William Paul Nuckles was born on August 25, 1939.
Paul was a U.S. Navy veteran and motorcycle enthusiast.
He was stuntman, actor, and second unit director, first began performing stunts in motion pictures in the late 1960’s. He was a songwriter prior to becoming a stuntman. Songs Nuckles wrote were “Monster Motion” by Bobby Pickett and “The Scavenger” by Dick Dale & His Del-Tones.
Nuckles was a member of the Hollywood Stuntmen’s Hall of Fame.
Paul died at age 75 on April 10, 2015 at the Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tennessee following a brief illness.
Stunt coordinator: CHiPs, Miami Vice, C.C. & Company, Slaughter, Gentle Savage, Cleopatra Jones, Policewomen, Devil Times Five, Race with the Devil, The Black Gestapo, Futureworld, Speedtrap, Saturday Night Fever, When You Comin’ Back, Places in the Heart.
“Stunt guys don’t really get hurt. They die. It either kills you or you come out of it.” Paul Nuckles
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| Set Photo from “Saturday Night Fever” |
Paul Nuckles IMDB Profile: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461696/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm
William Paul Nuckles Obituary : http://www.obittree.com/obituary/us/tennessee/johnson-city/appalachian-funeral-home–cremation-service/william-paul-nuckles/2109775/
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