Dar Robinson
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
March 26, 1947Deathday
November 21, 1986Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
46Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USAAlso known as
Dar Allen RobinsonCast credits
Cyclone
RolfVamp
Security GuardAirport '77
LarryStick
MokeDoc Savage: The Man of Bronze
NativeThe Devil At Your Heels
HimselfCharlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular
Self (archive footage)Kiss Me, Kill Me
JimboNighthawks
A.T.A.C. ManThe Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
SelfTo Live and Die in L.A.
FBI AgentCrew credits
Vamp
Stunt CoordinatorRollerball
StuntsGo for It
Stunt CoordinatorIceman
Second Unit Director, Stunt DoubleThe Monsters of Babaloo
StuntsLethal Weapon
StuntsPolice Academy
StuntsPolice Academy 2: Their First Assignment
StuntsThe Fantastic Seven
StuntsThe Towering Inferno
StuntsThe Concorde... Airport '79
StuntsLogan's Run
StuntsMagnum Force
Stunt DriverScorpion
Stunt CoordinatorBachelor Party
StuntsParadise Alley
StuntsThe Manitou
StuntsF.I.S.T.
StuntsDoc Savage: The Man of Bronze
Stunt CoordinatorSmile Jenny, You're Dead
Stunt DoublePapillon
Stunts