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Nick Dimitri

Nick Dimitri(December 27, 1932 – October 20, 2021) was an American stuntman and actor best known asCharles Bronson's character's opponent in the climax ofHard Times(1975).

Nick Dimitri
Born(1932-12-27)December 27, 1932
DiedOctober 20, 2021(2021-10-20)(aged 88)
Occupation(s)Film and television actor,stuntman
Years active1959–1997
SpouseChristina Cummings

In addition to fisticuffs, his specialty was dying violently on screen.[citation needed]He was a regular stuntman on theWorld War IITV seriesThe Rat Patroland a double for action actorsSean ConneryandWilliam Smith.He helped set up the fights inDarker than AmberandAny Which Way You Can.

Dimitri also played Angie Dickinson's character's undead husband in the 1973 cult TV movieThe Norliss Tapes.He later became a fixture in many of Arnold Schwarzenegger's films, stood up toSteven Seagal's character inOut for Justice,and doubled for the one-armed man in the big screen version ofThe Fugitive(1993).

Dimitri was married to actress Christina Cummings from 1982 until his death.[1]He died on October 20, 2021, at the age of 88.[2][3]

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^"Nick Dimitri, 88".Classic Images.March 2022. pp. 36–37.
  2. ^"SAG-AFTRA magazine Fall/Winter 2021".SAG-AFTRA.Retrieved7 December2021.
  3. ^"SAMP Members in Memoriam".
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