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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.
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Articles relating to stunt performers, trained professionals who perform daring acts, often as a career. When they take the place of an actor, ...
Robert Craig Knievel (October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007), known professionally as Evel Knievel (/ ˈ iː v ə l k ə ˈ n iː v ə l /), was an American stunt performer and entertainer. Throughout his career, he attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps .
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 ...
In past Hollywood films it was common for men to double for women and white American stunt performers to double for African American performers, in a practice known as "wigging". [15] Veteran stunt man Dave Sharpe , a man of shorter than average height, often doubled for women in film serials of the 1930s and '40s.
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William Shatner with Cravat as the gremlin (far shot, not in full costume) in The Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (1963). Nicholas Cuccia (pronounced coo-cha; January 10, 1912 – January 29, 1994), [2] better known by his stage name Nick Cravat, was an American actor and stunt performer.