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Bill Catching was a versatile and prolific stuntman, actor, and second unit director who worked on many Western films and TV shows. He doubled for stars like Glenn Ford, Peter Lawford, and Lee Majors, and received a Golden Boot Award in 1994.
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- Bexar County, Texas, USA
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- Somerton, Arizona, USA
Bill Catching was a stuntman, actor, and second unit director who worked on many Western films and TV shows. He doubled for stars like Glenn Ford, Robert Stack, and Lee Majors, and received a Golden Boot Award in 1994.
- June 16, 1926
- August 24, 2007
Bill Catching ist ein amerikanischer Schauspieler, Stunt-Koordinator. Entdecke seine Biographie, Details seiner 12 Karriere-Jahre und alle News.
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Bill Catching (19 June 1926 – 24 August 2007; age 81) was a stunt double on several episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, including "The Alternative Factor" (doubling for Robert Brown), "This Side of Paradise", and "Operation -- Annihilate!" (both times doubling Leonard Nimoy).
Catching was also a stuntman on a number of Western television series, including Death Valley Days, Gunsmoke, and The Rifleman. Other series on which he performed stunts include The F.B.I. and The Streets of San Francisco. Additionally, he was stunt coordinator on McCloud, Wonder Woman, and The Fall Guy, among other shows.
He also performed stunts on a number of films, including North by Northwest (1959), Spartacus (1960), Seven Days in May (1964), he Great Race (1965), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Westworld (1973), and Blazing Saddles (1974). He was also the stunt coordinator for Mean Streets (1973) and Salvador (1986).
Catching also acted on occasion, generally in those projects for which he was performing stunts. He made frequent appearances on The Cisco Kid, The Roy Rogers Show, Bonanza, The Wild Wild West, and Gunsmoke, among others. Besides these, he appeared with several Star Trek regulars in non-Trek shows. He appeared in two episodes of Zane Grey Theater featuring DeForest Kelley (as well as George D. Wallace) in 1957 and 1958. In the latter year, he was also seen in an episode of Sea Hunt with Leonard Nimoy (for whom he doubled on The Original Series) playing one of his brothers. A 1962 episode Burke's Law teamed Catching with William Shatner and Michael Ansara. Catching later appeared with Ansara in the 1973 TV movie Ordeal, along with Diana Muldaur and Arch Whiting.
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Learn about the life and career of Bill Catching, one of the best action actors and stunt coordinators in western films and TV shows. He doubled for stars like John Wayne, Frank Sinatra and Roy Rogers, and received a Golden Boot Award in 1994.
