Crew
Gary McLarty
EN cinema · 157 credits
Born
16 January 1941
Died
11 October 2014 (aged 73)
Birthplace
North Hollywood, California, USA
Gary McLarty (January 16, 1941 – October 11, 2014) was an American stunt performer and stunt coordinator for film and television. His abilities earned him the nickname "Whiz Kid" in Hollywood. McLarty performed stunts in over 150 films between 1966 and 2004, among them The Wild Bunch, Little Big Man, The Longest Yard, Blade Runner, The Terminator, Jurassic Park, Heat, and Collateral. He was in the helicopter, as a stunt coordinator, when actor Vic Morrow and two children died in an accident on a "Twilight Zone" movie set. In the subsequent trial, McLarty testified that, prior to the accident, he had warned director John Landis that the stunt was too dangerous. In 1991 McLarty shot and killed his roommate. McLarty was cleared of all charges when the Deputy District Attorney determined that it was a clear case of justifiable homicide. On the Friday before as part of a bizarre series of events another man had been fatally shot by Sheriff's deputies at McLarty's Lake View Terrace ranch. McLarty's house also caught on fire and burned down during the same incident. McLarty semi-retired from stunt work in 2004. The following year, he testified at the murder trial of actor Robert Blake, testifying that Blake offered him $10,000 to murder Blake's wife, Bonnie Lee Bakley; McLarty declined. Bakley was fatally shot in Blake's car outside a restaurant in May 2001. Blake was thought by most to be the actual murderer, but was acquitted in a 2005 criminal trial. McLarty died on October 11, 2014 when a pickup truck driven by fellow stuntman Bob Orrison making a U-turn was broadsided by a Jeep Cherokee in Rancho Cordova, California, USA. Both stuntmen were killed instantly. The two persons in the Jeep Cherokee were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
Known for
Filmography
Collateral
Stunt Driver
The Hollywood Mom's Mystery
Stunt Driver
Murder Without Conviction
Stunt Driver
Sonic Impact
Stunts
The Capitol Conspiracy
as Hunter's Men
Mr. Murder
Stunts
The Siege
Stunts
Raven Hawk
Stunts
The Phantom
Stunts
Clueless
Stunts
Showgirls
Stunts
Heat
Stunts
Jade
Stunts
Waterworld
Stunts
Chasers
Stunts
Wyatt Earp
Stunts
Gettysburg
Utility Stunts
Father Hood
Stunts
Falling Down
Stunts
Full Eclipse
Stunts
Roots of Evil
Stunt Driver
Brain Donors
Stunts
976-EVIL II
Stunts
Hook
Stunts
Stone Cold
Stunts
Life Stinks
Stunts
Hard to Kill
as Shotgun Man
Miami Blues
Stunts
Ghost Dad
Stunts
Catchfire
Stunts
Ghost
Stunts
Days of Thunder
Stunt Coordinator
Road House
Stunts
Tango & Cash
Stunts
Rambo III
Stunts
Beverly Hills Cop II
Stunt Coordinator
Over the Top
Stunt Coordinator
Nightforce
Stunts
Bluffing It
Stunt Coordinator
Rolling Vengeance
Stunt Coordinator
Modern Girls
Stunts
F/X
Stunts
Triplecross
Stunt Coordinator
Wisdom
Stunts
Cobra
Stunts
Commando
Stunts
Warning Sign
Stunts
Beverly Hills Cop
Stunt Coordinator
A Breed Apart
Stunt Coordinator
Scarface
Stunts
Blue Thunder
Stunts
Stroker Ace
Stunts
Cannery Row
as Frat Boy #7
The Beastmaster
as Jun Priest
The Entity
Stunts
Blade Runner
Stunts
Yes, Giorgio
Stunts
The Vals
Stunts
S.O.B.
Stunts
The Blues Brothers
as Man in Toy Store, Stunt Coordinator
Coast to Coast
Stunt Coordinator
Gridlock
Stunts
1941
Stunts
Hooper
as Indian (uncredited), Stunts
Animal House
Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
Convoy
Stunts
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
as Carmichael
Mitchell
as Mistretta's Hood, Stunts
Rooster Cogburn
as Emmett (uncredited), Stunts
Crazy Mama
Stunts
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
as Trooper, Stunts
Policewomen
Stunts
McQ
Stunt Driver
Sometimes a Great Notion
Actor, Stunts
The Losers
Stunt Driver
Chisum
Stunts
Hellfighters
Stunts
Bandolero!
Stunts
The Way West
Stunts
Beau Geste
Stunts