Fred Krone(1930-2010)

Stuntman and actor Fred Krone was born on June 19, 1930 in Kentucky. Krone grew up in California and attended Hollywood High School in the 1940s. Fred originally planned on being a concert violinist, but an accident in 1946 that resulted in some of his fingers getting blown off ended that choice. Krone started out doing stunt work with his sister as a youth and began his career as a professional stuntman in earnest in the early 1950s after actress Carolina Cotton introduced Krone to fellow stuntman Jock Mahoney. Fred's career as both an actor and stuntman spanned three decades altogether. Among the notable actors that Krone doubled are Steve McQueen, David Janssen, Myron Healey, Kirby Grant, Steven Hill, Gene Barry, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.. In 1974 Fred voluntarily quit the film industry and went on to operate a very successful clock repair business that he eventually sold in 1992. A lifetime member of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures, Fred died of cancer at age 79 on January 12, 2010 in Santa Paula, California.