Paul Stader

Paul B. Stader, sometimes known as Manny Stader , was an American actor best known for having performed stunts for Johnny Weismuller, Lex Barker, Gregory Peck, and John Wayne. He was also the underwater director of the 1978 film The Return of Captain Nemo.

Stader was born and reared in Neosho, Missouri. He came to Los Angeles, California, to attempt to enter the 1932 Olympic Games. Though he did not make the team, he struck up important friendships with Weismuller and Buster Crabbe. They encouraged him to take the lifeguard examination in Santa Monica. He earnedper day as a guard. Thereafter, studio executives spotted him on a pier and determined that he would make an excellent double for the actor Jon Hall in the 1937 film The Hurricane. He was soon the personal trainer and stuntman for Weismuller, for whom he doubled in the 1942 film Tarzan Triumphs and in the 1955 television series Jungle Jim, based on a popular comic strip about the hunter, guide, and explorer Jim Bradley.

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