Gary McLarty

Known for CrewBorn 1941-01-16Died 2014-10-11North 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Flash and the Firecat

Scarface

Jurassic Park

Heat

Blade Runner

The Terminator

The Blues Brothers

Airwolf

The Hollywood Mom's Mystery

Falling Down

Gridlock

Collateral

The Wild Bunch

Clueless

Ghost

Little Big Man

Big Trouble in Little China

The Front Page

Beverly Hills Cop

Enemy of the State

From Dusk Till Dawn

To Live and Die in L.A.

Gettysburg

Lethal Weapon 2

Animal House

Hook

Wyatt Earp

Demolition Man

Sometimes a Great Notion

Road House

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Patriot Games

The Entity

Lethal Weapon 4

Commando

Police Academy

The Longest Yard

The War Wagon

Gone in Sixty Seconds

The Bridge at Remagen

Nowhere to Run

F/X

Last Action Hero

Chisum

Beverly Hills Cop II

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Into the Night

Tango & Cash