Robert Francis Hoy (April 3, 1927 – February 8, 2010), was an American

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, stuntman and

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Life and career

Hoy was born and raised in New York. He joined the

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and served in

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. Bobby Hoy's career spanned 55 years as first a stuntman, then an actor and director. He doubled for stars such as

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, Charles Bronson,

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and

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. He appeared in more than 67 films included ''

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'', ''

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'', ''The Gambler II'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Enforcer'' and ''

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''.IMDB Listing
/ref> On television, Hoy acted in more than 75 TV programs including ''

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'', where he portrayed Joe Butler from 1967 to 1971. Other credits include ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Wanted: Dead or Alive'', '' Walker: Texas Ranger'', '' JAG'', ''

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'' (recurring role), ''

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'', ''Wonder Woman'' (2 episodes), ''

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'' (5 episodes), ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 1961, he became a co-founding member of The Stuntman's Association of Motion Pictures. Director and lifelong friend Raymond Austin put Hoy behind the camera as second unit director and stunt coordinator in Spain for the TV series ''

'' and on the pilot of ''The Three Musketeers''.

Honors

On January 28, 2010, Hoy was honored with a Golden Boot by the

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, commemorating his contribution to the genre of Western television and movies in all three award categories: acting, stunt work and directing. It was presented to him in the penthouse suite of Northridge Hospital, the first time a Golden Boot has ever been given to an honoree in the hospital.

Death

Bobby Hoy died on February 8, 2010 at Northridge Hospital after a six-month battle with

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Filmography

* ''

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'' (1950) - Trooper (uncredited) * ''

The Lawless Breed ''The Lawless Breed'' is a 1953 American Technicolor Western biographical film produced and distributed by Universal-International, directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Rock Hudson and Julie Adams. The film is a romanticized story based on the ...

'' (1953) - Gyp (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1953) - Soldier (uncredited) * ''

Border River ''Border River'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo and Pedro Armendáriz. Plot During the US Civil War, Clete Mattson arrives in Zona Libre, a small territory across the river ...

'' (1954) - Sgt. Johnson (uncredited) * ''

Taza, Son of Cochise ''Taza, Son of Cochise'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush. The film was shot in 3D, and is one of just two films confirmed to have been released in the Pola-Lite 3D System using ...

'' (1954) - Lobo * ''

The Black Shield of Falworth ''The Black Shield of Falworth'' is a 1954 American Technicolor film from Universal-International, produced by Robert Arthur and Melville Tucker and directed by Rudolph Maté. It stars Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, David Farrar, Herbert Marshall, an ...

'' (1954) - First Guard (uncredited) * '' A Star Is Born'' (1954) - Soundman (uncredited) * '' Four Guns to the Border'' (1954) - Smitty * ''

Bengal Brigade ''Bengal Brigade'' is a 1954 American adventure war film directed by Laslo Benedek and starring Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl and Ursula Thiess. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, based on the 1952 novel ''Bengal Tigers'' by ...

'' (1954) - Lancer (uncredited) * ''

The Silver Chalice ''The Silver Chalice'' is a 1952 English language historical novel by Thomas B. Costain. It is the fictional story of the making of a silver chalice to hold the Holy Grail (itself here conflated with the Holy Chalice) and includes 1st century b ...

'' (1954) - Rioter (uncredited) * ''

The Long Gray Line ''The Long Gray Line'' is a 1955 American Cinemascope Technicolor biographical comedy-drama film in CinemaScope directed by John Ford based on the life of Marty Maher and his autobiography, Bringing Up the Brass'' co-written witNardi Reeder Cam ...

'' (1955) - Cadet Kennedy (uncredited) * ''

Revenge of the Creature ''Revenge of the Creature'' ( ''Return of the Creature'' and ''Return of the Creature from the Black Lagoon'') is the first of two Universal-International sequels to '' Creature from the Black Lagoon''. It was the only 3D film released in 1955 ...

'' (1955) - Charlie (uncredited) * ''

One Desire ''One Desire'' is a 1955 Technicolor drama (genre), drama romance film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Anne Baxter, Julie Adams and Rock Hudson. Described as a "rugged story of oil-boom Oklahoma in the early 1900s", it was adapted from Conra ...

'' (1955) - Fireman (uncredited) * ''

Francis in the Navy ''Francis in the Navy'' is a 1955 American black-and-white comedy film from Universal-International, produced by Stanley Rubin and directed by Arthur Lubin. The film stars Donald O'Connor and Martha Hyer, and marked the first credited film role ...

'' (1955) - Creavy (uncredited) * '' To Hell and Back'' (1955) - Jennings (uncredited) * ''Kiss of Fire'' (1955) - Soldier (uncredited) * ''

Raw Edge ''Raw Edge'' is a 1956 American Western film directed by John Sherwood starring Rory Calhoun, Yvonne de Carlo, Mara Corday. It marked the movie debut of John Gavin under the name "John Gilmore". Plot In 1842, before law and order has come ...

'' (1956) - Five Crows (uncredited) * ''

Away All Boats ''Away All Boats'' is a 1956 American war film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, and Julie Adams. It was produced by Howard Christie from a screenplay by Ted Sherdeman based on the 1953 novel by Kenn ...

'' (1956) - Seaman (uncredited) * ''

The Mole People ''The Mole People'' is a 1956 American science fiction adventure film distributed by Universal International, which was produced by William Alland, directed by Virgil W. Vogel, and stars John Agar, Hugh Beaumont, and Cynthia Patrick. The st ...

'' (1956) - Mole Person (uncredited) * ''

Four Girls in Town ''Four Girls in Town'' is a 1957 American CinemaScope Technicolor drama film, directed by Jack Sher, about four girls trying to be movie stars. Plot When the leading lady drops out of a new film to be shot in New Orleans, studio head James Manni ...

'' (1957) - Indian (uncredited) * ''

Gun for a Coward ''Gun for a Coward'' is a 1957 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Abner Biberman and starring Fred MacMurray, Jeffrey Hunter and Janice Rule. The film also stars Josephine Hutchinson as MacMurray's mother, despite being less than five ...

'' (1957) - Danny * ''

Tammy and the Bachelor ''Tammy and the Bachelor'' is a 1957 romantic comedy film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Debbie Reynolds as Tambrey "Tammy" Tyree, Walter Brennan as Grandpa Dinwitty and Leslie Nielsen as Peter Brent. It is the first of the four Tammy fi ...

'' (1957) - Boy (uncredited) * '' Man of a Thousand Faces'' (1957) - Assistant Director in Bullpen (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1958) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Live Fast, Die Young'' (1958) - Bit Role (uncredited) * ''

No Time for Sergeants ''No Time for Sergeants'' is a 1954 best-selling novel by Mac Hyman, which was later adapted into a teleplay on ''The United States Steel Hour'', a popular Broadway play and 1958 motion picture, as well as a 1964 television series. The book chro ...

'' (1958) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Twilight for the Gods ''Twilight for the Gods'' is a 1958 American Eastmancolor adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse. The story is based on the novel ''Twilight for the Gods'' by Ernest K. Gann (though the opening credi ...

'' (1958) - Keim * ''

The Young Land ''The Young Land'' is a 1959 American Western film directed by Ted Tetzlaff and starring Patrick Wayne, Yvonne Craig, Dennis Hopper and Dan O'Herlihy. The cinematography was by Technicolor developer Winton C. Hoch and Henry Sharp. The film wa ...

'' (1959) - Cowboy (uncredited) * ''

The Big Fisherman ''The Big Fisherman'' is a 1959 American historical drama film directed by Frank Borzage about the life of Simon Peter, one of the disciples of Jesus. Starring Howard Keel, Susan Kohner and John Saxon, the production is adapted from the 1948 n ...

'' (1959) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Operation Petticoat ''Operation Petticoat'' is a 1959 American World War II submarine comedy film in Eastmancolor from Universal-International, produced by Robert Arthur, directed by Blake Edwards, that stars Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. The film tells in fla ...

'' (1959) - Reiner * ''

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'' (1960) - Soldier (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1965) - Tim - Unit Manager (uncredited) * ''

Tickle Me ''Tickle Me'' is a 1965 American musical comedy western film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Elvis Presley as a champion rodeo bull rider and bronco buster. Presley won a 1966 Golden Laurel Award as best male actor in a musical film fo ...

'' (1965) - Henry - Gardener (uncredited) * ''

The Slender Thread ''The Slender Thread'' is a 1965 American drama film starring Anne Bancroft and Sidney Poitier. It was the first feature-length film directed by future Oscar-winning director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack. Poitier portrays Alan, a college ...

'' (1965) - Patrolman Steve Peters * ''

'' (1966) - Tanner / Poker Player (uncredited) * ''

Assault on a Queen ''Assault on a Queen'' is a 1966 American action-adventure film directed by Jack Donohue and starring Frank Sinatra and Virna Lisi. Based on a 1959 novel by Jack Finney, it was adapted for the screen by Rod Serling and released by Paramount Pic ...

'' (1966) - Coast Guard Officer (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1967) - British Corporal * '' 5 Card Stud'' (1968) - Deputy Marshal Otis (uncredited) * ''

The Love Bug ''The Love Bug'' is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and the first in a franchise by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution that starred an anthropomorphic pearl-white, fabric-sunroofed 19 ...

'' (1968) - Driver #19 * ''Rogue's Gallery'' (1968) - Collins * ''

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'' (1973) - Cop #2 * ''

The Don Is Dead ''The Don Is Dead'' is a 1973 American crime film directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Christopher Trumbo, Michael Butler, and Marvin H. Albert, adapted from Albert's novel of the same name. It stars Anthony Quinn, Frederic Forrest, R ...

'' (1973) - Hood (uncredited) * ''Toke'' (1973) * ''

Bank Shot ''Bank Shot'' is a 1974 heist film directed by Gower Champion and written by Wendell Mayes. It was loosely based upon Donald E. Westlake's 1972 novel of the same name, which was the second book of his " Dortmunder" series. The film stars Geor ...

'' (1974) - Bank Guard (uncredited) * ''

Bite the Bullet To "bite the bullet" is to “accept the inevitable impending hardship and endure the resulting pain with fortitude”.

'' (1975) - Lee Christie * ''

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox ''The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox'' is a 1976 American Western romantic comedy film starring Goldie Hawn and George Segal, produced, directed and co-written by Melvin Frank. It is about an 1880s dance hall girl (Hawn) from San Francisco who ...

'' (1976) - Ingersoll (Bloodworth gang member) * ''

'' (1976) - Second Texas Ranger * '' The Enforcer'' (1976) - Buchinski * ''The Astral Factor'' (1978) - Harris * ''

'' (1980) - Cowboy at Bar #2 * ''

'' (1981) - Perlmutter (Cavendish's lieutenant) * ''

They Call Me Bruce? ''They Call Me Bruce?'' (also known as ''They Call Me Bruce'') is a 1982 American action comedy film directed by Elliott Hong, written by David B. Randolph and starring Johnny Yune and Margaux Hemingway. The film was followed by a sequel, ''Th ...

'' (1982) - N.Y. Bodyguard #1 * ''

Jimmy the Kid ''Jimmy the Kid'' is a 1982 American comedy film starring Gary Coleman and Paul Le Mat. It was directed by Gary Nelson, produced by Ronald Jacobs, and released on November 12, 1982 by New World Pictures. Following 1981's ''On the Right Track'', ...

'' (1982) - 1st Trooper * '' Choke Canyon'' (1986) - Buck * '' A Fine Mess'' (1986) - Detective Levine * ''Deadly Stranger'' (1988) - Sheriff Shepperd * ''Big Chuck, Little Chuck'' (2004) - Robert Hoy

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoy, Robert 1927 births 2010 deaths Deaths from cancer in California American male actors American stunt performers