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Gene LeBell, a renowned stuntman ... was even charged with murder when private investigator Robert Duke Hall was killed in 1976. He was acquitted and continued performing stunts for the big and ...
Ivan Gene LeBell was born in Los Angeles, California. He started training in catch wrestling and boxing from his early childhood, influenced by his mother, "Red Head" Aileen Eaton, a promoter of both sports who owned the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, [4] and who was the first woman to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. [5]
Reeves, Noel Neill, Natividad Vacío, Gene LeBell, and a trio of musicians toured with a public-appearance show from 1957 onward. The first half of the show was a Superman sketch in which Reeves and Neill performed with LeBell as a villain called "Mr. Kryptonite" who captured Lois Lane. Kent then rushed offstage to return as Superman, who came ...
[23] Like Booth, LeBell was suspected of murder but never convicted. [24] Pitt channeled Steve McQueen's stunt double Bud Ekins for his portrayal of Booth. [ 25 ] Tarantino also revealed that Booth was inspired by a real stuntman who "was the closest equivalent to Stuntman Mike" ( Kurt Russell ) from Death Proof .
Lebell reportedly had more than 1,000 TV and movie credits, mostly as a stuntman, but […] Gene LeBell Dies: Stuntman, Actor And Wrestling Legend Who Fought Bruce Lee & Chuck Norris Onscreen Was ...
Gene LeBell, the colorful judo champion, wrestler and stuntman who trained Bruce Lee, fought Elvis Presley and John Wayne in the movies and was an inspiration for Brad Pitt’s character in Once ...
Artisans introduces a new series — Where Are They Now? — focusing on living legends of the below-the-line world. Written by James C. Udel, a member of IATSE’s Local 80 Grips since 1993 and ...
Gene LeBell, 89, martial artist, stunt performer ... English-born actress (The Manchurian Candidate, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Murder, She Wrote), five-time Tony ...