Buddy Joe Hooker
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Buddy Joe Hooker | |
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Born | stunt man | May 30, 1942
Children | 2[1] |
Website | buddyjoehooker |
Buddy Joe Hooker (born May 30, 1942) is an American actor,
Career
Hooker began as a young child actor on the television series
Hooker pursued the stunt profession in Rock Hudson’s Tobruk and Shirley MacLaine’s Sweet Charity. Throughout the years, his reputation as an all around stuntman led to his regular employment as Disney’s premiere stunt coordinator for 8 years.
Hooker’s reputation as the go-to coordinator for car chases grew with movies such as
In the 1977 film about the stunt business, Hooper, Hooker broke industry records with a rocket powered car jump and many other stunts doubling Jan Michael Vincent’s character Ski.[4]
His career continued with the first motorcycle jump over a helicopter as it landed, and rolling a truck 17 times down a sand embankment in the 1971 action feature Clay Pigeon.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences inducted Hooker into its membership during the first year it began a limited initiation of motion picture stunt coordinators.[citation needed] He is an original member of the stunt talent organization Stunts Unlimited and has served five terms as its president.[4]
Hooker was presented with the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 2014 World Stunt Awards.[5]
Personal life
Hooker and his wife Gayle, who is also a stunt performer, have twin sons who worked as stunt performers in the film Spy Kids.[4][1]
Cultural references
The 1978 feature film Hooper, starring Burt Reynolds, is based on a fictionalized account of his life. 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, which broke out into a staged fight. Hooker was the bachelor selected by Fawcett.[6][2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Ask American Profile - American Profile". AmericanProfile.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-05.
- ^ a b c Fawcett, Farrah. "Farrah Fawcett on the Dating Game". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-17. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ^ Mackie, Rob (14 January 2008). "Death Proof". The Guardian.
A couple of the others have graduated from stunt-girl/stand-in status, which should give hope to Death Proof's actual stunt team, including one Buddy Joe Hooker, a name made for marquees.
- ^ a b c "Buddy Joe Hooker". Stunts Unlimited.
- ^ "2014 Taurus World Stunt Awards Event". Taurus World Stunt Awards. May 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
- ^ Walters, Meg (22 June 2020). "The Untold Truth of Farrah Fawcett". TheList.com.
Each move of the fight was choreographed, and the entire thing was staged.
External links
- Official website
- Buddy Joe Hooker at IMDb