Alan R. Gibbs on AllMovie

Stunt man/bit player Alan R. Gibbs has performed numerous exciting bits during the '70s and '80s. During the latter decade, he frequently doubled for Jack Nicholson in such films as The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) and The Witches of Eastwick (1987). One of his more famous stunts was a car jump in Smokey and the Bandit (1977); a film for which Gibbs also worked as a second unit director. Later, he resumed directing second units and working as a stunt coordinator in such films as The River (1984) and Crocodile Dundee II (1988).