Bob Minor(I)

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 La vallée des plaisirs (1970). Minor subsequently played "Barbados" in Meyer's Serpent noir (1973). Minor's next significant big break was working as both an actor and stunt coordinator for Jack Hill on both Coffy, la panthère noire de Harlem (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974). Minor also acted for Jack Hill in The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974) and Les loubardes (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 Benjamin Gates et le Trésor des Templiers (2004), La morsure du lézard (2003), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Braquage à l'italienne (2003), Volcano (1997), Witness (1985), Dar l'invincible (1982), L'Épée sauvage (1982), Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976), Le coup à refaire (1975), Rollerball (1975), Tremblement de terre (1974), Dynamite Jones (1973), Black Eye (1974), S.O.S. Black Guns (1973) and Black Caesar, le parrain de Harlem (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, la panthère noire de Harlem (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 Les Grands Fonds (1977), a stick-up man in Driver (1978), Harold Sakata's brutal henchman in Dimension de la mort (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), Urgences (1994), Walker, Texas Ranger (1993), La loi de Los Angeles (1986), La loi est la loi (1987), Alien Nation (1989), Matlock (1986), L'homme qui tombe à pic (1981), Quincy (1976), Starsky et Hutch (1975), Wonder Woman (1975), Huit, ça suffit (1977), L'homme qui tombe à pic (1981), Ralph Super-héros (1981) and L'homme qui valait 3 milliards (1974). Minor was the stunt coordinator for the hit TV show Magnum (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.