Edward Dean Jeffries was an American custom vehicle designer, fabricator, stuntman and stunt coordinator for motion pictures and television programs based in Los Angeles, California.
Jeffries was born to Viola Irene and Edward James Jeffries in Osage, Iowa. After the family moved to Compton, California, Jeffries grew up in Compton and then neighboring Lynwood, California, where his father was a mechanic. He was the middle child, born between older sister Darlene Ann and younger sister Evonne Mae . A brother, James Eddie, was born December 2, 1935, in Osage, a twin to Evonne, but died the next day.
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