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Carey Loftin is a Actor, Director, Stunts and Gaffer American born on 31 january 1914 at Blountstown (USA)

Carey Loftin

Carey Loftin
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Nationality USA
Birth 31 january 1914 at Blountstown (USA)
Death 4 march 1997 (at 83 years) at Huntington Beach (USA)

Carey Loftin (January 31, 1914 – March 4, 1997) (also credited as Cary Loftin) was an American actor and stuntman. One of his most famous roles was as the truck driver in Steven Spielberg's Duel, although his face was never seen. He also performed some stunts for Steve McQueen in Bullitt, especially during the film's famous car chase. Loftin Also acted as a Truck Driver in Stroker Ace (1983) and his face was never seen, Like Duel, but, not a Villain.

Other films to which he contributed include Vanishing Point, Stanley Kramer's multi-million dollar, all-star comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, as well as Walt Disney's The Love Bug, and its second sequel. He also drove the truck that killed Edith Keeler in the Star Trek episode, "The City on the Edge of Forever."

He had a supporting role as Skinner in the Keenan Wynn and Bob Mathias series The Troubleshooters, which aired on NBC in the 1959–1960 season. His co-stars included Chet Allen and Forrest Compton Though he wasn't credited in the credits, he did do stunt work the on the movies Hijack! (1974), White Line Fever (1975), Steel Cowboy (1976), Armed and Dangerous (1986), Big Trouble in Little China (1986) and Christmas Comes to Willow Creeks (1987).

He was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2001.

A notable demonstration of stunt driving that Loftin performed was the car chase/race in Against All Odds (1984). He was the driver of the black Ferrari. According to the movie's director, Taylor Hackford, Loftin was 68 when he did this stunt. At first Hackford was reluctant to hire the aging stuntman but stunt coordinator Gary Davis convinced Hackford that even at 68, Loftin was by far the best car man in the business at that time.

Even Loftin Retired in 1991 at Age 77, After Doing Pink Lightning (1991) He Still took minor Stunt Roles as a Truck Driver, As Loftin use to love driving truck, enjoyed talking to Truck Drivers and Had a Passion for Trucks, Those Roles include Revenge on the Highway (1992), Red-Blooded American Girl II (1996), Fire Down Below (1997) and Black Dog (1998). Even though Black Dog was released in 1998, it was Filmed in late 1996 and was supposed to premier in 1997, but, 3 Trucking Movie's were in Made in 1997 and one had to be cut to make try and make them all popular movie's those movie's were Truck (1997), Breakdown (1997) and Black Dog (1998). The one Loftin worked on, Black Dog, was the one Chosen to premier in 1998, as It didn't tell well with the Movie Critic's, Loftin Did Truck Stunts for Main Character's Truck, who was played by Patrick Swayze. He also did stunt work driving the main character's trucks in B.J. and the Bear (1978-1981) and Movin' On (1974-1976), In Movin' On Loftin was mostly a Stunt Double for Claude Akins and Frank Converse for the out side driving scene's, even though Claude Akins and Frank Converse did having driving time during the filming of the show. In the episode "Games" of Movin' On he noted that Stunt Man George Sack had his first minor stunt Gig driving the truck when the truck hit the police car, otherwise than that, most of the driving scene's and all the other truck stunt scene's were done by Loftin. Loftin also did the major stunt driving and regular driving scene's at times in B.J. and the Bear (1978-1981) as Greg Evigan's stunt double, although he did not the bill board stunt was done by new comer stunt man Errol Sack, George's son, it was an excellent first gig for the new stunt man, very minor stunt. The rest of the stunts were done by Loftin with the truck, other stunts besides not having the truck in it were done by Greg Evigan himself. Loftin did also note he did some regular driving scene's too for Greg Evigan, even though Greg Evigan did do some of his own driving.

Loftin died of natural causes in Huntington Beach, California aged 83 years.

Best films

Days of Thunder (1990)
(Stunts)
Patton (1970)
(Actor)
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
(Stunt Driver)
The Goonies (1985)
(Stunts)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
(Director)
Fletch (1985)
(Stunts)

Usually with

Tom Steele
Tom Steele
(23 films)
Eddie Parker
Eddie Parker
(16 films)
Joe Gray
Joe Gray
(8 films)
Paul Baxley
Paul Baxley
(8 films)
Ken Terrell
Ken Terrell
(12 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Carey Loftin (106 films)

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Actor

City Heat
City Heat (1984)
, 1h33
Directed by Richard Benjamin, Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Buddy films, Gangster films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn, Rip Torn, Irene Cara
Roles Roxy Driver
Rating55% 2.75052.75052.75052.75052.7505
In Kansas City, 1933, near the end of Prohibition, a police lieutenant known by his last name, Speer (Eastwood), is acquainted with a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy (Reynolds). Speer and Murphy were once good friends, which changed after Murphy left the force.
The Promise, 1h37
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kathleen Denise Quinlan, Stephen Collins, Beatrice Straight, Laurence Luckinbill, William Prince, Bibi Besch
Roles Conducteur de camion
Rating63% 3.1974653.1974653.1974653.1974653.197465
In a rich-boy/poor-girl story (along the lines of "Love Story"), Boston college students Michael Hillyard (Collins) and Nancy McAllister (Quinlan) are in love. While visiting a park overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, they hide a costume jewelry necklace under a large rock, promising that they will love each other as long as it remains undisturbed (which they expect to be forever).
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, 1h44
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Dean Jones, Don Knotts, Julie Sommars, Jacques Marin, Roy Kinnear, Bernard Fox
Roles Driver
Rating56% 2.805812.805812.805812.805812.80581
The film stars Dean Jones as returning champion race car driver Jim Douglas, joined by his somewhat cynical and eccentric riding mechanic Wheely Applegate (Don Knotts). Together with Herbie, the "Love Bug", a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, they are participating in the fictional Trans-France Race, from Paris, France, to Monte Carlo, Monaco. According to dialogue, they hope to stage a racing comeback in the event.
Night Moves, 1h38
Directed by Arthur Penn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, Melanie Griffith, John Crawford, Harris Yulin
Rating70% 3.546043.546043.546043.546043.54604
Harry Moseby is a retired professional football player now working as a private investigator in Los Angeles. He discovers that his wife Ellen (Susan Clark) is having an affair with a crippled man named Marty Heller (Harris Yulin).
Walking Tall, 1h47
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Crime
Actors Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Lurene Tuttle, Noah Beery, Jr, Leif Garrett, John Brascia
Roles Dice Player
Rating68% 3.4465153.4465153.4465153.4465153.446515
Pusser, at his wife Pauline's behest, retires from the professional wrestling ring and moves back to Tennessee to start a logging business with his father, Carl Pusser. With a friend, he visits a gambling and prostitution establishment, the Lucky Spot, and is beaten up after catching them cheating at craps. Pusser is seriously injured with a knife and receives over 200 stitches. He complains to the sheriff but is ignored, and soon becomes aware of the rampant corruption in McNairy County. Later, working at his dad's lumber mill, Pusser makes a club out of a tree branch. Late one night, Pusser waits until after the Lucky Spot is closed, and beats up the same thugs that left him for dead. The next day, Pusser is arrested and represents himself at trial. At one point, he rips off his shirt and shows the jury his scars. He informs them that "If you let them do this to me and get away with it, then you're giving them the eternal right to do the same damn thing to any one of you!" The jury finds Pusser not guilty, and he decides to clean up the county and runs for sheriff. Buford Pusser wins, and becomes famous for being incorruptible, intolerant of crime, and for his array of four-foot hickory clubs which he uses to great effect in dispatching criminals and destroying their clandestine gambling dens and illegal distilleries.
Duel
Duel (1971)
, 1h14
Directed by Steven Spielberg, James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Trucker films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Dennis Weaver, Carey Loftin, Jacqueline Scott, Eddie Firestone, Lou Frizzell, Eugene Dynarski
Roles The Truck Driver
Rating75% 3.797913.797913.797913.797913.79791
David Mann (Dennis Weaver) is a middle-aged Los Angeles electronics salesman driving his red 1971 Plymouth Valiant sedan on a business trip. On a two-lane highway in the California desert, he encounters a grimy and rusty 1955 Peterbilt 281 tanker truck, traveling slower than the speed limit and expelling thick plumes of sooty diesel exhaust. Mann passes the unsightly truck, which promptly roars past him and then slows down again. Mann is unmoved, passing the truck a second time, and is startled when it suddenly issues a long air horn blast.
Patton
Patton (1970)
, 2h52
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Children's films
Actors George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, Karl Michael Vogler, Stephen Young, Carey Loftin
Roles General Bradley's driver
Rating78% 3.947943.947943.947943.947943.94794
The film's beginning has General George S. Patton (George C. Scott) giving a speech to an unseen audience of American troops (based on his speech to the Third Army), with a huge American flag in the background. The scene then shifts to North Africa at the start of 1943, where Patton takes charge of the demoralized American II Corps in North Africa after the humiliating defeat at the Battle of the Kasserine Pass. After instilling discipline in his soldiers, he leads them to victory at the Battle of El Guettar, the first American victory over the Axis, though he is bitterly disappointed to learn afterward that Erwin Rommel (Karl Michael Vogler), whom he respects greatly as a general, was not his opponent. Patton's aide, Captain Jenson, is killed in the battle. Shortly after the battle, a new member of his staff, Lieutenant Colonel Codman assures Patton that, though Rommel was absent, that if Patton defeated Rommel's plan, then he had defeated Rommel.
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, 1h28
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Spy, Comic science fiction
Themes Spy films, Comedy science fiction films, Robot films
Actors Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Fred Clark, Susan Hart, Jack Mullaney
Rating51% 2.554942.554942.554942.554942.55494
Price plays the titular mad scientist who, with the questionable assistance of his resurrected flunky Mullaney, builds a gang of female robots who are then dispatched to seduce and rob wealthy men. (Goldfoot's name reflects his and his robots' choice in footwear.) Avalon and Hickman play the bumbling heroes who attempt to thwart Goldfoot's scheme. The film's climax is an extended chase through the streets of San Francisco.
The Satan Bug, 1h54
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Spy, Horror, Crime
Themes Spy films, Medical-themed films, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews, Edward Asnere, Richard Bull
Rating60% 3.049923.049923.049923.049923.04992
Lee Barrett, a private investigator and former intelligence agent discharged for his outspoken views, is approached by a man with a tempting offer to join a political organization opposing bioweapons. His refusal proves the correct response, as the man is an impersonator sent by his former boss Eric Cavanaugh to test his loyalty. Barrett is asked by Cavanaugh to investigate the murder of the security chief of Station Three — a top-secret bioweapons laboratory station in the desert of Southern California — and the disappearance of its director and head scientist, Dr. Baxter. After they arrive at the station and wait for a time lock on the sealed lab to open, they are advised by another scientist, Dr. Gregor Hoffman, to seal the lab using concrete. Hoffman informs them that there are two lethal bioweapons in the lab, a strain of botulinus that oxidizes eight hours after its release, and a recently developed virus that he calls the "Satan Bug", which could kill all life on Earth in a matter of months. Determined to discover what happened in the room and taking extreme cautions, Barrett enters to find Dr. Baxter dead, with the vials containing the "Satan Bug" and 1200 grams of botulinus missing.
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, 1h43
Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Action, Historical, Noir, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Jesse White, Simon Oakland, Robert Lowery
Roles Thug (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.3421753.3421753.3421753.3421753.342175
In the 1920s, ambitious but smalltime thief Jack Diamond and his sickly brother Eddie Diamond move to New York City. Jack meets dance instructor Alice Shiffer, lies to her to date her and to steal a necklace from a jewelry store. After being incarcerated for a time, he works with Alice at her dance school while on probation.
Spartacus
Spartacus (1960)
, 3h4
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films about slavery, Films about sexuality, Sports films, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin
Roles Guard (uncredited)
Rating78% 3.9473953.9473953.9473953.9473953.947395
In the 1st century BC, the Roman Republic has slid into corruption, its menial work done by armies of slaves. One of these, a proud and gifted man named Spartacus, is so uncooperative in his servitude that he is sentenced to fight as a gladiator. He is trained at a school run by the unctuous Roman businessman Lentulus Batiatus, who instructs Spartacus's trainer Marcellus to bully the slave mercilessly and break his spirit. Amid the abuse, Spartacus forms a quiet relationship with a serving woman named Varinia, whom he refuses to rape when she is sent to "entertain" him in his cell.
Paratroop Command, 1h11
Directed by William Witney
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Bakalyan, Ken Lynch, Jack Hogan, Jeff Morris, Sydney Lassick, Robert Conrad
Roles Fritz (uncredited)
Rating53% 2.669812.669812.669812.669812.66981
Charlie is a soldier who suffers the scorn of his paratroop unit because he accidentally kills one of their own men. The film is set in World War II in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy.
The Case Against Brooklyn, 1h22
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Darren McGavin, Margaret Hayes, Warren Stevens, Peggy McCay, Emile Meyer, Tol Avery
Rating64% 3.2419953.2419953.2419953.2419953.241995
Ex-Marine Pete Harris, formerly with Military Intelligence is taken out of his Police Academy due to his experience to work undercover to investigate police corruption.
Johnny Rocco, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Eyer, Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Russ Conway, James Flavin, William Bakewell
Roles Motorcycle Cop
Rating61% 3.0842553.0842553.0842553.0842553.084255
Young Johnny Rocco (Richard Eyer) is disturbed after seeing his gangster father Tony (Stephen McNally) involved in a murder. The gang, fearing young Johnny might tip the police, decide to silence both him and his father. Frightened, Johnny seeks help from schoolteacher Miss