Who Are Those Guys ~ Gerry Crampton

 

Robert Gerald Crampton was born in Dulham, Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England, U.K. on April 28, 1930. The eldest of five children,his father, an amateur boxer and taught Gerry and his brothers to box. He also became a swimmer and taught himself to dive.

Gerry left school at the age of 14 to become a butcher's boy before travelling 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. Gerry then took up 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. 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 productions.

He was a member of the Hollywood Stuntmen’s Hall of Fame.

Crampton married for the first time when he was 20, but the marriage lasted less than a year. He remarried three more times, each ending in divorce, but in later years he was always proud to say that he remained on friendly terms with three of his ex-wives.

CRAMPTON, Gerry (Robert Gerald Crampton) [4/28/1930, Dulham, Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England, U.K. - 1/24/2009, Surrey, England] – Mr. Body Beautiful [1956], stunt coordinator, stuntman, married to ? (1950-1951), married to ? (19??-19??), married to ? (19??_19??), married to ? (19??_19??), member of the Hollywood Stuntmen’s Hall of Fame.

The Desperados – 1969 [stunt coordinator, stunts]

Man in the Wilderness – 1971 [stunt coordinator]