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
The Blues Brothers
(1980)
Stunt Coordinator
Heat
(1995)
Stunts
Batman & Robin
(1997)
Stunts
Clueless
(1995)
Stunts
Animal House
(1978)
Stunt Coordinator
"Mitchell"!
(1975)
Stunts
Demolition Man
(1993)
Stunts
Less Than Zero
(1987)
Stunts
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
(1970)
Stunts
Maximum Overdrive
(1986)
Stunts
Blade Runner
(1982)
Stunts
Ghost
(1990)
Stunts
From Dusk Till Dawn
(1996)
Stunts
Rambo III
(1988)
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 Bridge at Remagen
(1969)
Stunts
Run, Angel, Run!
(1969)
Stunts
The Wild Bunch
(1969)
Stunts
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
(1969)
Stunts
The Undefeated
(1969)
Stunts
Chisum
(1970)
Stunts
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
(1970)
Stunts
Little Big Man
(1970)
Stunts
The Losers
(1970)
Stunt Driver
C.C. and Company
(1970)
Stunts
Sometimes a Great Notion
(1971)
Stunts
Chrome and Hot Leather
(1971)
Stunts
The Stone Killer
(1973)
Stunts
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
(1974)
Stunts
The Longest Yard
(1974)
Stunts
Policewomen
(1974)
Stunts
McQ
(1974)
Stunt Driver
The Dion Brothers
(1974)
Stunts
The Front Page
(1974)
Stunts
"Mitchell"!
(1975)
Stunts
A Boy and His Dog
(1975)
Stunts
Rooster Cogburn
(1975)
Stunts
Crazy Mama
(1975)
Stunts
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
(1975)
Stunts
Flash and the Firecat
(1975)
Stunts
The Return of a Man Called Horse
(1976)
Stunts
Vigilante Force
(1976)
Stunts
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
(1976)
Stunts
Hooper
(1978)
Stunts
Convoy
(1978)
Stunts
Animal House
(1978)
Stunt Coordinator
The Great Smokey Roadblock
(1978)
Stunts
1941
(1979)
Stunts
When Time Ran Out...
(1980)
Stunts
Coast to Coast
(1980)
Stunt Coordinator
The Blues Brothers
(1980)
Stunt Coordinator
Gridlock
(1980)
Stunts
S.O.B.
(1981)
Stunts
Blade Runner
(1982)
Stunts
The Vals
(1982)
Stunts
Yes, Giorgio
(1982)
Stunts
The Entity
(1982)
Stunts
Scarface
(1983)
Stunts
The Man with Two Brains
(1983)
Stunts
Twilight Zone: The Movie
(1983)
Stunt Coordinator
The Man Who Loved Women
(1983)
Stunts
Blue Thunder
(1983)
Stunts
Stroker Ace
(1983)
Stunts
The Terminator
(1984)
Stunts
Police Academy
(1984)
Stunts
Beverly Hills Cop
(1984)
Stunt Coordinator
A Breed Apart
(1984)
Stunt Coordinator
Commando
(1985)
Stunts
Moving Violations
(1985)
Stunts
To Live and Die in L.A.
(1985)
Stunts
Warning Sign
(1985)
Stunts
Into the Night
(1985)
Stunts
Triplecross
(1986)
Stunt Coordinator
Modern Girls
(1986)
Stunts
Big Trouble in Little China
(1986)
Stunts
Never Too Young to Die
(1986)
Stunts
Out of Bounds
(1986)
Stunts
Maximum Overdrive
(1986)
Stunts
Eye of the Tiger
(1986)
Stunts
Wisdom
(1986)
Stunts
Cobra
(1986)
Stunts
F/X
(1986)
Stunts
Rolling Vengeance
(1987)
Stunt Coordinator
Less Than Zero
(1987)
Stunts
Code Name: Zebra
(1987)
Stunts
Winners Take All
(1987)
Stunts
Beverly Hills Cop II
(1987)
Stunt Coordinator
Over the Top
(1987)
Stunt Coordinator
Nightforce
(1987)
Stunts
Bluffing It
(1987)
Stunt Coordinator
The Seventh Sign
(1988)
Stunts
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
(1988)
Stunts
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
(1988)
Stunts
Rambo III
(1988)
Stunts
Lethal Weapon 2
(1989)
Stunts
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
(1989)
Stunts
Road House
(1989)
Stunts
Tango & Cash
(1989)
Stunts
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge
(1989)
Stunts
Catchfire
(1990)
Stunts
The Last of the Finest
(1990)
Stunts
Ghost
(1990)
Stunts
Ghost Dad
(1990)
Stunts
Another 48 Hrs.
(1990)
Stunts
Captain America
(1990)
Stunts
Days of Thunder
(1990)
Stunt Coordinator
Miami Blues
(1990)
Stunts
Life Stinks
(1991)
Stunts
Stone Cold
(1991)
Stunts
Hook
(1991)
Stunts
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
(1992)
Stunts
Roots of Evil
(1992)
Stunt Driver
976-EVIL II
(1992)
Stunts
Patriot Games
(1992)
Stunts
Brain Donors
(1992)
Stunts
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
(1992)
Stunts
Father Hood
(1993)
Stunts
Jurassic Park
(1993)
Stunts
Full Eclipse
(1993)
Stunts
Josh and S.A.M.
(1993)
Stunts
Demolition Man
(1993)
Stunts
Extreme Justice
(1993)
Stunts
Nowhere to Run
(1993)
Stunts
Falling Down
(1993)
Stunts
Warlock: The Armageddon
(1993)
Stunts
Last Action Hero
(1993)
Stunts
Gettysburg
(1993)
Utility Stunts
A Low Down Dirty Shame
(1994)
Stunts
Chasers
(1994)
Stunts
Wyatt Earp
(1994)
Stunts
The Puppet Masters
(1994)
Stunts
Shrunken Heads
(1994)
Stunts
Double Dragon
(1994)
Stunts
Heat
(1995)
Stunts
Showgirls
(1995)
Stunts
Clueless
(1995)
Stunts
Waterworld
(1995)
Stunts
Jade
(1995)
Stunts
Night of the Running Man
(1995)
Stunts
From Dusk Till Dawn
(1996)
Stunts
The Sunchaser
(1996)
Stunts
Executive Decision
(1996)
Stunts
Raven Hawk
(1996)
Stunts
The Rich Man's Wife
(1996)
Stunts
The Phantom
(1996)
Stunts
The Sleepwalker Killing
(1997)
Stunts
Batman & Robin
(1997)
Stunts
The Siege
(1998)
Stunts
Lethal Weapon 4
(1998)
Stunts
Mr. Murder
(1998)
Stunts
Enemy of the State
(1998)
Stunts
Active Stealth
(1999)
Stunts
Gone in Sixty Seconds
(2000)
Stunts
Sonic Impact
(2000)
Stunts
Critical Mass
(2001)
Stunts
Hollywood Homicide
(2003)
Stunts
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
(2003)
Stunts
The Hollywood Mom's Mystery
(2004)
Stunt Driver
Collateral
(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