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Buddy Van Horn

Buddy Van Horn

Directing
1980 — 1989 · 3 films
Lived
20 August 1929 — d. 2021
From
Los Angeles, California, USA

Buddy Van Horn (August 20, 1929 - May 11, 2021) was a Hollywood stunt coordinator. A long-time stunt double for Clint Eastwood, he directed such Eastwood films as Any Which Way You Can, The Dead Pool, and Pink Cadillac. He doubled for Gregory Peck and Guy Williams on Disney's Zorro and on the 2004 Oscar-winning Best Picture Million Dollar Baby, directed by Eastwood.

Acting
1971 — 1975 · 3 films
Lived
20 August 1929 — d. 2021
From
Los Angeles, California, USA

Buddy Van Horn (August 20, 1929 - May 11, 2021) was a Hollywood stunt coordinator. A long-time stunt double for Clint Eastwood, he directed such Eastwood films as Any Which Way You Can, The Dead Pool, and Pink Cadillac. He doubled for Gregory Peck and Guy Williams on Disney's Zorro and on the 2004 Oscar-winning Best Picture Million Dollar Baby, directed by Eastwood.

Career Signature

How Buddy Van Horn’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

kinetic urgency
crowd-pleaser
joyful exuberance
nightlife underworld
investigation spiral

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

James FargoJames Fargo4 filmsGordon DouglasGordon Douglas19 filmsMichael Jai WhiteMichael Jai White4 filmsMark L. LesterMark L. Lester11 filmsRobert ClouseRobert Clouse12 filmsJim KoufJim Kouf2 filmsKevin BrayKevin Bray2 filmsShane BlackShane Black5 films
Career Signature

How Buddy Van Horn’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

grainy 70s grit
ensemble mosaic
sun-bleached
end-of-an-era
pre-internet intimacy

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Filmography

Pink Cadillac

1989

The Dead Pool

1988

Any Which Way You Can

1980

Filmography

Bite the Bullet

1975

High Plains Drifter

1973

The Beguiled

1971