{"id":17018,"date":"2023-05-27T21:56:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T01:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17018"},"modified":"2023-05-27T21:56:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T01:56:29","slug":"hollywood-stuntman-gary-kent-who-inspired-quentin-tarantinos-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-dies-at-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17018","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Stuntman Gary Kent Who Inspired Quentin Tarantino\u2019s \u2018Once Upon A Time In Hollywood\u2019 Dies at 89"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<pre>@Gary Kent in Satan's Sadists.\u00a0<\/pre>\r\n<p>Legendary Hollywood stuntman Gary Kent died Thursday at an assisted care facility in Austin, Texas. The actor and director, who was 89, began his half-century career by appearing in many B-films over the years, including <em><strong>Battle Flame<\/strong><\/em> (1959), <em><strong>The Black Klansman<\/strong><\/em> (1966), and <em><strong>The Savage Seven<\/strong><\/em> (1968). He was born in Walla Walla, Washington.<br \/><br \/>His under-the-radar career is credited in part with inspiring the character of stuntman Cliff Booth in Quentin Tarantino\u2019s <em><strong>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood<\/strong><\/em>. In real life, Kent had met the Charles Manson family at Spahn ranch during the 1960s. Brad Pitt played the role of Booth in that 2019 film.<\/p>\r\n<p>One of Kent\u2019s most memorable appearances was as a stunt double for Bruce Dern in <em><strong>Psych-Out<\/strong><\/em>, a film directed by Richard Rush that has since become a cult classic. During the 1970s, the golden age of exploitation movies, Kent also appeared as a stuntman in such offbeat thrillers as <em><strong>The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Hell\u2019s Bloody Devils<\/strong><\/em>. In 1976, the versatile actor wrote and directed a thriller of his own, <em><strong>The Pyramid<\/strong><\/em>. He also appeared in television shows such as <em>The Man From U.N.C.L.E.<\/em> and <em>The Green Hornet<\/em>.<br \/><br \/>Kent suffered a leg injury while coordinating stunts for the 2002 film <em><strong>Bubba Ho-Tep<\/strong><\/em>, prompting his retirement as a stuntman, but he continued appearing as an actor in various bit roles.<br \/><br \/>The year 2009 saw the publication of <em>Shadows &amp; Light: Journeys With Outlaws in Revolutionary Hollywood<\/em>. Reflecting on his long career, Kent told a reporter for the <em>Austin Chronicle<\/em> in 2018:<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cCGI [computer-generated imagery] really changed things. I just did a film working as a stunt coordinator, and they didn\u2019t have the money to hire stuntmen. They had some fights in the script, so I asked the actors if any of them had done stunts before. They all raised their hands, but none of them had really done stunts before. Maybe they threw a glass of water or something, but a stunt is rolling cars or doing high falls. It\u2019s challenging. Nowadays every actor thinks they\u2019re a stuntman.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Gary Kent is survived by six children and four grandchildren. As a last stunt of sorts, his ashes will be scattered in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward\u2019s articles.<\/a><br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@Gary Kent in Satan&#8217;s Sadists.\u00a0 Legendary Hollywood stuntman Gary Kent died Thursday at an assisted care facility in Austin, Texas. The actor and director, who was 89, began his half-century career by appearing in many B-films over the years, including Battle Flame (1959), The Black Klansman (1966), and The Savage Seven (1968). 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