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Dick Grace

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Name
  
Dick Grace

Role
  
Pilot

Movies
  
The Lost Squadron



Died
  
June 25, 1965, Los Angeles, California, United States

Books
  
The Picture History of the Boston Bruins: From Shore to Orr and the Years Between

Similar People
  
John Monk Saunders, Harry Sinden, William A Wellman, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast

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Dick Grace (Richard Virgil Grace) (1 October 1898 – 25 June 1965) was born in Morris, Minnesota and was an early stunt pilot who specialized in crashing planes for films. Films that he appeared in include Sky Bride, The Lost Squadron, Lilac Time and Wings.

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He served in both world wars, bombing Germany, as a B-17 Flying Fortress co-pilot with the 486th Bombardment Group. After the Second World War, he operated a charter business in South America. He was married to Crystine Francis Malstrom, a stage actress who appeared in Abie's Irish Rose. He was the author of several books, including Squadron of Death, Crash Pilot, I am still alive, and Visibility Unlimited. Grace was one of the few stunt pilots who died of old age.

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Stunt work on films

  • The Flying Fool (1925)
  • Wings (1927)
  • Lilac Time (1928)
  • References

    Dick Grace Wikipedia