Gerry Crampton

Known for CrewBorn 1930-04-28Died 2009-01-24Fulham, London, England

Gerry Crampton was a British stunt performer and stunt coordinator best known for his work in the James Bond film series. The eldest of five children, Robert Gerald Crampton, was born in Fulham on 28 April 1930. His father, a keen amateur boxer, taught Gerry and his brothers to box. He also became a keen swimmer and taught himself to dive. Gerry left school at the age of 14 to become a butcher's boy before returning to London in 1945, initially finding work at Ealing Studios as a sound assistant on David Lean's Great Expectations (1946). In 1948 Crampton was called up for his National Service and found himself working as a teletypist in the RAF. After Gerry began bodybuilding, winning Britain's Mr Body Beautiful in 1956. Crampton's big chance in films came when he met the James Bond stunt coordinator, Bob Simmons, in 1960, who took him under his wing. In 1967 he appeared in The Avengers episode entitled "Dead Man's Treasure" in the role of 1st Guest. Crampton had a special expertise working in India where he first worked on Tarzan Goes to India in 1962 with Jock Mahoney. He was to return to India 48 more times in his career, working on countless Indian as well as British productionsRead more

Movies & web series

Assignment: Vienna

Still Crazy Like a Fox

Tales from the Crypt

Raiders of the Lost Ark

A Touch of Frost

UFO

The Avengers

Gandhi

The Prisoner

The Dirty Dozen

Batman

Heavenly Pursuits

Willow

From Russia with Love

Patriot Games

The Heroes of Telemark

Cover Her Face

The Eagle Has Landed

Dempsey and Makepeace

Cromwell

Dark of the Sun

Cribbins

Juggernaut

The Jungle Book

Captain Clegg

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

The Protectors

Death Line

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

Hammerhead

Stoned

The Bride

A Killing on the Exchange

Hennessy

Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat

Darkness Falls

I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight

Guinevere