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Frank Henson [Photo Courtesy of Jon Auty]
Frank Henson, a legendary Hollywood stunt performer, has died at 83. Henson passed away at a hospital in Sussex, England from a short battle with an undisclosed illness, stunt historian Jon Auty told The Hollywood Reporter. His wife, Marion, and son, Mark, were at his bedside.
“He had a simple lesson in life – if someone is good to you, you should be good to them in return,” Auty told The Hollywood Reporter. “I will miss the times we had discussing his life and remembering the good times. Also, when he laughed, the room lit up. That’s a gift.”
Henson was best known for tussling with Mark Hamill during a speeder bike chase in Star Wars: The Last Jedi and fighting Harrison Ford in the action-packed climax of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. He also worked on several James Bond films including Casino Royale and You Only Live Once (1967), Never Say Never Again (1983), A View To Kill (1985), and The Living Daylights (1987). He doubled for Roger Moore defusing a nuclear bomb in 1983’s Octopussy.
His other notable credits include Star Wars (1977), The Long Good Friday (1980), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Top Secret! (1984), Brazil (1985), Willow (1988), Without a Clue (1988) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991).
Henson’s son, Mark Henson, is currently a stunt coordinator on the hit History Channel original series Vikings.
