Richard DeHart Crockett (February 27, 1915 â€" January 25, 1979) was
an American television and film actor, stunt performer, stunt
coordinator, producer, and director, best known for his work with
director Blake Edwards.The first film he worked on was Room Service in
1938. The following year he began acting and doing stunt work in
Bachelor Mother and The Hunchback of Notre Dame respectively. He
appeared in Munster, Go Home! and Batman which were both released in
1966 and based on the respective television shows. Crockett continued
as an actor and a stuntman until the late 1970s.He was also an
associate producer for four movies in the 1960s: The Pink Panther, The
Great Race, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? and Gunn. A few years
later he became a second unit director for Darling Lili, The Moonshine
War and Wild Rovers. In 1976 Crockett took his last acting role as
President Gerald Ford (whom he strongly resembled) in The Pink Panther
Strikes Again.
an American television and film actor, stunt performer, stunt
coordinator, producer, and director, best known for his work with
director Blake Edwards.The first film he worked on was Room Service in
1938. The following year he began acting and doing stunt work in
Bachelor Mother and The Hunchback of Notre Dame respectively. He
appeared in Munster, Go Home! and Batman which were both released in
1966 and based on the respective television shows. Crockett continued
as an actor and a stuntman until the late 1970s.He was also an
associate producer for four movies in the 1960s: The Pink Panther, The
Great Race, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? and Gunn. A few years
later he became a second unit director for Darling Lili, The Moonshine
War and Wild Rovers. In 1976 Crockett took his last acting role as
President Gerald Ford (whom he strongly resembled) in The Pink Panther
Strikes Again.
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