Trivia

The US Marine Corps' WW2 Self-Defense Champion and author of the USMC Manual of Self-Defense.

Longtime stuntman, regarded as among the best in the business, who segued into character parts and played everything from Indian warriors to African chiefs to Mexican bandits.

Began in films as stuntman, eventually becoming one of the top stuntmen in the business. Continued doing stunt work throughout his acting career.

In Fiji in October 1952, early into filming of Her Majesty O'Keefe, realism led to six stitches over star Burt Lancaster's right eye. He was jousting with Horvath in accepted South Sea style, using a Fiji Island spear when the accident occurred. Shooting was halted until the laceration healed.