Name Edward Donno Role Stunt Performer | Children Tony Donno | |
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Died October 19, 2014, Los Angeles, California, United States Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Stunt Coordination Movies The Blues Brothers, Cleopatra Jones and the Casin, Love Streams, The Green Berets, Sweet Home Alabama Similar People Charles Bail, Michael Tronick, John Cassavetes, John Landis, Tony Scott | ||
Edward Donno (July 24, 1935 – October 19, 2014) was an American stunt performer known for his participation in several Star Trek productions, being the films The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock and First Contact, as well as an episode of Enterprise.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Donno was originally a moderately successful singer in his region before travelling to Texas in the 1960s to visit a friend on the set of The Alamo, where he acquired a role as an extra. He was befriended John Wayne in the process, and went on to do stunts on several of his films, including McLintock! and The Green Berets. Donno was John Belushi's stunt double for The Blues Brothers.
Donno's additional credits included films Scarface, Beverly Hills Cop, The Untouchables, Die Hard 2, Point Break, The Rock, Godzilla, Daredevil and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, as well as the TV shows The A-Team, 24, Supernatural and Californication. Donno died on October 19, 2014.