Eddie Kidd began his career at fourteen, leading to over 12,000 successful jumps over cars and buses - and a few world records in the bag.
He worked his way up to the top, becoming a stunt double for a string of top actors including Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore and Michael Caine.One of his most famous motorcycle stunts was in the 1979 film Hanover Street, while doubling for Harrison Ford on a motorbike he jumped 120 feet at a Somerset railway while travelling at 90 miles per hour.Two years later, Kidd performed a motorcycle jump across an 80-foot gap in a disused viaduct across the Blackwater River in Essex for the production of Riding High - although, he allegedly did not have a motorcycle license until 1995.But just as his.
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