Gerry Crampton
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- 28 aprile 1930 · Fulham, London, England
- 24 gennaio 2009
Biografia
Gerry Crampton was a British stunt performer and stunt coordinator best known for his work in the James Bond film series. The eldest of five children, Robert Gerald Crampton, was born in Fulham on 28 April 1930. His father, a keen amateur boxer, taught Gerry and his brothers to box. He also became a keen swimmer and taught himself to dive. Gerry left school at the age of 14 to become a butcher's boy before returning to London in 1945, initially finding work at Ealing Studios as a sound assistant on David Lean's Great Expectations (1946). In 1948 Crampton was called up for his National Service and found himself working as a teletypist in the RAF. After Gerry began bodybuilding, winning Britain's Mr Body Beautiful in 1956. Crampton's big chance in films came when he met the James Bond stunt coordinator, Bob Simmons, in 1960, who took him under his wing. In 1967 he appeared in The Avengers episode entitled "Dead Man's Treasure" in the role of 1st Guest. Crampton had a special expertise working in India where he first worked on Tarzan Goes to India in 1962 with Jock Mahoney. He was to return to India 48 more times in his career, working on countless Indian as well as British productions
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Filmografia
- Stoned · Stunt Coordinator
- Darkness Falls · Stunts
- Mowgli - Il libro della giungla · Sgt. Major
- Il grande amore di Ginevra · Stunt Coordinator
- Jack Frost · Stunts
- Giochi di potere · Stunts
- Batman · Stunt Double
- I racconti della cripta · Snaps
- Willow · Nockmaar Lieutenant (uncredited), Stunt Coordinator
- Still Crazy Like a Fox · Stunt Coordinator
- A Killing on the Exchange · Stunt Coordinator
- Heavenly Pursuits · Stunt Coordinator
- La sposa promessa · Gentleman, Stunt Coordinator
- Cover Her Face · Fight Arranger
- Dempsey and Makepeace · Knuckles Brannigan
- Gandhi · Stunt Coordinator
- I predatori dell'arca perduta · Stunts
- La notte dell'aquila · Stunt Coordinator
- I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight · Party Guest (uncredited)
- Il giorno più lungo di Scotland Yard · Stunt Coordinator
- Juggernaut · Stunt Coordinator
- Non prendete quel metrò · Tunnel Worker
- The Protectors · Barnes
- Assignment: Vienna · Freddy
- Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat · In persona
- UFO · Fight Choreographer
- Cromwell - Nel suo pugno la forza di un popolo · Stunt Coordinator
- Cribbins
- Trafficanti del piacere · Stunt Coordinator
- Il buio oltre il sole · Stunts
- Il prigioniero · Guardian, Kosho Game Opponent
- Quella sporca dozzina · Staff Sergeant Alistair Clayton (uncredited), Stunt Coordinator
- Daleks - Il futuro fra un milione di anni · Stunts
- Gli eroi di Telemark · Stunt Coordinator
- A 007, dalla Russia con amore · Stunts
- Gli spettri del capitano Clegg · Tattooed Sailor (Uncredited)
- La Baia Dei Pirati · Wrecker (uncredited), Stunts
- Agente speciale · Guest