Bob Minor(I)
- Stunts
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Big, brawny and imposing actor and stuntman Bob Minor was born on
January 1st in 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama. The
6' 2" onetime champion
bodybuilder (he's a former Mr. Los Angeles bodybuilding title holder)
made his debut as a stuntman doubling for James Iglehart
in Russ Meyer's delightfully
outrageous
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970).
Minor subsequently played "Barbados" in Meyer's
Black Snake (1973). Minor's next
significant big break was working as both an actor and stunt
coordinator for Jack Hill on both
Coffy (1973) and
Foxy Brown (1974). Minor also acted
for Jack Hill in
The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974)
and Switchblade Sisters (1975) (aka
"Switchblade Sisters"). Minor went on to become the first black member
of the Stuntman's Association of Motion Pictures in 1973. Six years
later, Minor became the second vice-president of the Stuntman's
Association of Motion Pictures. Among the many films Minor has
performed stunts in are
National Treasure (2004),
Holes (2003),
Ocean's Eleven (2001),
The Italian Job (2003),
Volcano (1997),
Witness (1985),
The Beastmaster (1982),
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982),
Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976),
Let's Do It Again (1975),
Rollerball (1975),
Earthquake (1974),
Cleopatra Jones (1973),
Black Eye (1974),
Detroit 9000 (1973) and
Black Caesar (1973). Minor has
doubled for such actors as Jim Brown,
Fred Williamson,
John Amos,
Danny Glover,
Bernie Mac,
Sidney Poitier,
Roger E. Mosley and
Carl Weathers. He has also worked as both
a second-unit director and stunt coordinator on many pictures and TV
shows. Minor's most memorable acting roles are "Studs the chauffeur" in
Coffy (1973), a black revolutionary in
Foxy Brown (1974), a back-alley pimp
in
Scream Blacula Scream (1973),
a rollerball team member in
Rollerball (1975), "Wiley" in
The Deep (1977), a stick-up man in
The Driver (1978),
Harold Sakata's brutal henchman in
Death Dimension (1978) and a
vicious hitman in
Action Jackson (1988). Minor's TV
show guest spots include a Klingon on
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993),
ER (1994),
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993),
L.A. Law (1986),
Jake and the Fatman (1987),
Alien Nation (1989),
Matlock (1986),
The Fall Guy (1981),
Quincy, M.E. (1976),
Starsky and Hutch (1975),
Wonder Woman (1975),
Eight Is Enough (1977),
The Fall Guy (1981),
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
and
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974).
Minor was the stunt coordinator for the hit TV show
Magnum, P.I. (1980) for six
years and directed second unit on the show, as well. The film Bob Minor
is proudest of is Glory (1989), in which he
employed 70 some people to perform stunts in the picture.