Vic Armstrong

Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Farnham Common, England, UK
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Also Known As: Victor M. Armstrong; Victor Armstrong

CONTACT DETAILS

Agent (USA):
David Gersh
The Gersh Agency
Tel: (310) - 205 - 5812

* = television

1967
You Only Live Twice (stunts - uncredited)

1968
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (stunts - uncredited)

1969
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (ski double)

The Vampire Lovers (stunt coordinator)

1973
Frankenstein (stunts)

Live and Let Die (stunts - uncredited)

1975
Space: 1999: Collision Course (performer / stunts (operative - uncredited)) *

1976
Exposé (performer (small youth))

1978
Superman (stunt co-ordinator (uncredited); stunt double for Christopher Reeve; stunt double)

1980
Superman II (stunt co-ordinator; stunts)

Flash Gordon (stunts - uncredited)

The Watcher in the Woods (stunt supervisor)

1981
An American Werewolf in London (stunts; performer (bus driver - uncredited))

Raiders of the Lost Ark (stunt double for Harrison Ford)

1983
Krull (stunt coordinator)

Never Say Never Again (stunts)

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (stunt double)

Superman III (stunts - uncredited)

1984
The Comic Strip Presents: Slags (performer (stuntman)) *

Conan the Destroyer (stunt coordinator)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (stunt arranger; stunt double for Harrison Ford)

1985
Brazil (stunts)

Legend (stunt coordinator; stunt double; unicorn master)

Red Sonja (action unit supervisor)

1988
Amsterdamned (stunts)

1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (stunt coordinator; stunt double for Harrison Ford)

1990
Total Recall (2nd unit director; stunt coordinator)

1991
F/X2 (2nd unit director)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (opening sequence director - uncredited)

1992
The Making of Universal Soldier (performer (himself)) *

Universal Soldier (2nd unit director; stunt coordinator)

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Austria, March 1917 (director) *

1993
Last Action Hero (2nd unit director (uncredited); stunt coordinator; stunt double for Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited); driving double)

1994
Radioland Murders (2nd unit director)

1995
Johnny Mnemonic (2nd unit director (as Victor Armstrong); 2nd unit stunt coordinator (as Victor Armstrong))

1996
The Phantom (2nd unit director (as Victor M. Armstrong))

1997
Starship Troopers (2nd unit director; stunt coordinator)

Tomorrow Never Dies (2nd unit director; stunt coordinator)

1998
The Avengers (2nd unit director)

1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (director)

The World Is Not Enough (2nd unit director)

2000
Charlie's Angels (2nd unit director; stunt coordinator)

Double-O Stunts (performer (himself))

Inside On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (performer (himself))

Inside The Living Daylights (performer (himself))

Inside You Only Live Twice (performer (himself))

The Making of Charlie's Angels (performer (himself))

Master and the Angels (performer (himself))

2002
Best Ever Bond (performer (himself)) *

Die Another Day (2nd unit director; stunt coordinator)

James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (performer (himself)) *

Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (performer (himself)) *

2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2nd unit director)

This is Your Life: Vic Armstrong (26 June 2003) (performer (himself)) *

2004
Blade: Trinity (2nd unit director)

1966
Arabesque (stunts - uncredited)

1969
Alfred The Great (stunts)

The Assassination Bureau (stunts)

1971
When Eight Bells Toll (stunts)

1972
Young Winston (stunts - uncredited)

1973
A Touch of Class (stunt double - uncredited)

1974
11 Harrow House (stunts)

The Abdication (stunts)

1975
Barry Lyndon (stunts)

Side by Side (stunts)

1976
Aces High (stunts)

Copter Kids (performer (Nicky Baker))

1977
A Bridge Too Far (assistant stunt arranger; stunts)

1979
Bear Island (2nd unit director; 2nd unit stunt coordinator; stunts)

Escape to Athena (stunt coordinator)

The Fifth Musketeer (stunts)

1980
The Long Good Friday (stunts)

1981
Green Ice (stunt coordinator)

1982
Ivanhoe (stunt arranger) *

1985
An Invitation To The Wedding (stunts)

Lace II (stunt coordinator) *

Witness (stunt double for Harrison Ford (uncredited))

1986
The Mission (stunt coordinator)

The Mosquito Coast (stunt double for Harrison Ford (uncredited))

1987
Empire of the Sun (stunt coordinator)

Million Dollar Mystery (stunts)

1988
Frantic (stunt double for Harrison Ford)

Rambo III (stunt coordinator)

Working Girl (stunt double for Harrison Ford (uncredited))

1989
Henry V (2nd unit director; stunt coordinator)

We're No Angels (stunt coordinator)

1990
Air America (stunt coordinator)

Cover-Up (2nd unit director; stunt coordinator)

1991
Double Impact (2nd unit director; stunt coordinator)

Regarding Henry (stunt double for Harrison Ford)

1992
Patriot Games (stunt double for Harrison Ford (uncredited))

1993
Joshua Tree (producer; director)

1994
All Things Bright and Beautiful (stunts)

Black Beauty (2nd unit director; stunt coordinator; horse master; performer (job horse boss)

1995
Cutthroat Island (stunt coordinator)

Rob Roy (2nd unit director; stunt coordinator)

1997
Shadow Conspiracy (2nd unit director; stunt coordinator)

1998
Black Dog (2nd unit director; stunt coordinator)

1999
Entrapment (2nd unit director; stunt coordinator)

2000
Quills (2nd unit director)

2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2nd unit director)

The Fourth Angel (utility stunts)

2002
Gangs of New York (action unit director; stunt coordinator)

The Four Feathers (2nd unit director)

NO DATE
Arrive Alive (stunts)

2001
Academy Awards, USA
Technical Achievement Award - winner (for the refinement and application to the film industry of the Fan Descender for accurately and safely arresting the descent of stunt persons in high freefalls)

World Stunt Awards, USA
Taurus Award: Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director: Feature Film - nominated (for Charlie's Angels (2000); shared with Andy Armstrong)

2002
BAFTA Awards, UK
Michael Balcon Award - winner

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Andy Armstrong (brother)
Wendy Leech (wife)

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008