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Paul B. Stader, sometimes known as Manny Stader (February 13, 1911–April 10, 1991),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Social Security Death Index )〕 was an American actor best known for having performed stunts for Johnny Weismuller, Lex Barker, Gregory Peck, and John Wayne. He was also the underwater director of the 1978 film ''The Return of Captain Nemo''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Paul Stader )〕 ==Working with Weismuller and Barker== Stader was born and reared in Neosho, Missouri. He came to Los Angeles, California, to attempt to enter the 1932 Olympic Games. Though he did not make the team, he struck up important friendships with Weismuller and Buster Crabbe. They encouraged him to take the lifeguard examination in Santa Monica. He earned $5 per day as a guard. Thereafter, studio executives spotted him on a pier and determined that he would make an excellent double for the actor Jon Hall in the 1937 film ''The Hurricane''. He was soon the personal trainer and stuntman for Weismuller, for whom he doubled in the 1942 film ''Tarzan Triumphs'' and in the 1955 television series ''Jungle Jim'', based on a popular comic strip about the hunter, guide, and explorer Jim Bradley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Paul Stader (1911-1991) )〕 In the ''Jungle Jim'' films, Stader doubled for Weismuller by diving, running, swinging, and fighting for him, and even substituting for him atop an elephant. He also mastered the difficult task of wrestling with animals, including alligators.〔 Stader described Weismuller, accordingly: ''He was a generous, really nice fellow. I was always his stuntman. We would exercise together because he'd have to weigh 192 pounds before each picture started. So he and I would begin working out about three or four months before, paddling a board, swimming every day, that sort of thing. I got paid by the studio, and I also got a check from Weissmuller, so it was pretty good money for those days.''〔 Stader also doubled for Lex Barker, when he replaced Weismuller in the Tarzan films, and the two men became good friends. The weekend before Barker's death in 1972, he had visited Stader at the Stader home in Malibu, California, and complained of chest pains. Stader made Barker promise to consult a physician. Barker saw a doctor in New York City but shortly afterwards collapsed on a street and died.〔 In June 1954, two of Stader's friends vanished off the coast of Catalina Island when their speed boat sank eleven miles from the island. Stader swam for nine hours to shore to summons help, but his companions, considered excellent swimmers too, were never found by the United States Coast Guard.〔 Stader also did stunts for Ben Johnson in the 1949 film ''Mighty Joe Young''. He had to fall from the second floor of a burning building, landed improperly, and broke both heels.〔 In 1950, Strader was cast as "Killer" Lawson in the ''Superman'' serial in the film, ''Atom Man vs. Superman''.〔 He did stunts for John Wayne in the 1963 film ''McLintock!'' and for Gregory Peck, who portrayed Captain Ahab, in the 1956 picture ''Moby Dick'', based on the Herman Melville novel.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Stader」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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