Neil Summers

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Neil Summers (born April 28, 1944 in London ) is an American stuntman and actor .

Life

Summers was born in London and grew up in South Africa until 1958 when his family moved to the United States. After graduating from high school in Phoenix , Arizona, he began working as a professional stunt performer. In the early years of his career, he mainly worked in American western films - especially with John Wayne  - and western series such as Bonanza and Smoking Colts . After director Sergio Leone saw Summers in the late west That Was Roy Bean from 1970, he hired him to sidekick Terence Hill and Henry Fonda in the Italian western parody My Name Is Nobody , which enabled Summers to gain a foothold in the European film industry . He was a stuntman and actor in supporting roles in cinema and television films, as well as in television series, including Lucky Luke , Harry and the Hendersons or Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor .

Summers is an avowed “Western fan” and has an extensive collection of Western memorabilia, some of which are on display in the Gene Autry Museum. He wrote several books about the "Wild West" and its portrayal in film and television. After more than 40 years as a stuntman he is one of the "most frequently killed actors": During the course of his career he was "shot" several times by John Wayne, James Arness (as Marshal Matt Dillon) and the actors of the Cartwright family from Bonanza .

His filmography as a stuntman includes films such as Die nackte Kanone 2½ (1991), Chaplin (1992), Die nackte Kanone 33⅓ (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996), The Jackal (1997), US Marshals (1998) and The Mercury Puzzle (1998)

As a performer he starred in, among others, That Was Roy Bean (1970), My Name Is Nobody (1973), Wild at Heart - The Story of Sailor and Lula (1990), Dick Tracy (1990), The Troublemaker (1994), Bad Girls (1994), The Condemned (1994) and Murder in the First (1995).

In 2001 Summers, who is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild thanks to Audie Murphy's mediation , received the Angel Halo Award from the Southern California Motion Picture Council for his work. Summers currently resides in Albuquerque with his wife, Karen . He is the son of racing cyclist Walter Summers .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dan Mayfield: Western Stuntman, Actor Gets Back on the Horse in NM In: abqjournal.com. September 26, 2008, accessed April 2, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Cycling. 7th August 1973.
personal data
SURNAME Summers, Neil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American stunt man and actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH London