Dar Robinson
Acting
1947-03-26 · Los Angeles, California, USA
One of the modern US cinema's greatest stuntmen and stunt innovators, Dar Robinson only appeared in a relatively small number of films compared to other stuntmen (before losing his life in an off-set motorcycle accident); however, he set new benchmarks in stunt performances. Robinson broke 19 world records and set 21 "world's firsts." He also invented the decelerator, a dragline cable rather than an airbag for stunts that involved jumping from high places. Dar Robinson's stunts were always well planned, and he never broke a bone in his 13-year Hollywood career. On November 21, 1986, on the set of the film Million Dollar Mystery, after the completion of the main stunt, the emergency medical staff was dismissed from the set. While filming a routine high speed run by the camera with a fellow stuntman, Robinson rode his stunt motorcycle past the braking point of a turn and straight off a cliff, to his death.
Filmography
Million Dollar Mystery
1987 · Movie
Cyclone
1987 · Movie
Lethal Weapon
1987 · Movie
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
1987 · Movie
King Kong Lives
1986 · Movie
Scorpion
1986 · Movie
Vamp
1986 · Movie
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985 · Movie
Stick
1985 · Movie
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985 · Movie
Turk 182!
1985 · Movie
Firstborn
1984 · Movie
Highpoint
1984 · Movie
Bachelor Party
1984 · Movie
Iceman
1984 · Movie
Police Academy
1984 · Movie
Go for It
1983 · Movie
Nighthawks
1981 · Movie
The Devil at Your Heels
1981 · Movie
Ruckus
1980 · Movie
Airplane!
1980 · Movie
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979 · Movie
The Fantastic Seven
1979 · Movie
The Billion Dollar Threat
1979 · Movie
Paradise Alley
1978 · Movie
The Manitou
1978 · Movie
F.I.S.T.
1978 · Movie
Superstunt
1977 · Movie
CHiPs
1977 · Series
Stunts
1977 · Movie
Airport '77
1977 · Movie
Burnt Offerings
1976 · Movie
Logan's Run
1976 · Movie
Kiss Me... Kill Me
1976 · Movie
Rollerball
1975 · Movie
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
1975 · Movie
The Towering Inferno
1974 · Movie
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974 · Movie
Papillon
1973 · Movie
Magnum Force
1973 · Movie
The Monsters of Babaloo
1970 · Movie
Paint Your Wagon
1969 · Movie
Star!
1968 · Movie