Gary Kent, stuntman who inspired Tarantino movie, dies at 89
Kent's earliest films include 'Battle Flame,' horror flick 'The Thrill Killers,' the original 'The Black Klansman' and biker film 'The Savage Seven.'
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Kent's earliest films include 'Battle Flame,' horror flick 'The Thrill Killers,' the original 'The Black Klansman' and biker film 'The Savage Seven.'
Richard Rush He also helmed three films featuring a young Jack Nicholson as well as one of the first buddy-cop movies, 'Freebie and the Bean.' Richard Rush, the writer, director and producer who earned two Oscar nominations for his work on the deliciously dark Peter O'Toole comedy The Stunt Man, has died. He was 91. Rush died Thursday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, his wife, Claude, told The Hollywood Reporter. He demonstrated an incredible "will to live" and survived 18 years with a heart transplant, she noted. Early in his career, Rush directed the youth-targeted flicks He...