Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Articles relating to people who worked as stunt doubles, stunt performers, specifically skilled replacements, used for dangerous sequences or other sophisticated stunts (especially fight scenes). Stunt doubles may be used in cases where an actor's physical condition or age precludes much activity, or when an actor is contractually prohibited ...
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.
A stunt double is often a stunt performer, specifically a skilled replacement, used for dangerous sequences or other sophisticated stunts (especially fight scenes). Stunt doubles may be used in cases where an actor's physical condition or age precludes much activity, or when an actor is contractually prohibited from taking certain risks.
Stunt double, film director Victor Monroe Armstrong (born 5 October 1946) is a British film director, stunt coordinator , second unit director , and stunt double —the world's most prolific, according to the Guinness Book of Records .
Bertha "Betty" Danko (September 19, 1903 – February 3, 1979) was an American stuntwoman and stunt double.She doubled for many leading actresses of the 1930s and 1940s, but is best known for having doubled for Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
He has been a stunt double for Kurt Russell, Robert Englund and Christian Slater.He worked on TV shows from The X-Files to Smallville, and films from I, Robot to 300.He has also performed stunts for many commercials, including precision driving for commercials for Honda and Chrysler.
Cheryl Marie Wheeler-Dixon (August 18, 1960 – February 12, 2020) was an American stunt woman, stunt double, and stunt driver in the US movie industry. She was credited as Cheryl Wheeler-Duncan, Cheryl Wheeler, Cheryl M. Wheeler, and Sheryl Wheeler. She was stunt double for Rene Russo, Kathleen Turner, and Goldie Hawn, among others.
Martin Grace (11 September 1942 - 27 January 2010) was a stunt actor, stunt coordinator, second unit director, and stunt double, who appeared in at least 73 films.He is best known for being the stunt double of Roger Moore in the James Bond films and Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones, and Terry Gilliam in Brazil (1985).