Gerry Crampton
Gerry Crampton was a British stunt performer and stunt coordinator best known for his work in the James Bond film series.
The eldest of five children, Robert Gerald Crampton, was born in Fulham on 28 April 1930. His father, a keen amateur boxer, taught Gerry and his brothers to box. He also became a keen swimmer and taught himself to dive.
Gerry left school at the age of 14 to become a butcher's boy before returning to London in 1945, initially finding work at Ealing Studios as a sound assistant on David Lean's Great Expectations (1946). In 1948 Crampton was called up for his National Service and found himself working as a teletypist in the RAF.
After Gerry began bodybuilding, winning Britain's Mr Body Beautiful in 1956.
Crampton's big chance in films came when he met the James Bond stunt coordinator, Bob Simmons, in 1960, who took him under his wing.
In 1967 he appeared in The Avengers episode entitled "Dead Man's Treasure" in the role of 1st Guest.
Crampton had a special expertise working in India where he first worked on Tarzan Goes to India in 1962 with Jock Mahoney. He was to return to India 48 more times in his career, working on countless Indian as well as British productions
Films (27)
Stoned
2005 · Stunt Coordinator
Darkness Falls
1999 · Stunts
The Jungle Book
1994 · Sgt. Major
Guinevere
1994 · Stunt Coordinator
Patriot Games
1992 · Stunts
Batman
1989 · Stunt Double
Willow
1988 · Nockmaar Lieutenant (uncredited), Stunt Coordinator
Still Crazy Like a Fox
1987 · Stunt Coordinator
Heavenly Pursuits
1986 · Stunt Coordinator
The Bride
1985 · Gentleman, Stunt Coordinator
Gandhi
1982 · Stunt Coordinator
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Stunts
The Eagle Has Landed
1976 · Stunt Coordinator
I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
1976 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Hennessy
1975 · Stunt Coordinator
Juggernaut
1974 · Stunt Coordinator
Death Line
1972 · Tunnel Worker
Lesson #007: Close Quarters Combat
1971 · Self
Cromwell
1970 · Stunt Coordinator
Hammerhead
1968 · Stunt Coordinator
Dark of the Sun
1968 · Stunts
The Dirty Dozen
1967 · Staff Sergeant Alistair Clayton (uncredited), Stunt Coordinator
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1966 · Stunts
The Heroes of Telemark
1965 · Stunt Coordinator
From Russia with Love
1963 · Stunts
Captain Clegg
1962 · Tattooed Sailor (Uncredited)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961 · Wrecker (uncredited), Stunts
Séries (11)
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Stunts
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Snaps
A Killing on the Exchange
1987 · Stunt Coordinator
Cover Her Face
1985 · Fight Arranger
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985 · Knuckles Brannigan
The Protectors
1972 · Barnes
Assignment: Vienna
1972 · Freddy
UFO
1970 · Fight Choreographer
Cribbins
1969
The Prisoner
1967 · Guardian, Kosho Game Opponent
The Avengers
1961 · Guest