Ted White (stuntman)

Ted White
Ted White at a horror Convention in Nashville on April, 2012.
Born	(1926-01-25) January 25, 1926 (age 91) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor, Stuntman
Years active	1949–present

Ted White (born January 25, 1926) is an American stuntman and actor who is best known for having doubled for John Wayne, Fess Parker, Clark Gable, Lee Marvin, and Richard Boone.

White played football for the University of Oklahoma. He then pursued a stuntman/acting career. In Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), White was approached because of his Marine Corps background when they needed a consultant for the layout of the island. That was when White met John Wayne and began doubling for him in 1952.

White has had minor roles in several western films and in such television series as Daniel Boone, Hunter, Magnum, P.I. and The Rockford Files, usually in tough-guy roles such as police officers or hired thugs. He has also worked in Gone in 60 Seconds, Silverado, Major League, Starman, and Tron.

In 1984, White played hockey masked serial killer Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, after the director needed a large man for the part. White reluctantly accepted because he needed the money. Uneasy about playing one of the most infamous murderers in screen history, White asked not to be credited on screen for his part. He was later credited for the archive footage of him as Jason that was used in the seventh Friday film.