Buddy Joe Hooker

Buddy Joe Hooker
Born (1942-05-30) 30 May 1942
Vallejo, California
Occupation Actor, second unit director, stunt man

Buddy Joe Hooker (born May 30, 1942) is a Hollywood actor, second unit director, stunt man and stunt coordinator. He is most famous for his expertise in designing and performing vehicle stunts for movies and television.

Career

His film credits show involvement in over 150 productions. Some of his projects include: Blazing Saddles, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Hooper, Sharky's Machine, To Live and Die In L.A., Rambo: First Blood, Octopussy, The Right Stuff, Scarface, Against All Odds, Gardens of Stone, Lethal Weapon 2, Lethal Weapon 3, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Days of Thunder, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Grindhouse (Death Proof), Righteous Kill and many others. He is also a member of the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall Of Fame.

Cultural references

  • A fictional account of his life is presented in the 1978 feature film Hooper, starring Burt Reynolds. In the film, Hooker actually performed stunts for both Reynolds and Jan-Michael Vincent.[1]He was also on the Dating Game in 1969 with Farrah Fawcett

References

  1. ↑ Ask American Profile - American Profile Archived November 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
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