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Jack Lilley Dies: ‘Little House On The Prairie’ & ‘Blazing Saddles’ Actor & Stuntman Who Had 70-Year Screen Career Was 91
Jack Lilley, whose 70-year career as an actor, stuntman and more included 'Little House on the Prairie,' 'Blazing Saddles' and John Ford films, has died at 91.
Lilley would go on to work on dozens of shows including Maverick with James Garner, Clint Eastwood’s Rawhide, the record-setting Gunsmoke and four seasons on The High Chaparral as a background actor and stand-in for its star Leif Erickson. Lilley also was part of the gang put together by Harvey Korman’s Hedy Lamarr — oops, that’s Hedley — in Mel Brooks’ NSFW western comedy classic Blazing Saddles. Lilley continued to work in multiple capacities as a stuntman, stand-in and/or background actor for throughout the 1980s and ’90s on such popular fare as Used Cars, Sudden Impact — again with Eastwood — Pink Cadillac, Army of Darkness, Texas Rangers, Three Amigos!
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