Victor Magnotta

Born: 1943-10-10

Magnotta was known in the film industry as a stunt coordinator for numerous features shot in New York during the 1970s and 1980s. In addition to handling the stunts on "Taxi Driver," Magnotta lent his expertise to films like Brian De Palma's "Dressed to Kill," Francis Ford Coppola's "The Cotton Club," Ron Howard's "Splash" and Russel Mulcahy's "Highlander," among many other titles. Magnotta's final screen credit was as coordinator and stunt performer in the 1988 film "The In Crowd." While performing a stunt for the 1987 film "The Squeeze" which required him to drive a car off a ramp and into the Hudson River, a specially designed Plexiglass windshield trapped him inside the car after it entered the water, resulting in Magnotta's death at the age of 43.


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Taxi Driver

as Secret Service Photographer
Released: 1976-02-09

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where...

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The Warriors

as Police
Released: 1979-02-01

Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and...

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Raging Bull

as Fighting Soldier (Reeves Fight)
Released: 1980-11-14

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring...

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After Hours

as Dead Man
Released: 1985-08-16

Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett...

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Who's That Knocking at My Door

as Boy in Fight
Released: 1969-03-14

A Catholic New Yorker falls in love with a girl and wants to marry her, but he struggles to...

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as First Coach
Released: 1982-08-13

A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his...

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It's Not Just You, Murray!

as uncredited
Released: 1964-01-13

Now middle-aged, mobster Murray looks back at his humble beginnings as a bootlegger and his rise...

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The Soldier

as Bruiser
Released: 1982-06-01

Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field....

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A Private Battle

as uncredited
Released: 1980-10-07

A dramatization of the story of noted writer/journalist Cornelius Ryan, author of "The Longest...

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