One of the modern US cinema's greatest stuntmen and stunt innovators, Dar Robinson only appeared in a relatively small number of films compared to other stuntmen (before losing his life in an off-set motorcycle accident); however, he set new benchmarks in stunt performances. Robinson broke 19 world records and set 21 "world's firsts." He also invented the decelerator, a dragline cable rather than an airbag for stunts that involved jumping from high places. Dar Robinson's stunts were always well planned, and he never broke a bone in his 13-year Hollywood career. On November 21, 1986, on the set of the film Million Dollar Mystery, after the completion of the main stunt, the emergency medical staff was dismissed from the set. While filming a routine high speed run by the camera with a fellow stuntman, Robinson rode his stunt motorcycle past the braking point of a turn and straight off a cliff, to his death.

Filmography

• 1987Cyclone — Rolf
• 1987Lethal Weapon — Stunts
• 1987Million Dollar Mystery — Stunts
• 1986King Kong Lives — Stunts
• 1986Scorpion — Stunt Coordinator
• 1986Vamp — Security Guard, Stunt Coordinator
• 1985Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment — Stunts
• 1985Stick — Moke, Stunts
• 1985To Live and Die in L.A. — FBI Agent, Stunts
• 1985Turk 182! — Stunt Coordinator
• 1984Bachelor Party — Stunts
• 1984Firstborn — Stunt Coordinator
• 1984Highpoint — Stunts
• 1984Iceman — Stunt Double, Second Unit Director
• 1984Police Academy — Menacing Thug in Plaid (uncredited), Stunts, Stunt Double
• 1983Go for It — Stunt Coordinator
• 1981Nighthawks — A.T.A.C. Man, Stunt Coordinator
• 1980Airplane! — Stunts
• 1980Ruckus — Stunts
• 1979The Billion Dollar Threat — Stunt Double
• 1979The Concorde... Airport '79 — Stunts
• 1979The Fantastic Seven — Stunts
• 1978F.I.S.T. — Stunts
• 1978Paradise Alley — Stunts
• 1978The Manitou — Stunts
• 1977Airport '77 — Larry
• CHiPs — Sports Car Driver
• 1977Stunts — Stunts
• 1976Burnt Offerings — Stunts
• 1976Kiss Me... Kill Me — Jimbo
• 1976Logan's Run — Stunts
• 1975Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze — Native, Stunt Coordinator
• 1975Rollerball — Stunts
• 1974Smile Jenny, You're Dead — Stunt Double
• 1974The Towering Inferno — Stunts
• 1973Magnum Force — Stunt Driver
• 1973Papillon — Stunts
• 1970The Monsters of Babaloo — Stunts
• 1969Paint Your Wagon — Stunts
• 1968Star! — Utility Stunts

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 1987The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson — Self
• 1981The Devil at Your Heels — Himself
• 1977Superstunt — Self