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unusual facts about stunt double



Chuck Zito

(born March 1, 1953), is an American actor, amateur boxer, martial artist, celebrity bodyguard, stuntman, former boxing trainer and former president of the New York chapter of the Hells Angels.

Corey Black

He served as a stunt double for actor Tobey Maguire, who he taught the posturing of a professional jockey, and played the role of the jockey (Harry Richards) on Rosemont, William duPont, Jr.'s horse that beat Seabiscuit in the 1937 Santa Anita Handicap.

Fred Krone

He worked in the early days of Steve McQueen’s career and doubled for McQueen in 1960/61 on the TV series Wanted: Dead or Alive, among others.

Igor Breakenback

He was stunt coordinator for Waz (in which he was also the stunt double for Stellan Skarsgård), and for Outlaw (where he doubled for Danny Dyer.) Breakenback also had small acting parts in both films.

Lauren Perkins

Perkins was a stunt double for Jennifer Morrison in the film Grind, performing the characters skateboarding scenes.

Ric O'Barry

Richard O’Barry started out capturing and training dolphins for the Miami Seaquarium and through the 1960s became the head trainer for the five dolphins who collectively played Flipper on the popular American TV show, while also serving as stunt double for show cast member Luke Halpin.

Rick Sylvester

Rick Sylvester (Born April 3, 1942) is a climber and was a Hollywood stuntman, most famous for his BASE jump using skis and a Union Flag parachute from Canada's Mount Asgard for the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me in July 1976.


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Anna Mercedes Morris

She has also completed stuntwork for the upcoming films Lonely Street and Bratz: The Movie, and is also the stunt double for Taryn Manning in the upcoming film Last Resort.

Cole Palen

Palen was associated with several movies, most notably in 1983, when he worked as a stunt double for Woody Allen in the film Zelig.

Damien Walters

Walters has had the role of stunt double or stunt performer in the films: Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Ninja Assassin, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Eagle, I Am Number Four, Blitz, Colombiana, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, and Captain America: The First Avenger.

Eunice Huthart

She later went on to become a stunt double for such stars as Famke Janssen, Angelina Jolie, Milla Jovovich and Uma Thurman.

Freddie Joe Farnsworth

Rules of Engagement, stunt double for Max Martini in "The Unit" and military advisor for Oliver Stone's Alexander.

Hannah Stacey

She was also stunt double for Kelly Brook in the film Fishtales, in which she wore a complete mermaid costume in scenes requiring advanced diving techniques.

Jackson Burns

His fire drag stunt from a vehicle at 246 feet totally engulfed Burns in flames at one point and damaged his Nomex fire suit ; Burns took 22 squib hits at once, 22 total in 15 seconds; and as stunt double for George Kennedy on the motion picture The Man Who Came Back, was dragged from the back of a horse for a total distance of 282 feet.

John West Sinclair

Tennessee-born comedian Sinclair, was a favorite stunt double for such 1920s action heroes as Ken Maynard, Billy Sullivan and Reed Howes.

Johnny Kascier

More often than not, though, Kascier's face was rarely seen, as his primary role at Columbia Pictures was as Moe Howard's stunt double.

Kelly Craig

Her first movie role was as a stunt double for fellow model and actress Bridget Moynahan, in the 2000 movie Coyote Ugly.

Lee Barnes

Barnes has the honor of being the only known stunt double for silent film star Buster Keaton during Keaton's independent years of filmmaking.

Leigh Hennessy

She has worked as Demi Moore's stunt double in GI Jane and many other films, television shows and commercials.

Man Mountain Dean

After a highly successful wrestling tour of Germany which had been booked by his wife, he was invited to take a job in the UK as stunt-double for Charles Laughton in the movie The Private Life of Henry VIII.

Marny Eng

She has been the stunt double for numerous famous actresses such as Lucy Liu, Christina Ricci, Kristin Kreuk and Rachael Leigh Cook.

Mike McGill

Along with Rodney Mullen, McGill was the stunt double for Christian Slater in Gleaming the Cube.

Mitchell Lewis

The other Winkie Guard actors were Harry Wilson, Ambrose Schindler (Jack Haley's Tin Man stunt double), and Italian-born actor Robert St. Angelo, and Phil Harron.

Per Welinder

Per Welinder was a stunt double for some of Michael J. Fox´s skateboard scenes in the classic 1985 time travel movie Back to the Future.

Richard Lester

Gene Hackman, who played Lex Luthor, refused to return for the reshoots, so Lester instead used a stunt double and an impersonator to loop Luthor's lines onto footage of Hackman shot by Donner.

Robbie Maddison

Robbie went to Istanbul early in 2012 to be the motorbike stunt double for James Bond actor, Daniel Craig in the new Bond movie Skyfall.

Sam Greco

He played the stunt double for retired professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin in the 2007 action thriller The Condemned and also had a small part in the 2008 Australian boxing drama film, Two Fists One Heart which was shot in Western Australia.

Sophia Crawford

She was Sarah Michelle Gellar's stunt double on the first four seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The Creature from the Pit

Terry Walsh played Doran in Part One; this was his final appearance in the series having appeared in various roles since 1966 as well as acting as fight arranger and the stunt double for both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker.

Tom Sims

Sims was the primary snowboarding stunt double for "007" (Roger Moore) in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill, which helped popularize both the snowboard and its usage.