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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.

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 The Ten Commandments (1956), Spartacus (1960), The Magnificent Seven (1960), Planet of the Apes (1968), The Towering Inferno (1974) and Beverly Hills Cop (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.

Only stuntman to perform in both <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0054047/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">The Magnificent Seven (1960)</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0061578/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">The Dirty Dozen (1967)</a>.

Twice qualified for the U.S. Olympic trials pentathlon.

Co-founded the Stuntmen&#39;s Association with <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0311283/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Dick Geary</a> in 1961.

Was <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001666/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Debbie Reynolds</a> stunt double in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0056085/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">How the West Was Won (1962)</a>.

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.

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