Dar Robinson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-03-26 (39 years old)

Deathday

1986-11-21

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Dar Robinson

Biography

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 co...

Acting

1987

Cyclone

as Rolf

1985

1984

Police Academy

as Menacing Thug in Plaid (uncredited)

1986

Vamp

as Security Guard

1977

Airport '77

as Larry

1985

Stick

as Moke

1994

Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular

as Self (archive footage)

1976

1981

Nighthawks

as A.T.A.C. Man

Production

1980

Airplane!

as Stunts

1987

Lethal Weapon

as Stunts

1984

1977

Stunts

as Stunts

1986

Vamp

as Stunt Coordinator

1979

1976

Logan's Run

as Stunts

1973

Magnum Force

as Stunt Driver

1985

Stick

as Stunts

1984

Firstborn

as Stunt Coordinator

1973

Papillon

as Stunts

1978

The Manitou

as Stunts

1985

Turk 182!

as Stunt Coordinator

1978

1969

1978

F.I.S.T.

as Stunts

1979

1981

Nighthawks

as Stunt Coordinator

1982

Highpoint

as Stunts

1986

Scorpion

as Stunt Coordinator

1984

1986

1968

Star!

as Utility Stunts

1975

Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze

as Stunt Coordinator

1974

1981

Ruckus

as Stunts

1984

Police Academy

as Stunt Double

1975

Rollerball

as Stunts

1983

Go for It

as Stunt Coordinator

1984

Iceman

as Stunt Double

1984

Iceman

as Second Unit Director

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