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.
Known For
The Terminator
(1984)
Stunts
Scarface
(1983)
Stunts
Blade Runner
(1982)
Stunts
Heat
(1995)
Stunts
Rambo III
(1988)
Stunts
Ghost
(1990)
Stunts
Road House
(1989)
Stunts
From Dusk Till Dawn
(1996)
Stunts
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
(1970)
Stunts
Demolition Man
(1993)
Stunts
Batman & Robin
(1997)
Stunts
The Blues Brothers
(1980)
Stunt Coordinator
Clueless
(1995)
Stunts
Showgirls
(1995)
Stunts
Enemy of the State
(1998)
Stunts
Police Academy
(1984)
Stunts
Full Filmography
Crew
Beau Geste
(1966)
Stunts
The Way West
(1967)
Stunts
Ice Station Zebra
(1968)
Stunts
Bandolero!
(1968)
Stunts
Hellfighters
(1968)
Stunts
The Wild Bunch
(1969)
Stunts
Run, Angel, Run!
(1969)
Stunts
The Bridge at Remagen
(1969)
Stunts
The Undefeated
(1969)
Stunts
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
(1969)
Stunts
Little Big Man
(1970)
Stunts
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
(1970)
Stunts
C.C. and Company
(1970)
Stunts
The Losers
(1970)
Stunt Driver
Chisum
(1970)
Stunts
Chrome and Hot Leather
(1971)
Stunts
Sometimes a Great Notion
(1971)
Stunts
The Stone Killer
(1973)
Stunts
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
(1974)
Stunts
Policewomen
(1974)
Stunts
The Longest Yard
(1974)
Stunts
McQ
(1974)
Stunt Driver
The Dion Brothers
(1974)
Stunts
The Front Page
(1974)
Stunts
Crazy Mama
(1975)
Stunts
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
(1975)
Stunts
A Boy and His Dog
(1975)
Stunts
Flash and the Firecat
(1975)
Stunts
"Mitchell"!
(1975)
Stunts
Rooster Cogburn
(1975)
Stunts
The Return of a Man Called Horse
(1976)
Stunts
Vigilante Force
(1976)
Stunts
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
(1976)
Stunts
Animal House
(1978)
Stunt Coordinator
Hooper
(1978)
Stunts
Convoy
(1978)
Stunts
The Great Smokey Roadblock
(1978)
Stunts
1941
(1979)
Stunts
The Blues Brothers
(1980)
Stunt Coordinator
When Time Ran Out...
(1980)
Stunts
Gridlock
(1980)
Stunts
Coast to Coast
(1980)
Stunt Coordinator
S.O.B.
(1981)
Stunts
The Entity
(1982)
Stunts
Blade Runner
(1982)
Stunts
Yes, Giorgio
(1982)
Stunts
The Vals
(1982)
Stunts
Scarface
(1983)
Stunts
Blue Thunder
(1983)
Stunts
The Man with Two Brains
(1983)
Stunts
Stroker Ace
(1983)
Stunts
The Man Who Loved Women
(1983)
Stunts
Twilight Zone: The Movie
(1983)
Stunt Coordinator
A Breed Apart
(1984)
Stunt Coordinator
Beverly Hills Cop
(1984)
Stunt Coordinator
Police Academy
(1984)
Stunts
The Terminator
(1984)
Stunts
Commando
(1985)
Stunts
Into the Night
(1985)
Stunts
Moving Violations
(1985)
Stunts
Warning Sign
(1985)
Stunts
To Live and Die in L.A.
(1985)
Stunts
Cobra
(1986)
Stunts
Out of Bounds
(1986)
Stunts
F/X
(1986)
Stunts
Never Too Young to Die
(1986)
Stunts
Big Trouble in Little China
(1986)
Stunts
Eye of the Tiger
(1986)
Stunts
Wisdom
(1986)
Stunts
Triplecross
(1986)
Stunt Coordinator
Maximum Overdrive
(1986)
Stunts
Modern Girls
(1986)
Stunts
Over the Top
(1987)
Stunt Coordinator
Beverly Hills Cop II
(1987)
Stunt Coordinator
Winners Take All
(1987)
Stunts
Nightforce
(1987)
Stunts
Bluffing It
(1987)
Stunt Coordinator
Rolling Vengeance
(1987)
Stunt Coordinator
Less Than Zero
(1987)
Stunts
Code Name: Zebra
(1987)
Stunts
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
(1988)
Stunts
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
(1988)
Stunts
The Seventh Sign
(1988)
Stunts
Rambo III
(1988)
Stunts
Lethal Weapon 2
(1989)
Stunts
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
(1989)
Stunts
Road House
(1989)
Stunts
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge
(1989)
Stunts
Tango & Cash
(1989)
Stunts
Days of Thunder
(1990)
Stunt Coordinator
The Last of the Finest
(1990)
Stunts
Catchfire
(1990)
Stunts
Miami Blues
(1990)
Stunts
Another 48 Hrs.
(1990)
Stunts
Ghost Dad
(1990)
Stunts
Ghost
(1990)
Stunts
Captain America
(1990)
Stunts
Hook
(1991)
Stunts
Stone Cold
(1991)
Stunts
Life Stinks
(1991)
Stunts
Patriot Games
(1992)
Stunts
Roots of Evil
(1992)
Stunt Driver
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
(1992)
Stunts
976-EVIL II
(1992)
Stunts
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
(1992)
Stunts
Brain Donors
(1992)
Stunts
Jurassic Park
(1993)
Stunts
Nowhere to Run
(1993)
Stunts
Extreme Justice
(1993)
Stunts
Falling Down
(1993)
Stunts
Warlock: The Armageddon
(1993)
Stunts
Last Action Hero
(1993)
Stunts
Father Hood
(1993)
Stunts
Demolition Man
(1993)
Stunts
Gettysburg
(1993)
Utility Stunts
Josh and S.A.M.
(1993)
Stunts
Full Eclipse
(1993)
Stunts
Chasers
(1994)
Stunts
A Low Down Dirty Shame
(1994)
Stunts
Shrunken Heads
(1994)
Stunts
Wyatt Earp
(1994)
Stunts
The Puppet Masters
(1994)
Stunts
Double Dragon
(1994)
Stunts
Clueless
(1995)
Stunts
Showgirls
(1995)
Stunts
Heat
(1995)
Stunts
Night of the Running Man
(1995)
Stunts
Jade
(1995)
Stunts
Waterworld
(1995)
Stunts
The Sunchaser
(1996)
Stunts
From Dusk Till Dawn
(1996)
Stunts
Raven Hawk
(1996)
Stunts
Executive Decision
(1996)
Stunts
The Rich Man's Wife
(1996)
Stunts
The Phantom
(1996)
Stunts
The Sleepwalker Killing
(1997)
Stunts
Batman & Robin
(1997)
Stunts
Lethal Weapon 4
(1998)
Stunts
Mr. Murder
(1998)
Stunts
The Siege
(1998)
Stunts
Enemy of the State
(1998)
Stunts
Active Stealth
(1999)
Stunts
Sonic Impact
(2000)
Stunts
Gone in Sixty Seconds
(2000)
Stunts
Critical Mass
(2001)
Stunts
Hollywood Homicide
(2003)
Stunts
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
(2003)
Stunts
Collateral
(2004)
Stunt Driver
The Hollywood Mom's Mystery
(2004)
Stunt Driver
Murder Without Conviction
(2004)
Stunt Driver
Acting
Sometimes a Great Notion
(1971)
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
(1974)
Trooper
"Mitchell"!
(1975)
Mistretta's Hood
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
(1977)
Carmichael
Hooper
(1978)
Indian (uncredited)
The Blues Brothers
(1980)
Man in Toy Store
...All the Marbles
(1981)
Thug
Cannery Row
(1982)
Frat Boy #7
Hard to Kill
(1990)
Shotgun Man
Directing