Tap Canutt(1932-2014)

Stunts
Actor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Tap Canutt was born on 7 August 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for El condor (1970), Les cow-boys (1972) and La foire aux illusions (1962). He died on 2 June 2014 in Santa Clarita, California, USA.

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Known for

Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, and Marianna Hill in El condor (1970)

6.0

Stunts(uncredited)

1970

Les cow-boys (1972)

7.4

Stunts(uncredited)

1972

Ann-Margret in La foire aux illusions (1962)

La foire aux illusions

5.9

Red Hoertert(as Edward 'Tap' Canutt)

1962

Tom Laughlin in El pistolero (1975)

4.5

Stunts

1975

Credits

Stunts

La fureur sauvage
6.3
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1980
La loi de la haine
6.2
- stunt double: James Coburn
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1976
El pistolero
4.5
- stunts
- 1975
Planète terre
5.7
TV Movie
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1974
Joe Kidd
6.4
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1972
Les cow-boys
7.4
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1972
Le survivant
6.4
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1971
Rio Lobo
6.7
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1970
Chisum
6.8
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1970
El condor
6.0
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1970
Attaque au Cheyenne Club
6.8
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1970
Le Secret de la planète des singes
6.0
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1970
Un homme nommé Cheval
6.8
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1970
Un homme fait la loi
6.1
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1969
Les Géants de l'Ouest
6.6
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1969

Actor

Doc Savage arrive!
5.4
- Sailor (uncredited)
- 1975
Les cow-boys
7.4
- Rustler
- 1972
La Horde sauvage
7.9
- Burt (uncredited)
- 1969
Daniel Boone
7.3
TV Series
- Settler #1
- 1967
La foire aux illusions
5.9
- Red Hoertert (as Edward 'Tap' Canutt)
- 1962
Alamo
6.8
- Bowie's Man (uncredited)
- 1960
Spartacus
7.9
- Soldier (uncredited)
- 1960
26 Men
7.3
TV Series
- Ranger Ben Comstock
- Frank Seldom
- 1959
Caravane vers le soleil
5.5
- Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- 1959
La brune brûlante
5.8
- Soldier (uncredited)
- 1958
Le Temps de la peur
6.1
- Lt. D'Allesandro (uncredited)
- 1958
The Lawless Rider
7.2
- Young Marshal
- 1954
Les Massacreurs du Kansas
5.9
- Henchman (uncredited)
- 1953

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Personal details

Alternative name
- Edward 'Tap' Canutt
Height
- 1.87 m
Born
- August 7, 1932
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
- June 2, 2014
- Santa Clarita, California, USA(undisclosed)
Parents
- Yakima Canutt
Other works
Unsold pilot: Starred in a pilot for a western series to be called "Tumbleweed Ranger". The episode was eventually aired as Tumbleweed Ranger (1959).

Did you know

Trivia
Son of director/stuntman Yakima Canutt, brother of stuntman Joe Canutt.

Salary
- La foire aux illusions
  (1962)
  $400

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