Charles Bail, sometimes credited as Chuck Bail, was an American

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

, actor, and

stuntman A stunt performer, often called a stuntman or stuntwoman and occasionally stuntperson or stunt-person, is a trained professional who performs daring acts, often as a career. Stunt performers usually appear in films or on television, as opposed ...

. He directed five full-length films: ''

Black Samson ''Black Samson'' is a 1974 American blaxploitation film, starring Rockne Tarkington, Carol Speed, William Smith and Connie Strickland. The film was written by Daniel B. Cady (who also produced) and Warren Hamilton Jr., directed by Charles Bail a ...

'' (1974), ''

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold ''Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold'' is a 1975 American Adventure film, action-adventure film directed by Charles Bail and starring Tamara Dobson as Cleopatra "Cleo" Jones, Stella Stevens, and Norman Fell. The film is a sequel to the 1973 ...

'' (1975), ''

The Gumball Rally ''The Gumball Rally'' is a 1976 American action comedy film, directed and co-written by Charles Bail, a former stunt coordinator also known as Chuck Bail, about an illicit coast-to-coast road race. It was inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-t ...

'' (1976), ''

Choke Canyon ''Choke Canyon'' (titled ''On Dangerous Ground'' outside the United States) is a 1986 American film. It stars Stephen Collins as a "cowboy scientist" trying to develop an alternative energy source. It was filmed mostly in the vicinity of Moab, ...

'' (1986), and ''

Street Corner Justice ''Street Corner Justice'' is a 1996 American action film directed by Charles Bail and starring Marc Singer. Cast *Marc Singer as Mike Justus *Steve Railsback as Ryan Freeborn *Kim Lankford as Jenny Connor * Beverly Leech as Willie Gee *Tom Liste ...

'' (1996). He died November 25, 2020, at the age of 85.Chuck Bail, Famed Stuntman and ‘Gumball Rally’ Director, Dies at 85
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Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly larg ...

'', November 26, 2020.

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