Jock Mahoney The Life and Films of a Hollywood Stuntman |
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| Author:
| Freese, Gene |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7864-7689-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95USD $3.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the first biography of a Hollywood legend. Iowa-born Jock Mahoney was an elite athlete and US Marines fighter pilot prior to falling into a film career. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest stuntmen in movie history, having taken leaps and bounds for Errol Flynn, John Wayne, Randolph Scott, and Gregory Peck. Mahoney was one of the first stuntmen to successfully move into acting as the popular star of the 1950s.
This is the first biography of a Hollywood legend. Iowa-born Jock Mahoney was an elite athlete and US Marines fighter pilot prior to falling into a film career. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest stuntmen in movie history, having taken leaps and bounds for Errol Flynn, John Wayne, Randolph Scott, and Gregory Peck. Mahoney was one of the first stuntmen to successfully move into acting as the popular star of the 1950s.