Buddy Van Horn
American stunt coordinator and film director (1929-2021) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 91
Wayne "Buddy" Van Horn was an American stunt coordinator and film director. He directed the Clint Eastwood films Any Which Way You Can (1980), The Dead Pool (1988), and Pink Cadillac (1989).
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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'Film2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the ShadowsFilm1994
Clint Eastwood: The Man from MalpasoFilm1989
Pink CadillacFilm, Director1988
The Dead PoolFilm, Director1985
Pale RiderFilm, Stage Driver1981
Falcon CrestSeries, Deputy
The Return of the Beverly HillbilliesFilm, 1981Townsman1980
Magnum, P.I.Series, Jack
Any Which Way You CanFilm, 1980Director1976
Harry Callahan/Clint Eastwood: Something Special in FilmsFilm1975
Bite the BulletFilm, Slim1973
High Plains DrifterFilm, Marshall Jim Duncan1971
The BeguiledFilm, Soldier1960
SpartacusFilm, Soldier (uncredited)1955
Escape to BurmaFilm1929Born20 August 1929People around Buddy
Close ties
Clint Eastwood Directed Absolute Power and Pale Rider
Geoffrey Lewis Buddy directed Pink Cadillac (1990)
Jim Carrey Buddy directed The Dead Pool and Pink Cadillac- Bill McKinney Buddy directed Pink Cadillac (1990)
Dan Vadis Buddy directed Any Which Way You Can (1981)- Michael Currie Buddy directed The Dead Pool (1989)
John Dennis Johnston Buddy directed Pink Cadillac (1990)- John Quade Buddy directed Any Which Way You Can (1981)
Stanley Kubrick Directed Spartacus (1960)
Liam Neeson Buddy directed The Dead Pool (1989)
Gene Hackman Also in Absolute Power and Bite the Bullet
Fats Domino Buddy directed Any Which Way You Can (1981)
Ruth Gordon Buddy directed Any Which Way You Can (1981)
Patricia Clarkson Buddy directed The Dead Pool (1989)
Bernadette Peters Buddy directed Pink Cadillac (1990)
Sondra Locke Buddy directed Any Which Way You Can (1981)
Gerry Bamman Buddy directed Pink Cadillac (1990)
Timothy Carhart Buddy directed Pink Cadillac (1990)
Ronnie Claire Edwards Buddy directed The Dead Pool (1989)
James Glickenhaus Directed Shakedown (1988)- Paul Benjamin Buddy directed Pink Cadillac (1990)
Patrick Van Horn Buddy directed The Dead Pool (1989)
Jimmie F. Skaggs Buddy directed Pink Cadillac (1990)
Robert Hoy Also in Spartacus and Bite the Bullet
Known for
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Spartacus 1960
High Plains Drifter 1973
Pale Rider 1985
The Beguiled 1971
Bite the Bullet 1975
Filmography 14
118 credits on file
Television 2
About this person
A long-time stunt double for Eastwood, he was credited as the stunt coordinator on Eastwood's films from 1972 to 2011, and as second unit director on Magnum Force (1973) and The Rookie (1990). He was sometimes credited as Wayne Van Horn in the 1980s. He earlier doubled for Guy Williams on Disney's Zorro, and Gregory Peck. Van Horn's most prominent onscreen appearance is the role of Marshal Jim Duncan in the Eastwood film High Plains Drifter (1973). Van Horn died in Los Angeles on May 11, 2021, at the age of 92.
