Allan Wyatt


Stunt Coordinator

About

Born
May 07, 1917
Died
August 12, 1992
Cause of Death
Cancer

Biography

Veteran stuntman, stunt coordinator and second unit director whose Hollywood career spanned four decades. Wyatt started out as a stunt double for Jon Hall in "The Last of the Redmen" (a 1946 adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans") and went on to stand in for such performers as Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Errol Flynn, Buddy Ebsen and George Montgomery.As a stunt...

Biography

Veteran stuntman, stunt coordinator and second unit director whose Hollywood career spanned four decades. Wyatt started out as a stunt double for Jon Hall in "The Last of the Redmen" (a 1946 adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans") and went on to stand in for such performers as Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Errol Flynn, Buddy Ebsen and George Montgomery.

As a stunt coordinator, Wyatt worked primarily on Western and action movies such as Blake Edwards' "The Wild Rovers" (1971), "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry" (1974), "Duel at Diablo" (1966), "Valdez is Coming" (1971), "The Long Ride Home/A Time for Killing" (1967) and "Heaven With a Gun" (1969). His TV credits include "The Streets of San Francisco," "Barnaby Jones" and "The Quest." Wyatt's last feature credits include Amy Heckerling's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982) and Steven Spielberg's "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982). His son, Allan Jr., is also a stunt coordinator.

Life Events

1947

Started his career doubling for Jon Hall in "The Last of the Redmen"

Family

Allan Wyatt Jr
Son
Stuntman; stunt coordinator. Survived him.
Gail Wyatt
Daughter
Survived him.

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