Bill Hart
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Bill Hart was not simply an actor and stuntman playing a part, he was regarded by his peers as the real deal, a cowboy who rode with the best of them. Hart got his start working with John Wayne on the 1960 film The Alamo, and was a semi-regular bit player on classic western television shows such as Gunsmoke and Rawhide.
He was also committed to his craft. During a stunt for The Wild Bunch he was blown off his horse from an explosion caused by real dynamite. He and several other stuntmen fell from a bridge into the river below, the stunt killing one of the horses.
Bill Hart was not simply an actor and stuntman playing a part, he was regarded by his peers as the real deal, a cowboy who rode with the best of them. Hart got his start working with John Wayne on the 1960 film The Alamo, and was a semi-regular bit player on classic western television shows such as Gunsmoke and Rawhide.
He was also committed to his craft. During a stunt for The Wild Bunch he was blown off his horse from an explosion caused by real dynamite. He and several other stuntmen fell from a bridge into the river below, the stunt killing one of the horses.
Over the course of his career Hart would coordinate and perform stunts, as well as play small parts in more than 50 television shows and films.
He died January 2, 2015, in Northridge, California. He was 80.
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