Alfred Charles Richard Joint (22 September 1927 – 25 July 2005) was a British film and television stunt performer, stunt coordinator and arranger. He was notable for his contributions in numerous films over a 30-year period including: ''

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'' (1965), ''

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'' (1970), '' The Omen'' (1976), '' A Bridge too Far'' (1977), '' Superman'' (1978), ''

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'' (1980), '' Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'' (1987), ''

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'' (1983) and the Bond films '' Goldfinger'' (1964) and ''

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'' (1969). He also had small acting roles in some films including two

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films, ''

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'' (1967) and '' Witchfinder General'' (1968). As a stuntman he specialised in high falls and fight scenes. He doubled for

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in the film ''Goldfinger'' and for

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and

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in ''

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'' (1968). Memorable appearances include his fight with Connery as the Mexican thug Capungo in ''Goldfinger''. The fight ends with the character's electrocution in a bath when a sunlamp is thrown in by Bond, followed by his famous quip "Shocking…Positively shocking". Joint also took part in the fight scene on the top of a

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in ''Where Eagles Dare'' and performed a jump from one cable car to another doubling for Richard Burton. On television he appeared in '' Doctor Who'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Space: 1999'', ''

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'', (for which he plunged 430 ft into the

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doubling for

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) and '' London's Burning''. He also performed a memorable stunt for a

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Milk Tray television commercial in which the hero was seen diving off a cliff into the sea. Prior, he was an active gaffer (film electrician), having worked on '' An American Werewolf In London'' (1981). Joint was a mentor to younger stuntmen such as Vic Armstrong and the late Rod Woodruff (d.2011). He retired in 1995 and died in 2005 of cancer aged 77.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joint, Alf English stunt performers 1927 births 2005 deaths