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Feb 24, 2009 · Bud Ekins: 1930-2007 - Icon. By Mitch Boehm, Photography by MPTV.net. The most famous motorcycle stunt ever filmed is also one of the most misunderstood scenes in motion-picture history: the epic ...
Bud Ekins. Stunts: The Blues Brothers. Bud Ekins was born on 11 May 1930 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Sorcerer (1977) and National Lampoon's Animal House (1978).
Nov 26, 2007 · Bud Ekins, one of the true trailblazers in American motorcycling, passed away Oct. 6, 2007, at age 77. Although best known as Steve McQueen’s stuntman double, flying through the air on the famous motorcycle jump in The Great Escape, he was an accomplished rider whose racing career included a series of wins and records from which legends are built.
In 1964, Ekins, his brother Dave, and Steve McQueen raced in the ISDT in Germany. The team led the international competition before McQueen was involved in a crash and Bud later broke his leg. In all, Ekins won four gold medals and a silver during his seven years of competing in the ISDT during the 1960s.
May 18, 2020 · Ekins continued his stunt work until he was in his 60s, spanning an incredible 30 years, becoming one of the best in Hollywood. A true motorcycling legend who is remembered in the AMA Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame. He died in 2007, aged 77. Bud Ekins was one America’s pioneering off-road motorcycle racers, a Hollywood stunt rider and classic ...
Introduction to Bud Ekins, the Stuntman Who Performed the Jump. Bud Ekins was an accomplished motorcyclist, stuntman, and off-road racer who gained notoriety for his incredible skills on two wheels. It was his expertise and fearlessness that made him the perfect choice to execute the perilous motorcycle jump in The Great Escape. Ekins ...
Oct 9, 2007 · Bud Ekins, one of the founders of the Baja 1000, who worked as a stunt man for actor Steve McQueen in such films as The Great Escape and Bullitt, died Oct. 6. He was 77. Ekins, born in Hollywood ...
