Bud Geary(1898-1946)
- Actor
- Stunts
Born Sigsbee Maine Geary in Salt Lake City, Utah, on February 15, 1898,
ace stuntman Bud Geary began appearing in films in 1920, and it wasn't
long before the strapping
(6'1"), athletic young man was strutting his stuff
with such action players as
Douglas Fairbanks
in Robin Hood (1922) (in which Geary
played Will Scarlett) and Buck Jones
in The Arizona Romeo (1925).
The coming of sound put the brakes on Geary's burgeoning acting career
and he wound up playing a succession of henchmen, gangsters, cops and
other bit parts until he hit his stride in a string of serials at
Republic Pictures in 1939, and stayed there until 1946, as both an
actor and stuntman. He doubled most of the studio's top western and
action stars, in addition to freelancing at other studios. He gained a
reputation as one of the industry's most fearless and inventive stunt
men.
Bud Geary was killed in an automobile accident outside San Fernando, California, on Feb. 22, 1946, when his car left the road at a high rate of speed and rolled over.
Bud Geary was killed in an automobile accident outside San Fernando, California, on Feb. 22, 1946, when his car left the road at a high rate of speed and rolled over.
