Dale Van Sickel
Biography
Dale Van Sickel was an American athlete and later a Hollywood actor and stunt performer. He grew up in Gainesville, Florida, and played football, basketball and baseball at the University of Florida in the 1920s, where he became the first Gator chosen as a first-team All-American in 1928. After earning his degree in 1930, he stayed on as an assistant football and basketball coach for two seasons, then left for Hollywood. His first screen stunt work came in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup (1933). Across nearly forty years he took extra and occasional leading roles in more than 280 films and television episodes and handled stunts in another 140. His credits included The Searchers, North by Northwest and Spartacus. He helped found the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures and acted as its first leader. In 1975 he entered the College Football Hall of Fame. He died in 1977.
69years old at death
- Born Eatonton
- Died Newport Beach
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Dale Harris Van Sickel (birth name)Also credited as Dale Van Sickle
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 29 years1942 to 1971
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A first
Van Sickel was the first University of Florida player ever named a first-team All-American, earning the honor in 1928 from the Associated Press, the Newspaper Enterprise Association and Grantland Rice of Collier's Weekly.
First role
Van Sickel's first on-screen stunt work came in the Marx Brothers' 1933 film Duck Soup, after he left two years of college coaching to move to Hollywood.
A first
Van Sickel was a founding member of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures, and he also served as the first president of that organization.
Own stunts
In 104 episodes of Adventures of Superman, the title character ducked a thrown gun only once, and it was Van Sickel, substituting for star George Reeves, who did the ducking.
Dale Van Sickel movies on Netflix
Best known for
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- The Masked Marvel1943as Tall Gas-Works Saboteur / Station-Wagon Thug / Super-X Warehouse Thug #1
IMDb rating 7.1232 votes
Most often with
Spencer Gordon Bennet directed two of these films. Tom Steele appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Tom Steele's page
Dan Duryea's page
Roy Barcroft's page
George Wallace's page
Duke Green2 films together, 1943 to 1944
Duke Green's page
Spencer Gordon BennetDirector, 2 films, 1943 to 1944
All films by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Awards
Three awards and honors.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 1928 College Football All-America Team | Won | ||
| College Football Hall of Fame | Won | ||
| University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame | Won | ||
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