Biography

His parents made a claim on his estate and sued his widow, Ruby Graves, in a fight over his legal residence.

He is buried in Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Texas; PLot 89-9E. Had no children.

He met Harry Houdini in 1916, who had heard of Locklear's motorcycle escapades. Houdini partnered with him in an experiment that had Houdini tied to the back of his motorcycle while the magician tried to break free of his bonds.

He and co-pilot Milton 'Skeets' Elliott were killed when their plane crashed while performing a stunt for The Skywayman (1920). They were shooting a scene at the De Mille Airfield, which had a number of oil rigs. During night filming there was a scene they were to do a stunt in which Ormer would take the plane into a power dive. Before he stunt he told the crew when he got down toward the rigs that they should cut the lights so he could see and pull out of the dive. Someone forgot to do that and Ormer was unable to pull out of the dive.

Once took it upon himself to stunt fly around the city of Los Agneles flying around and between trees and buildings. Although he was arrested for his antics, it did result in the passage of laws regulating flying in urban areas.