutt (November 29, 1895 – May 24, 1986) was an American champion rodeo rider, actor, stuntman, and action director. He developed many stunts for films and the techniques and technology to protect stuntmen performing them.
A stunt performer is an actor skilled in both choreographing and safely presenting actions on-screen that appear to be dangerous, risky, or even deadly. Stunts frequently performed include car crashes, falls from great height, drags (for example, behind a horse), and the consequences of explosions. [1] [2] [3]
Richard William Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor and stuntman.He was twice nominated for an Academy Award: in 1978 for Best Supporting Actor for Comes a Horseman, and in 2000 for Best Actor in The Straight Story, making him the second–oldest nominee for the award for the latter.
Also: United States: People: By occupation: Entertainers: Stunt performers Pages in category "American stunt performers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 459 total.
While most actors have stunt doubles for a majority of their scenes, there are a select few Hollywood heavyweights who would rather let their own actions 10 of America's favorite actors who ...
A.J. Bakunas (October 23, 1950 – September 22, 1978) was a stunt performer who died doubling for George Kennedy in a fall from the Kincaid Towers in Lexington, Kentucky, for the film Steel (1979). Born in Fort Lee, New Jersey , Bakunas quit his job as a gym teacher at Tenafly (N.J.) High School in 1974 and set out to break into the film industry.
Dar Allen Robinson (March 26, 1947 – November 21, 1986) was an American stunt performer and actor. Robinson broke 19 world records and set 21 "world's firsts." [1] He invented the decelerator (use of dragline cables rather than airbags for a "high fall gag", [citation needed] or a stunt calling for a jump from a high place) which allowed a cameraman to film a top-down view of the stuntman as ...
Burton started his work in the stunt business in 1965 with his first film being 1966's Beau Geste thanks to his rodeo and horse work. He later met film director and stuntman Hal Needham, who became his mentor. In 1970, Burton and Needham were among the first members of Stunts Unlimited, alongside Charlie Picerni, Sr., Alan Gibbs, Glenn Wilder ...