Benny E. Dobbins (November 16, 1932 – February 5, 1988) was an American stuntman, actor, stunt coordinator, and second unit director.
Biography As coordinator and director, Dobbins is known for films such as Planes, Trains and Automobiles, The Running Man, Extreme Prejudice, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Commando, and Weird Science.
As a stuntman and actor, Dobbins was frequently omitted from the end credits. Even in his credited work, he is often given generic character names such as Cowboy #2 in Gunsmoke (S17E21 "Yankton") and 1st Bandit in The Six Million Dollar Man (S1E12 "The Coward").
Dobbins died in Austria after suffering a heart attack near the ski resort of Schladming during the filming of Red Heat starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Dobbins was a second unit director on the film, and was coordinating the stunts when he collapsed. He was airlifted from the film location by helicopter to a hospital where, later, a doctor pronounced him dead.
Filmography A partial filmography follows.Turner Classic Movies: TV Guide: https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/bennie-dobbins/credits/3000551238/ Second unit director/Stunts Year Title Stunts Second unit director Director 1971 Dirty Harry Don Siegel 1973 Magnum Force Ted Post 1974 Blazing Saddles Mel Brooks 1980 Used Cars Robert Zemeckis 1982 48 Hrs. Walter Hill First Blood Ted Kotcheff E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg 1985 Weird Science John Hughes Commando Mark L. Lester 1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off John Hughes 1987 Extreme Prejudice Walter Hill The Running Man Paul Michael Glaser Planes, Trains and Automobiles John Hughes 1988 Red Heat Walter Hill
Actor Gunsmoke (1972) as Cowboy #2 (S17E21 "Yankton") The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) as 1st Bandit (S1E12 "The Coward")
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Profile at AllMovie