Robert Lee Minor or Bob Lee Minor (born January 1, 1944) is an American stunt performer

Stunt performer

A stuntman, or daredevil is someone who performs dangerous stunts, often as a career.These stunts are sometimes rigged so that they look dangerous while still having safety mechanisms, but often they are as dangerous as they appear to be...

, television

Television

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 and film

Film

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 actor, best known for doubling many celebrities such as: Jim Brown

Jim Brown

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, Fred Williamson

Fred Williamson

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, Bernie Mac

Bernie Mac

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, Danny Glover

Danny Glover

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, Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers

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 and John Amos

John Amos

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. Minor was born in Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

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, and made his first television appearance in 1973 on the television program

Television program

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, Search

Search (TV series)

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, then appeared in tons of shows such as: Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. A spin-off from Cannon, the show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement...

, McCloud, The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

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, Eight is Enough

Eight Is Enough

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, and Starsky and Hutch

Starsky and Hutch

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among other popular television program

Television program

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s.

Stunt Performing

Here is a list of stunt performances Bob Minor has done:

• Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
• The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972)
• Hammer
  Hammer (film)
  Hammer is a 1972 blaxploitation film directed by Bruce Clark. The film was released following the successes of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and Shaft, notable 1971 films that popularized black cinema....
  
  (1972)
• Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)
• Coffy (1973)
• Cleopatra Jones (1974)
• Live and Let Die (1974)
• Detroit 9000 (1974)

Actor

• Foxy Brown (1974)
• The Deep
  The Deep (film)
  The Deep is a 1977 adventure film directed by Peter Yates and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. The film stars Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, and Nick Nolte.-Plot:...
  
  (1977)
• The Driver
  The Driver
  The Driver is a 1978 crime film directed by Walter Hill and starring Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, and Isabelle Adjani. Based upon similarities in plot elements, it is heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's film Le Samouraï...
  
  (1978)
• Norma Rae
  Norma Rae
  Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film that tells the story of a factory worker from a small town in North Carolina, who becomes involved in the labor union activities at the textile factory where she works...
  
  (1979)
• Skatetown, U.S.A.
  Skatetown, U.S.A.
  Skatetown, U.S.A. is a 1979 American comedic feature film produced to capitalize on the short-lived fad of roller disco.The film features many TV stars from the 1960s and 1970s, among them Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Ron Palillo and Ruth Buzzi. Patrick Swayze's leading role as the...
  
  (1979)
• Escape from New York
  Escape from New York
  Escape from New York is a 1981 American science fiction action film directed and scored by John Carpenter. He co-wrote the screenplay with Nick Castle. The film is set in the near future in a crime-ridden United States that has converted Manhattan Island in New York City into a maximum security...
  
  (1981)
• Forced Vengeance
  Forced Vengeance
  Forced Vengeance is a 1982 motion picture action drama. When the owner and proprietor of the Lucky Dragon casino in Hong Kong refuses to let mobsters take over his business he and his family are hit...
  
  (1982)
• Rocky III
  Rocky III
  Rocky III is a 1982 American film that is the third installment in the Rocky film series. It is written and directed by and stars Sylvester Stallone as the title character, with Carl Weathers as former boxing rival Apollo Creed, Burgess Meredith as Rocky's trainer Mickey, and Talia Shire as Rocky's...
  
  (1982)
• Heart Like a Wheel
  Heart Like a Wheel (film)
  Heart Like a Wheel is a 1983 biographical film based on the life of drag racing driver Shirley Muldowney. It stars Bonnie Bedelia and Beau Bridges....
  
  (1983)
• The Sting II
  The Sting II
  The Sting II is an 1983 film sequel to The Sting. Directed by Jeremy Kagan and written by David S. Ward , it stars Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden and Oliver Reed...
  
  (1983)
• Commando
  Commando (film)
  Commando is a 1985 American action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vernon Wells, Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano, Bill Duke, Dan Hedaya and James Olson. It was directed by Mark L...
  
  (1985)
• Action Jackson
  Action Jackson
  Action Jackson is a 1988 action film directed by Craig R. Baxley and starring Carl Weathers, Vanity, Craig T. Nelson and Sharon Stone. Paula Abdul was the choreographer...
  
  (1988)
• Catch Me If You Can
  Catch Me If You Can
  Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American biographical comedy-drama film based on the life of Frank Abagnale Jr., who, before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor...
  
  (1989)
• Aces: Iron Eagle III
  Aces: Iron Eagle III
  Aces: Iron Eagle III is a 1992 action film directed by John Glen and is the third installment of the Iron Eagle film series, with Louis Gossett, Jr. reprising his role as Col. Charles "Chappy" Sinclair. Also starring are Japanese actor Sonny Chiba and retired boxing champion Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini...
  
  (1992)
• Surviving the Game
  Surviving the Game
  Surviving the Game is a 1994 action film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, starring Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, and Gary Busey. It is loosely based on the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell.-Plot:...
  
  (1994)
• Light It Up
  Light It Up (film)
  Light It Up is a 1999 American drama film starring an ensemble cast that consists of R&B singer/actor Usher Raymond , Rosario Dawson, Forest Whitaker, and Vanessa L. Williams. The film was written and directed by Craig Bolotin, and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and his wife Tracy Edmonds...
  
  (1999)
• Ground Zero
  Ground Zero (2000 film)
  Ground Zero is a 2000 American action film, directed by Richard Friedman.-Cast:*Janet Gunn as Kimberly Stevenson*Scott Terra as Justin Stevenson*Martin Hewitt as Robert Stevenson*Jack Scalia as Michael Brandeis...
  
  (2000)
• Death at a Funeral
  Death at a Funeral (2010 film)
  Death at a Funeral is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Neil LaBute and starring an ensemble cast. The film is a remake of the 2007 British film of the same name.-Plot:...
  
  (2010)

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