Vic Armstrong was born on October 5, 1946 in Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, England as Victor Monroe Armstrong. He is known for his work on Indiana Jones und der Tempel des Todes (1984), Jäger des verlorenen Schatzes (1981) and Thor (2011). He is married to Wendy Leech . They have three children.

Brother of Andy Armstrong Father of Nina Armstrong Was one of three stunt doubles for Harrison Ford on the Indiana Jones trilogy, even though Ford enjoyed doing his stunts himself. Armstrong looked so much like Ford that members of the cast and crew often mistook him for Ford. When Ford suffered a back injury making the second Indiana Jones film that required surgery, Armstrong filled in for him and filmed a good portion of Ford's stunts and fight scenes. His three children with Wendy Leech , Bruce Armstrong , Scott Armstrong (who worked on the special effects crew in James Bond 007 - Stirb an einem anderen Tag (2002), and Nina Armstrong , have all worked in film production and/or stunts. Discussing the family team effort for James Bond 007 - Stirb an einem anderen Tag (2002), Armstrong said in an April 20, 2002, interview for Scotland's Daily Record about his sons (who were respectively 27 and 21 at the time), "I've got nothing to do with them - they are under another department. They loved stunts when they were younger, but they are mechanically minded. But my daughter Nina is a stunt woman and I worked with her in 3 Engel für Charlie (2000)." The world's most prolific stuntman, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. Quit school at the age of 14 to become a jockey. Worked with George Leech before meeting his wife, Wendy Leech , on the set of Superman (1978). All three were stunt doubles: Armstrong for Christopher Reeve (Superman), Wendy for Margot Kidder (Lois Lane), and George for the man in the burglar's office. Frequently said that his favorite movies to work on were the "Indiana Jones" series. Directed the opening scene of Terminator 2 - Tag der Abrechnung (1991). Rode the horse that plunged off the castle wall into the ocean in James Bond 007 - Sag niemals nie (1983). Doubled Roger Moore in the shark pool fight with Kananga in James Bond 007 - Leben und sterben lassen (1973). Was George Lazenby 's double and stuntman on James Bond 007 - Im Geheimdienst Ihrer Majestät (1969), a period which he likes to refer to as 'The best days of my filming career'. Played the first Ninja to enter Blofeld's volcano while firing a machine gun in James Bond 007 - Man lebt nur zweimal (1967).