One of the key figures in the development of modern cinematic stunt design, improved safety procedures and co-founder of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures & Televsion, Loren Janes ranks alongside Dar Robinson , Hal Needham and Yakima Canutt for his contributions to movie stunt work. James has lent his athletic skills to many amazing stunt sequences in over 130 feature films, and has doubled for some of Hollywood's biggest stars including Paul Newman , Steve McQueen , Jack Nicholson and even Debbie Reynolds in a career spanning nearly half a century. He has contributed his talents to such spectacular films as Die zehn Gebote (1956), Spartacus (1960), Die glorreichen Sieben (1960), Planet der Affen (1968), Flammendes Inferno (1974) and Beverly Hills Cop - Ich lös' den Fall auf jeden Fall (1984). Ruggedly handsome, Janes has also had minor acting roles in over a dozen Hollywood feature films. In 2001, well known western actor L.Q. Jones presented Loren Janes with the Golden Boot Award for his lifetime contribution to the western film genre. - IMDb Mini Biography By: [email protected]

Co-founded the Stuntmen's Association with Dick Geary in 1961. Was Debbie Reynolds stunt double in Das war der wilde Westen (1962). In August 2001, Janes received the Golden Boot Award, for his lifetime achievement in film and television Westerns, one of the few stuntmen to be so honored. Served in the U.S. Marines. Twice qualified for the U.S. Olympic trials pentathlon. Only stuntman to perform in both Die glorreichen Sieben (1960) and Das dreckige Dutzend (1967).