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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 ...
Actor and stuntman Dar Robinson died in November 1986 on the set of Million Dollar Mystery. ... 1987, at various Florida locations. [16] Home video
Two clumsy government spies named Fred and Bob are looking for Sidney. Sidney suffers a fatal heart attack and before dying asks for a kiss from the waitress, then he reveals to the onlookers the location of the first million dollars which he says is "In the city of the bridge". The onlookers are the Briggs Family (Stuart, Barbara, and Howie ...
He died instantly upon impact of multiple injuries, and The Late, Late Breakfast Show was cancelled two days later. [223] Million Dollar Mystery (1987). Stuntman Dar Robinson died in a motorcycle accident after a dangerous stunt had been filmed and the medics on the set had been dismissed. Dar was going around a curve when his motorcycle ...
Famed stuntman Dar Robinson, who played Moke, the albino hit-man, filmed his death scene by free falling from the side of a building while firing a gun. Robinson used his own invention, a decelerator, so cameras could film from above without a visible airbag below (a scattering crowd of people below can also be seen in this shot). [9]
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The stuntman was Dar Robinson. Despite it being a record-setting fall, only the beginning of the stunt, as he goes through the window, was used in the film. A dummy was used for the outside wide shot of the fall beside the skyscraper. [17] Diehl, who was 50 when he wrote the novel, saw the movie shot on location in and around his hometown of ...
Brunswick County Board of Education member David Robinson died Monday. Robinson, 46, had 35 years of serving the public as well as owning a local business. He was seeking another term on the ...