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Yakima in John Ford's Stagecoach (1939) after doing the "transfer" part of his most famous stunt. When his contract with Wilson expired in 1927, Canutt made appearances at rodeos across the country. By 1928, the talkies were coming out, and though he had been in 48 silent pictures, Canutt knew his career was in trouble. [5]
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 ...
Edward Kidd OBE (born 22 June 1959) is an English former stunt performer.He was paralysed and suffered brain damage following an accident in 1996. [2] On 15 June 2012 it was announced that he had been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to charity.
Replica of motorcycle used by Ekins for stunts in the film The Great Escape.. Through his association with McQueen, Ekins began a career as a film stuntman. [2] Ekins is best known as the actor who jumped the fence on a motorcycle in the 1963 film The Great Escape, and one of the stuntmen who drove the Ford Mustang 390 GT in the car chase scene in the 1968 film Bullitt.
The stuntman, better known as Evel Knievel, was still reveling in the success of his 1967 Caesars Palace fountains motorcycle jump — and by success, he crashed but walked to jump another day.
Ivan Gene LeBell (October 9, 1932 – August 9, 2022) was an American judoka, stuntman, actor and professional wrestler.Nicknamed "Judo Gene" and "The Godfather of Grappling", [2] he is credited with popularizing grappling in professional fighting circles, serving as a precursor to modern mixed martial arts. [2]
Legendary stuntman Henry Kingi and his son Hank, a successful stuntman and coordinator, discuss the racial barriers broken, the effect of their work, and new obstacles for Black stunt performers.
A stunt performer, often called a stuntman or stuntwoman and occasionally stuntperson or stunt-person, is a trained professional who performs daring acts, often as a career. Stunt performers usually appear in films or on television, as opposed to a daredevil , who performs for a live audience.