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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... See full bio »

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2002 Spider-Man (stunts - uncredited)
 
2001 Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (stunts)
 
2001 America's Sweethearts (stunts)
 
1999 Wild Wild West (stunts)
 
1998 Money Play$ (TV movie) (stunt coordinator)
 
1998 The Practice (TV series) (stunts: cop #2 - 1 episode)
– The Trial (1998) (stunts: cop #2)
 
1997 Best Men (stunts)
 
1997 Out to Sea (stunts)
 
1996 Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (stunt coordinator)
 
1996 Spy Hard (stunts)
 
1995 Casino (stunts)
 
1995 Steal Big Steal Little (stunts)
 
1994 Monkey Trouble (stunt player)
 
1994 The Silence of the Hams (stunts)
 
1993 Robin Hood: Men in Tights (stunts)
 
1993 In the Line of Fire (stunts)
 
1993 Jack the Bear (stunt coordinator)
 
1992 Man Trouble (stunt coordinator, stunts)
 
1991 Hook (stunts - as Loren James)
 
1991 Write to Kill (stunts)
 
1991 Blue Desert (stunts)
 
1990 Wild at Heart (stunts)
 
1989 The Abyss (stunts)
 
1989 Weekend at Bernie's (stunts)
 
1988 Dead Heat (stunts)
 
1987 Masters of the Universe (stunt choreographer)
 
1987 White Water Summer (stunt coordinator)
 
1986 ¡Three Amigos! (stunts)
 
1986 Ruthless People (stunts)
 
1986 Raw Deal (stunts)
 
1986 Short Circuit (stunts)
 
1985 Runaway Train (stunt coordinator)
 
1985 North and South (TV mini-series) (stunts)
 
1985 To Live and Die in L.A. (stunt player)
 
1985 MacGyver (TV series) (stunts)
 
1985 Fright Night (stunts)
 
1985 Back to the Future (stunts)
 
1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II (stunt coordinator: helicopter unit)
 
1984 Beverly Hills Cop (stunts)
 
1984 Repo Man (stunt safety)
 
1983 The Dead Zone (stunts)
 
1983 Yellowbeard (stunts)
 
1983 Fire and Ice (stunt coordinator)
 
1983 Hysterical (stunts)
 
1982 Halloween III: Season of the Witch (stunts)
 
1982 The Sword and the Sorcerer (stunts)
 
1981 The Fall Guy (TV series) (stunts)
 
1981 Escape from New York (stunts)
 
1981 The Four Seasons (stunts)
 
1981 Lovely But Deadly (stunt coordinator)
 
1980 The Big Brawl (stunts)
 
1980 Raise the Titanic (stunts)
 
1980 The Hunter (stunt double: Steve McQueen - uncredited, stunts)
 
1980 Wholly Moses! (stunts)
 
1980 Tom Horn (stunt double: Steve McQueen - uncredited, stunts - uncredited)
 
1980 Superstunt II (TV movie) (stunts)
 
1979 1941 (stunts - uncredited)
 
1979 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (stunt coordinator)
 
1979 The Rebels (TV movie) (stunts)
 
1979 Roots: The Next Generations (TV mini-series) (stunt coordinator - 1 episode)
– Episode #1.5 (1979) (stunt coordinator)
 
1978 Goin' South (stunts)
 
1978 The Swarm (stunts - uncredited)
 
1978 F.I.S.T (stunts)
 
1976 King Kong (stunts - uncredited)
 
1976 Swashbuckler (stunts)
 
1976 Logan's Run (stunts - uncredited)
 
1976 The Missouri Breaks (stunts - uncredited)
 
1976 NBC Special Treat (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 1 episode)
– Figuring All the Angles (1976) (stunt coordinator)
 
1975 The Other Side of the Mountain (stunts - uncredited)
 
1975 The Master Gunfighter (stunts)
 
1974 The Towering Inferno (stunts - uncredited)
 
1974 Earthquake (stunts - uncredited)
 
1974 99 and 44/100% Dead (stunts - uncredited)
 
1974 The Terminal Man (stunts - uncredited)
 
1974 Planet Earth (TV movie) (stunt coordinator)
 
1974 Little House on the Prairie (TV series) (stunts)
 
1974 Blazing Saddles (stunts - uncredited)
 
1973 The Don Is Dead (stunts - uncredited)
 
1973 Search (TV series) (stunt coordinator - 6 episodes)
– The Mattson Papers (1973) (stunt coordinator)
– Goddess of Destruction (1973) (stunt coordinator)
– The Clayton Lewis Document (1973) (stunt coordinator)
– Countdown to Panic (1973) (stunt coordinator)
– Numbered for Death (1973) (stunt coordinator)
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1972 The Getaway (stunt double: Steve McQueen - uncredited, stunts - uncredited)
 
1972 The Poseidon Adventure (stunts - uncredited)
 
1972 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series) (stunts)
 
1972 What's Up, Doc? (stunts)
 
1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter (stunts - uncredited)
 
1970 Little Big Man (stunts - uncredited)
 
1970 Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (stunts - uncredited)
 
1970 Beneath the Planet of the Apes (stunts - uncredited)
 
1969 The Reivers (stunt double: Steve McQueen - uncredited, stunts - uncredited)
 
1969 Hello, Dolly! (stunts - uncredited)
 
1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (stunts - uncredited)
 
1969 Paint Your Wagon (stunts - uncredited)
 
1969 The Great Bank Robbery (stunts - uncredited)
 
1968 Ice Station Zebra (stunts - uncredited)
 
1968 Bullitt (stunt double: Steve McQueen - uncredited, stunts - uncredited)
 
1968 Coogan's Bluff (stunts - uncredited)
 
1968 The Helicopter Spies (stunts - uncredited)
 
1968 Planet of the Apes (stunts - uncredited)
 
1967 The Graduate (stunts - uncredited)
 
Star Trek (TV series) (stunt double: Richard Tatro - 1 episode, 1967) (stunt double: William Shatner - 1 episode, 1966)
– I, Mudd (1967) (stunt double: Richard Tatro - uncredited)
– Charlie X (1966) (stunt double: William Shatner - uncredited)
 
1967 The Fastest Guitar Alive (stunts - uncredited)
 
1967 The Dirty Dozen (stunts - uncredited)
 
1967 Camelot (stunts - uncredited)
 
1966 The Sand Pebbles (stunt double: Steve McQueen - uncredited, stunts - uncredited)
 
1966 Nevada Smith (stunts - uncredited)
 
1965 A Patch of Blue (stunts - uncredited)
 
1965 The F.B.I. (TV series) (stunt coordinator)
 
1965 The Sons of Katie Elder (stunts - uncredited)
 
1965 Tickle Me (stunts - uncredited)
 
1965 In Harm's Way (stunts - uncredited)
 
1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (stunt double: Shirley MacLaine - uncredited)
 
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told (stunts - uncredited)
 
1964 Cheyenne Autumn (stunts - uncredited)
 
1964 Advance to the Rear (stunts - uncredited)
 
1963 McLintock! (stunts - uncredited)
 
1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (stunt double: Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson - uncredited)
 
1962 Taras Bulba (stunts - uncredited)
 
1962 How the West Was Won (stunt double: Debbie Reynolds - uncredited, stunts - uncredited)
 
1962 Hell Is for Heroes (stunts - uncredited)
 
1961 Everything's Ducky (stunts - uncredited)
 
1960 Flaming Star (stunts - uncredited)
 
1960 Swiss Family Robinson (stunts - uncredited)
 
1960 North to Alaska (stunts - uncredited)
 
1960 The Magnificent Seven (stunts - uncredited)
 
1960 Spartacus (stunt double: Kirk Douglas - uncredited)
 
1960 Pony Express (TV series) (stunts - 1 episode)
– The Replacement (1960) (stunts)
 
1960 This Rebel Breed (stunts - uncredited)
 
1960 Bat Masterson (TV series) (stunts - 1 episode)
– The Pied Piper of Dodge City (1960) (stunts - uncredited)
 
1959 Laramie (TV series) (stunts)
 
1959 Darby O'Gill and the Little People (stunts - uncredited)
 
1959 The Mating Game (stunts - uncredited)
 
1959 Thunder in the Sun (stunts - uncredited)
 
1958 The Buccaneer (stunts - uncredited)
 
1958 High School Confidential! (stunts - uncredited)
 
1958 From Hell to Texas (stunts - uncredited)
 
1958 Run Silent Run Deep (stunts)
 
1958 Broken Arrow (TV series) (stunts - 1 episode)
– Bad Boy (1958) (stunts)
 
1957 The Tall Stranger (stunts - uncredited)
 
1957 Jailhouse Rock (stunts - uncredited)
 
1957 Sugarfoot (TV series) (stunts)
 
1957 The Oklahoman (stunts - uncredited)
 
1956 Friendly Persuasion (stunts - uncredited)
 
1956 The Ten Commandments (stunts - uncredited)
 
1956 Walk the Proud Land (stunts - uncredited)
 
1956 Attack (stunts - uncredited)
 
1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV series) (stunts)
 
1956 The First Texan (stunts - uncredited)
 
1955 Jupiter's Darling (stunts - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (29 titles)
2002 Spider-Man
Board of Directors Member (uncredited)
 
1992 Ring of the Musketeers (TV movie)
Security Guard #2 (as Loren James)
 
1992 On the Air (TV mini-series)
Executive
– Episode #1.3 (1992) … Executive
– Episode #1.2 (1992) … Executive (uncredited)
 
1991 Write to Kill
2nd Policeman
 
1989 Designing Women (TV series)
Governor
– Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence (1989) … Governor
 
1989 Prancer
Mr. Soot
 
1988 Lovers, Partners & Spies
Ian
 
1988 Dead Heat
Man In Room (uncredited)
 
1986 L.A. Law (TV series)
Norman Chaney
– Pilot (1986) … Norman Chaney
 
1985 Runaway Train
Engineer Eastbound 12
 
1985 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Man
– Revenge (1985) … Man (uncredited)
 
1984 Masquerade (TV series)
– Spanish Gambit (1984)
 
1981 Force: Five
Hank
 
1978 The Lord of the Rings
 
1976 Gemini Man (TV series)
Minotaur
– Minotaur (1976) … Minotaur
 
1975 Insight (TV series)
Orderly
– The Prodigal Father (1975) … Orderly
 
1972 Search (TV series)
Chauffeur / Guard
– Operation Iceman (1972) … Guard
– The Murrow Disappearance (1972) … Chauffeur
 
1967 The King's Pirate
Zucco's Troop
 
1966 The Sand Pebbles
Coleman
 
1966 Nevada Smith
Cowboy in Abilene Hotel/Convict in Prison Camp (uncredited)
 
1966 Wild Wild Winter
The Bear
 
1965 The Sons of Katie Elder
Ned Reese (uncredited)
 
1963 A Ticklish Affair
Hayward (uncredited)
 
1960 Spartacus
Salt Mine Slave (uncredited) / Gladiator (uncredited) / Slave General (uncredited)
 
1959 The Mating Game
Sherm (uncredited)
 
1958 The Buccaneer
Tumbler (uncredited)
 
1958 High School Confidential!
Bert (uncredited)
 
1957 El coyote (TV movie)
Red
 
1955 The Cisco Kid (TV series)
Tim Siebert
– The Tumblers (1955) … Tim Siebert
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2002 Behind the Action: Stuntmen in the Movies (TV documentary short) (technical advisor)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2005 Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (TV documentary) (acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by)
 
1998 The Making of 'How the West Was Won' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2004-2005 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Marlon Brando: The Agony of Genius (2005) … Himself
– Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004) … Himself
 
2005 Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2002 Behind the Action: Stuntmen in the Movies (TV documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Cinerama Adventure (documentary)
Himself - stuntman
 
1998 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Steve McQueen (1998) … Himself
 
1998 The Making of 'How the West Was Won' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Steve McQueen: The King of Cool (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 Inside 'The Swarm' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
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In 1957, he co-starred with Muriel Davis, a 1956 Olympic gymnastic champion in the pilot for a western series called, "El Coyote", about a female Zorro-like avenger. The series, produced by RKO, never made it beyond the pilot stage.

Alternate Names:

Loren James
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Star Sign:

Libra