Bill Catching
Bill Catching was born on Jun 16, 1926 in USA. Bill Catching's big-screen debut came with The Man from Colorado directed by Henry Levin in 1948. Bill Catching is known for Blazing Saddles directed by Mel Brooks, Cleavon Little stars as Bart and Gene Wilder as Jim. The most recent award Bill Catching achieved is Golden Boot Awards. The upcoming new movie Bill Catching plays is The Getaway which will be released on Feb 11, 1994.
Stuntman, actor, and second unit director Bill Catching was born Jerome P. Catching on June 16, 1926 in Bexar County, Texas. In 1942 at age sixteen Catching hitchhiked from Bandera, Texas to Hollywood, California. Upon reaching California Bill got a job working in barns that furnished horses for movies. After serving a stint in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Catching went on to work as a wrangler for horse trainer and wrangler Ralph McCutcheon. Bill began his long and extensive career as a stuntman primarily in Western films and television shows in the late 1940's. Catching signed up as a stuntman for the production company ZIV Television Programs in the early 1950's. Bill not only doubled for Leo Carrillo on the TV series The Cisco Kid (1950), but also was a stunt coordinator on the TV shows Les mystères de l'Ouest (1965) and L'homme qui tombe à pic (1981). In the wake of retiring from the film and television industry in the mid-1990's, Catching settled in Arizona and raised prize horses on his ranch just outside of Yuma. In August, 1994 Bill received a Golden Boot Award for his sterling and significant contributions to the Western genre; said award was presented to Bill by his good friend Roy Rogers. Catching died of cancer at age 81 on August 24, 2007 at his home in Somerton, Arizona.
Birthday
Jun 16, 1926Place of Birth
Bexar County, Texas, USA
Known For
Awards
1 wins & 0 nominations
Movies & TV Shows
- 1994
stunts
5.8 - 1988
second unit director or assistant director, stunts
6.0 - 1986
stunts
5.8 - 1986
stunts
7.4 - 19825.4
- 1982
stunts
4.8 - 1981
stunts
5.6 - 19806.2
- 1980
stunts
6.0 - 19786.1
- 1977
stunts
6.2 - 19765.5
- 1976
stunts
6.2 - 1975
actor
6.8 - 1975
stunts
6.2 - 19744.8
- 19746.6
- 19745.6
- 19747.7
- 1974
stunts
5.9 - 19736.3
- 19736.9
- 1973
stunts
7.2 - 19727.1
- 19726.1
- 1972
stunts
7.4 - 1971
stunts
5.8 - 19705.4
- 1970
stunts
4.4 - 19696.3
- 19697.5
- 1969
stunts
5.6 - 1969
stunts
5.3 - 1968
stunts
6.5 - 1968
stunts
6.4 - 1967
stunts
5.4 - 1967
stunts
6.0 - 19666.2
- 1966
stunts
5.4 - 19656.1
- 19657.2
- 19656.1
- 1965
stunts
6.7 - 19657.4
- 19657.4
- 1964
stunts
7.8 - 19636.1
- 19636.4
- 19636.7
- 1963
stunts
5.5 - 1962
stunts
7.4 - 1962
stunts
6.4 - 1962
stunts
5.9 - 19607.9
- 19607.3
- 19598.3
- 19597.3
- 19598.0
- 19587.3
- 19588.1
- 19587.4
- 19578.0
- 19564.1
- 19557.3
- 19555.8
- 19558.0
- 19545.9
- 1954
stunts
6.5 - 1954
stunts
6.2 - 19547.1
- 19534.8
- 1953
stunts
5.7 - 19537.1
- 19527.1
- 19527.6
- 19516.0
- 19517.1
- 19517.6
- 19507.1
- 1948
stunts
6.6