George Josef

George Josef born George Iosef July 25 1945 January 8 2004 was a Romanian stuntman and actor He began playing at the age of 11 in a theater play from September 1956 to June 1957 on one of the stages of the National Theater Bucharest Romania From 1964 to 1979 he began to approach the cinema as an actor stuntman and stunt coordinator in various films both Romanian and foreign productions In 1979 he moved to Italy and worked in various Italian and English productions In 1980 he left for Canada where he began his American acting career He quickly became one of the most soughtafter stuntmen and member of the Canadian Stuntmen Guild since 1981 He died on January 8 2004 in Vancouver British Columbia Canada