STUNTMAN WILLIAMS DEAD AT 85

Last updated: Tuesday, April 17, 2007

STUNTMAN WILLIAMS DEAD AT 85

JACK WILLIAMS, a revered Hollywood stuntman who appeared in Gone With The Wind and countless western classics, has died in California. He was 85.

Acclaimed as the best horse stuntman in Hollywood, Williams was famous for perfecting the horse fall for battle and fight sequences. During his heyday in the 1940s and 1950s, he worked exclusively with his own trained horse, Coco.

He made his mark in 1936's The Charge of The Light Brigade and went on to pull stunts in films like Fort Apache, Rio Grande, The Magnificent Seven and The Alamo.

He died from heart failure in a Sylmar hospital last week (ends13Apr07). A memorial service is planned for tomorrow (18Apr07) in Newhall, California.

Source: WENN

| Tuesday, April 17, 2007

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