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Who is John Cardos? John Cardos Bio/Wiki
John “Bud” Cardos was an actor, stuntman, and film director from the United States. Graumann’s Egyptian and Chinese theaters were run by his father and uncle. He was born on December 20, 1929, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Cardos died on March 4, 2021, at the age of 91, at his ranch in Acton, California.
Age
He was 91 years old.
Wife
Lynette Dix aka Letty is the wife of John Cardos.
Career
He starred in episodes of The Monroes, The High Chaparral, and NBC’s Daniel Boone, which starred Fess Parker.
Cardos worked as an actor and stuntman for director Al Adamson on films including Blood of Dracula’s Castle (1969), Satan’s Sadists (1969), Five Bloody Graves (1969), The Female Bunch (1971), Black Samurai (1976), and Death Dimension (1976). (1978).
The last four films that I’ve watched or re-watched, graded:
WAR AND PEACE (King Vidor, 1956): 85 (B)
SUSANNAH OF THE MOUNTIES (Walter Lang, 1939): 79 (C+)
BANGKOK DANGEROUS (Pang Brothers, 1999): 80 (B-)
OUTLAW OF GOR (John Cardos, 1988): 71 (C-) pic.twitter.com/rlUbBCtADY— D. Scott Diffrient (@Media_Professor) April 22, 2020
He appeared in Our Gang comedy shorts as a child, and his father’s brothers, Charles, Spyros, and George Skouras, who owned movie theaters, assisted him in the opening of Johnnie Cardos’ Club Café in Los Angeles.
Cardos’ stuntman resume also included roles in Hells Angels on Wheels (1967), A Man Called Dagger (1968), and Psych-Out (1968), and he portrayed Native Americans on TV shows like NBC’s The High Chaparral and films like The Savage Seven (1968). (1968).
Death Cause
John ‘Bud’ Cardos, a stuntman and film director, is said to have died at the age of 91.
On March 4, the television star, who was known for films such as Kingdom of the Spiders and The Red, White, and Black, died peacefully at his home in California.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, fellow stuntman Gary Kent reported that John passed away peacefully at home.