A jack of all trades, he worked on lots of exploitation films, often with B-movie maestro Al Adamson. John "Bud" Cardos, a stuntman, animal wrangler and director of films including The Red, White and Black , Kingdom of the Spiders and The Dark , has died. He was 91. Cardos died in his sleep Thursday at his home in Acton, California, where he had a horse ranch, fellow stuntman Gary Kent told The Hollywood Reporter . Cardos was an actor and stuntman for director Al Adamson on such exploitation films as Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969), Satan's Sadists (1969), Five Bloody Graves (1969), The Female Bunch (1971), Black Samurai (1976) and Death Dimension (1978). After Sam Peckinpah hired him to do stunts and serve as his second unit director on The Wild Bunch (1969), Cardos made his directorial debut with The Red, White and Black (1970), a Western featuring Rafer Johnson, Isabel Sanford and Barbara Hale . He went on helm Kingdom of the Spiders (1977), … [Read more...] about John “Bud” Cardos, Stuntman, Animal Wrangler and Director, Dies at 91
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