James Winburn, the stuntman who doubled as Michael Myers in scenes from John Carpenter’s unique Halloween in 1978, has died.
As Entertainment Weekly studies, Winburn’s supervisor confirmed the stuntman died on November 19 following an undisclosed sickness. He was 85 years outdated.
Winburn donned the long-lasting white masks in Halloween for scenes that actors Nick Castle or Tony Moran – who each portrayed Myers within the unique movie – had been unable to do. This included a scene within the movie during which Donald Pleasence’s Dr. Samuel Loomis shoots Myers six occasions, inflicting him to fall off a balcony earlier than vanishing.
Though Halloween was his arguably his best-known function, Winburn’s labored as a stunt actor on a wide selection of movies and TV episodes all through his life, doubling for the likes of Stan Lee, David Hasselhoff, Peter O’Toole, Barry Bostwick and extra.
Winburn’s resume as a stunt employee included different Carpenter flicks similar to Escape From New York, motion pictures like TRON and The Night Stalker, plus episodes of sequence together with The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. He additionally acted in a number of exhibits and movies, and served as a director on three motion pictures: 1988’s Evil Altar, 1991’s The Death Merchant and Miami Beach Cops in 1993.
Winburn was additionally lively within the fan group, recurrently attending conventions. Just final month, he was a visitor on the For the Love of Horror conference in Manchester. “James was an absolute pleasure to work and shared some amazing stories with everyone over the weekend,” FTLOH tweeted yesterday (November 21). “Our sincere condolences go out to his family, friends and fans.”
We are extraordinarily unhappy to be taught of the passing of James Winburn, who joined us for #ForTheLoveofHorror final month
James was an absolute pleasure to work and shared some wonderful tales with everybody over the weekend.Our honest condolences exit to his household, pals and followers. pic.twitter.com/1w7zgOZCfM
— For the Love of Horror (@ftlohorror) November 21, 2022