Trivia

Robinson jumped from the CN-Tower, but opened the parachute only 90 meters off the ground. He received the largest salary for a stunt ever.

Subject of the 1987 documentary The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson (1987).

According to The Guinness Book of Records, Robinson was the highest-paid stuntman who received $100,000 for a single stunt. This he performed when he leaped from the top of the world's tallest free-standing structure, the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada. The stunt was captured in the 1980 film Highpoint (1982) with Robinson free-falling an incredible 700' before deploying a concealed parachute, which he activated a mere 300' from the ground.

He was posthumously honored in 1995 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences with an honorary "Oscar" award for his many contributions to the art of film.

He never broke a single bone in his 19 years of television and movie work.

After his death, Cyclone (1987), in which he starred, was dedicated to his memory.

Was given his first movie job by his mentor and lifelong friend, stuntman Loren Janes.

Robinson was filming a stunt for Million Dollar Mystery near Page, Arizona, a small town about an hour northeast of the Grand Canyon. He was completing a motorcycle chase scene when he lost control of his bike at a planned high-speed turn and launched off a ledge, crashed into a rock, and then impaled himself on a tree, dying en route to the hospital.

Father of Troy Robinson and Shawn Robinson.