Mickey Gilbert is an American rodeo performer and film stunt man. Gilbert has been Robert Redford's stuntman on Redford films beginning with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), through The Old Man & the Gun (1988).
Moab Happenings Archive. In the movie, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” it was Mickey Gilbert doubling for Robert Redford and Howard Curtis doubling for Paul Newman, when they jumped off the cliff into the river almost a hundred feet high.
Redford made his film debut in War Hunt (1962). He gained success as a leading man in films such as Barefoot in the Park (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), and The Candidate (1972).
In the decades that followed Paul Newman and Robert Redford's two films together, it was clear that they forged a lifelong friendship through them. This bond went on to solidify the impact of the two films in each of their careers, serving as a sentimental backdrop amid their real life friendship off-screen.
However, Redford and Van Wagenen divorced in 1985. “It was mutual and it was right to move on,” Redford told The Telegraph in 2001, confirming his growing success in Hollywood put a strain on the marriage over the years. “We still have great love, great affection, great friendship.
Van Horn worked with Eastwood and his Malpaso Productions on nearly three dozen movies over more than four decades. A charter member of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures and member of the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame, Van Horn began as Eastwood's stunt double on Don Siegel's Coogan's Bluff (1968).
…in 1935 in the film Hopalong Cassidy. With his tall stature and white hair, Boyd was a distinctive figure; wearing a black hat and costume and riding a white horse, he quickly became identified by the public with the screen hero. Boyd played the role in subsequent films until the…
He often did his own stunts in action sequences but made sure the stunt men who were hired for it were paid, so as not to put anyone out of work. He is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival, which he named after his character from the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
The bumps on Redford's chin are protuberant flesh-colored nodules, moles that have grown inward." -- Matt Damon: "He has a lot of moles -- all over his neck and back. You can see them in 'Good Will Hunting' when he takes off his shirt. They are not skin cancer, but having so many does increase the risk of melanoma.
Why does Robert Redford wear a ring on his right hand?
Throughout The Sting (and most of his movies), Robert Redford wears a plain silver ring on the third finger of his right hand, which the actor has stated was a gift from Hopi Indians in 1966.
He was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. His epitaph read, "America's Favorite Cowboy ... American Hero, Philanthropist, Patriot and Veteran, Movie Star, Singer, Composer, Baseball Fan and Owner, 33rd Degree Mason, Media Entrepreneur, Loving Husband, Gentleman".
In 1935 studio officials conceded that Mulford's Cassidy could not be portrayed to young people as a hero. Boyd supported that belief and developed the role of a cowboy who epitomized clean living. With this philosophy adopted in Boyd's personal life, he lost his old identity and became Hopalong Cassidy.
The film series finally ended as "B" westerns were being phased out. In the first film, Hopalong Cassidy (then spelled "Hop-along") got his name after being shot in the leg.
mulford told of Cassidy in a series of stories and novels (some illustrated by famed western artist maynard Dixon) beginning in 1905. Hopalong, who received his moniker from his limp, the result of a bullet wound, was a rough cowboy with all the usual bad habits: drinking, swearing, smoking, shooting, and gambling.
Sean Connery almost always used a stunt double, except in From Russia With Love where he performed almost all of his stunts himself, including the boat scene.
Patrick Swayze was an accomplished skydiver, and took part in the big skydiving scene. He made fifty-five jumps in total. For many of the surfing scenes, Patrick Swayze refused to use a stunt double, as he never had one for fight scenes or car chases.
Robert Redford originally agreed to play Blue and backed out at the last minute. He was sued by Paramount and afterward refused Roman Polanski's offer to play Guy Woodhouse in Paramount's Rosemary's Baby (1968).
The Autrys never had children. On July 4, 1934, he, Ina, and his comic sidekick, Smiley Burnette, left Chicago for Hollywood in Gene's Buick. He thought movies would help sell his records.
