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Second Unit Director, Stunts, Stunts Coordinator
Born:
October 5, 1941
Biography:One of the cinema's most accomplished and prolific stunt men, "Vic Armstrong" has been working for over 30 years on both sides of the Atlantic, in a breathtaking variety of films. A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Armstrong made his stunt debut as a double for "Gregory Peck" in "Stanley Donen"'s "Arabesque" (1966). He went on to do stunt work in countless films and television shows throughout the latter half of the 1960s, contributing to such diverse productions as The Peter Cook and Dudley Moore Show, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (1968), and "You Only Live Twice" (1969).

Thanks to his prowess in executing the most complicated of stunts with unerring accuracy, Armstrong quickly segued into the role of stunt coordinator, first working in this capacity on "Joseph Losey"'s 1970 "Figures in a Landscape". His role as a stunt coordinator for such films as the first two "Superman" installments was complemented... Full Biography

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Vic Armstrong, winner of the Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Vic Armstrong, winner of the Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award
Vic Armstrong, winner of the Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award
Vic Armstrong, winner of the Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award and Arnold Schwarzenegger
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