Exclusive: Bad Boys and Midnight Run scribe George Gallo has teamed with his Middle Men collaborator Andy Weiss to pen The Bummy Davis Story, an independent feature which New York City real estate developer Peter Fine will produce and finance. Fine came to the project after reading Ron Ross' novel about the legendary boxer, Bummy Davis Vs. Murder Inc.: The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Mafia and an Ill-Fated Prizefighter. Bummy Davis marks the second feature that Gallo and…...
- 6/17/2015
- Deadline
Ronald Ross, a stuntman and stunt coordinator for almost three decades, died Sept. 12 at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas after a battle with lung cancer. He was 73.
For nearly a decade, Ross worked for director Roger Corman as a stuntman, stunt coordinator and second-unit helmer and facilitated several co-productions with various Mexican outfits. He also worked with director H.B. Halicki on all four of his films, including the original "Gone in 60 Seconds" (1974).
Ross worked on more than 150 movies and TV shows in the U.S. and Mexico, among them the films "Eat My Dust" (1976), "Weekend at Bernie's" (1989) and "Passenger 57" (1992) and the series "The FBI," "Rat Patrol," "The Rockford Files" and "Quincy."
A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a graduate of Hollywood High School, Ross also directed two action films, "Joyride to Nowhere" (1977) and "Burning Vengeance" (1988).
Ross is survived by his wife, Susi Miller Ross; his daughter,...
For nearly a decade, Ross worked for director Roger Corman as a stuntman, stunt coordinator and second-unit helmer and facilitated several co-productions with various Mexican outfits. He also worked with director H.B. Halicki on all four of his films, including the original "Gone in 60 Seconds" (1974).
Ross worked on more than 150 movies and TV shows in the U.S. and Mexico, among them the films "Eat My Dust" (1976), "Weekend at Bernie's" (1989) and "Passenger 57" (1992) and the series "The FBI," "Rat Patrol," "The Rockford Files" and "Quincy."
A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a graduate of Hollywood High School, Ross also directed two action films, "Joyride to Nowhere" (1977) and "Burning Vengeance" (1988).
Ross is survived by his wife, Susi Miller Ross; his daughter,...
- 9/18/2009
- by By Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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