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- Jack Williams was born on April 15, 1921 in Butte, Montana, USA. He was an actor, known for Innerspace (1987), Wild Wild West (1999) and Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985). He was married to Clare. He died on April 10, 2007 in Sylmar, California, USA.
- SpouseClare(? - April 10, 2007) (his death)
- Doubled for Errol Flynn, Kirk Douglas and Charlton Heston. Along with Flynn, Williams doubled for or worked with many other Western icons over six decades, including John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Ronald Reagan, James Stewart, Gary Cooper, Fess Parker, Richard Widmark, Robert Taylor, Yul Brynner, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Lee Marvin, Glenn Ford, Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck, Clint Eastwood, William Holden, and Kirk Douglas. Williams even doubled for actresses including Olivia de Havilland, Julie Adams, Greer Garson, Sophia Loren, Lucille Ball, Claudia Cardinale, and Angie Dickinson.
- Williams rode a falling horse named Coco that died at the age of 33 and is buried near his Adobe-style home. Williams was best known for having trained his horse to fall dramatically on cue at a given spot as if it had taken a bullet or arrow.
- He is one of the four Western film and television legends whose names on the Walk of Western Stars in Newhall. He joins fellow inductees Powers Boothe, Graham Greene, and Harry Carey Jr. in receiving the honor. (As of 2005).
- Charter member of the Stuntmen's Assn. of Motion Pictures and an inductee of the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame.
- Recipient of the Golden Boot Award from the Motion Picture & Television Fund for his work in westerns.(1999).
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