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- Born
- April 28, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Fulham, London, England
- Died
- January 24, 2009
Gerry Crampton
Gerry Crampton was a British stunt performer and stunt coordinator best known for his work in the James Bond film series. The eldest of five children, Robert Gerald Crampton, was born in Fulham on 28 April 1930. His father, a keen amateur boxer, taught Gerry and his brothers to box. He also became a keen swimmer and taught himself to dive. Gerry left school at the age of 14 to become a butcher's boy before returning to London in 1945, initially finding work at Ealing Studios as a sound assistant on David Lean's Great Expectations (1946). In 1948 Crampton was called up for his National Service and found himself working as a teletypist in the RAF. After Gerry began bodybuilding, winning Britain's Mr Body Beautiful in 1956. Crampton's big chance in films came when he met the James Bond stunt coordinator, Bob Simmons, in 1960, who took him under his wing. In 1967 he appeared in The Aven…
Filmography
movieStoned
2005 · Stunt Coordinator
movieDarkness Falls
1999 · Stunts
movieThe Jungle Book
1994 · Sgt. Major
movieGuinevere
1994 · Stunt Coordinator
tvA Touch of Frost
1992 · Stunts
moviePatriot Games
1992 · Stunts
tvDevices and Desires
1991 · Stunt Coordinator
movieBatman
1989 · Stunt Double
tvTales from the Crypt
1989 · Snaps
movieWillow
1988 · Nockmaar Lieutenant (uncredited), Stunt Coordinator
Still Crazy Like a Fox
movieStill Crazy Like a Fox
1987 · Stunt Coordinator
tvA Killing on the Exchange
1987 · Stunt Coordinator
movieHeavenly Pursuits
1986 · Stunt Coordinator
movieThe Bride
1985 · Gentleman, Stunt Coordinator
tvCover Her Face
1985 · Fight Arranger
tvDempsey and Makepeace
1985 · Knuckles Brannigan
movieGandhi
1982 · Stunt Coordinator
movieRaiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Stunts
movieThe Eagle Has Landed
1976 · Stunt Coordinator
movieI'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
1976 · Party Guest (uncredited)
movieHennessy
1975 · Stunt Coordinator
movieJuggernaut
1974 · Stunt Coordinator
movieDeath Line
1972 · Tunnel Worker
tvThe Protectors
1972 · Barnes
tvAssignment: Vienna
1972 · Freddy
Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat
movieLesson #007: Close Quarters Combat
1971 · Self
tvUFO
1970 · Fight Choreographer
movieCromwell
1970 · Stunt Coordinator
tvCribbins
1969
movieHammerhead
1968 · Stunt Coordinator
movieDark of the Sun
1968 · Stunts
tvThe Prisoner
1967 · Guardian, Kosho Game Opponent
movieThe Dirty Dozen
1967 · Staff Sergeant Alistair Clayton (uncredited), Stunt Coordinator
movieDaleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1966 · Stunts
movieThe Heroes of Telemark
1965 · Stunt Coordinator
movieFrom Russia with Love
1963 · Stunts
movieCaptain Clegg
1962 · Tattooed Sailor (Uncredited)
movieFury at Smugglers' Bay
1961 · Wrecker (uncredited), Stunts
tvThe Avengers
1961 · Guest