Rodd Wolff

Rod Wolff (born 1947) is a movie stuntman who is best known for his equestrian stunts and performance driving in movies like Mission to Glory (1977), Rambo III (1988), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), The Getaway (1994) and Miracle at Sage Creek (2005).
Biography
He was born in Bloomington, Illinois but was raised in Phoenix, Arizona where he played football, basketball and baseball at Cortez High School. As a boy he was inspired by a meeting with Jock Mahoney, who became a lifelong friend and mentor. Rodd began riding horses and practicing stunts at the age of eight and also befriended and learned from Ben Johnson. He became a horseman and trainer of falling horses, working primarily on Arizona-filmed projects.
Career
Wolff has worked on films spanning from Duel at Diablo (1966) to Car Dogs (2016). He has also work on many TV shows, including The New Dick Van Dyke Show, High Chaparral, Bonanza, One Life to Live (TV Pilot), Cutty Whitman (TV Pilot) , McMasters of Sweetwater (TV Pilot), Hollywood Stunts (TV Pilot), The Highwayman, S.I.S., Stones for Ibarra, Bearcats, Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Oregon Trail, Death Valley Days and Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years.
He has also performed stunts for many TV commercials including Kemper Insurance, Ralph Lauren Chaps Cologne, Yuban Coffee, Dr. Pepper, Hunt's Ketchup, Ford Motor Co., Sears & Roebucks, etc.
Wolff has been a stunt double for Jack Cassidy, Elvis Presley, Burt Reynolds and Terence Hill.
Notable acting roles as a policeman in Universal Soldier (1992), as a hit man in The Getaway (1994), and more recently in Car Dogs (2016).
As of November 2016, Wolff is on the SAG-AFTRA Board of Directors as Recording Secretary and a SAG National Stunt and Safety Committee Member. Wolff is also currently on the Arizona Film & Media Coalition Board of Directors.
Major awards
*2002 Hollywood Stuntman's Hall of Fame inductee
Partial filmography
* 2016 Car Dogs (stunt coordinator)
* 2013 The Lone Ranger (stunts)
* 2011 Sedona (Stunt Coordinator)
* 2009 Maneater (TV mini-series) (Stunt Coordinator - 2 episodes)
* 2008 SIS (TV movie) (stunt performer)
* 2006 Forget About It (stunt performer)
* 2005 Miracle at Sage Creek (Stunt Coordinator, stunts)
* 1997 Los Locos (stunt double - billed as Rodd Wolfe)
* 1996 Cutty Whitman (TV Movie) (stunt performer: Henchman #1)
* 1994 The Getaway (stunts)
* 1993 Posse (utility stunts)
* 1993 Beyond the Law (stunts)
* 1991 Highway to Hell (stunts)
* 1989 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (stunts)
* 1988 Ghost Town (stunts)
* 1988 Rambo III (stunts)
* 1988 World Gone Wild (stunts)
* 1988 Arizona Heat (stunts)

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