Tony Epper

Tony Epper

1938-10-01 Los Angeles, California, USA 97 Credits

Biography

John Anthony Epper (October 1, 1938 – July 20, 2012) was an American actor and stuntman. He was a member of the Epper family, whose members work as actors and stunt performers. Members include his sister, stuntwoman Jeannie Epper, and his late brothers, Gary Epper and Andy Epper.

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Fire Down Below

Fire Down Below

1997

Stunts

5.7

When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, EPA undercover agent Jack Taggart is sent in—posing as a handyman working wit...

Con Air

Con Air

1997

Stunts

6.8

Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" takin...

Gone Fishin'

Gone Fishin'

1997

Stunts

4.8

Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.

Volcano

Volcano

1997

Stunts

5.9

An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins ...

Judge and Jury

Judge and Jury

1997

Stunts

4.3

An electrocuted killer returns from the dead to take revenge on the authorities who caught him.

Johns

Johns

1996

as Santa Claus

5.4
Acting

It's the day before Christmas, the day before John's 21st birthday. He's a prostitute on Santa Monica Blvd in L.A., and he wants to spend that night a...

Jingle All the Way

Jingle All the Way

1996

Stunts

6.1

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposi...

The Glimmer Man

The Glimmer Man

1996

Stunts

5.4

A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in t...

The Rich Man's Wife

The Rich Man's Wife

1996

Stunts

5.4

A rich man's wife finds she has a bad prenuptial agreement with an even worse husband. Over drinks with a stranger, she fantasizes about doing her hus...

The Rock

The Rock

1996

Stunts

7.1

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into Sa...

The Sunchaser

The Sunchaser

1996

as Hay Hauler

6.2
Acting

A young half-Navajo convict dying of cancer forces a yuppie doctor to drive him to a magic healing lake.

Spy Hard

Spy Hard

1996

Stunts

5.4

The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to ob...

Executive Decision

Executive Decision

1996

Stunts

6.3

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) s...

Money Train

Money Train

1995

Stunts

5.8

When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.

Waterworld

Waterworld

1995

Stunts

6.2

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floati...

The Good Old Boys

The Good Old Boys

1995

as Melvin the Goon

6.7
Acting

An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintaining a family.

The River Wild

The River Wild

1994

Stunts

6.4

Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th...

In the Army Now

In the Army Now

1994

Stunts

5.1

Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman, two misguided youths, join the reserves to make some easy money for their entrepreneurial dreams. Unfortunately, no soo...

Extreme Justice

Extreme Justice

1993

Stunts

4.9

Jeff Powers is the newest member of a very elite and very secret LAPD division. Their mission is to target important criminals and to get them to stop...

Joshua Tree

Joshua Tree

1993

as Transport Guard #1

6.1
Acting

A Los Angeles police detective tracks a fugitive who heads for the desert with a deputy sheriff as hostage.

Trouble Bound

Trouble Bound

1993

Stunts

5.9

Upon getting out of prison, a man who took the rap for some thief buddies gets together with them again, and tells them he's not interested in doing t...

Forever Young

Forever Young

1992

Stunts

6.5

A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that ...

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992

Stunts

7.4

In 19th century England, Count Dracula travels to London and meets Mina Harker, a young woman who appears as the reincarnation of his lost love.

Patriot Games

Patriot Games

1992

Stunts

6.7

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 3

1992

Stunts

6.7

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition t...

White Sands

White Sands

1992

Stunts

5.9

A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigat...

American Me

American Me

1992

Stunts

7.4

During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana ...

Thelma & Louise

Thelma & Louise

1991

Stunts

7.6

Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumsta...

Driving Me Crazy

Driving Me Crazy

1991

Stunts

3.7

An eccentric East German inventor and defector travels to Los Angeles, California to sell a prototype revolutionary new car that runs on vegetables an...

Servants of Twilight

Servants of Twilight

1991

Stunts

5.0

Based on the novel by Dean R. Koontz, this action packed thriller features Bruce Greenwood as a private detective hired to protect a little boy from a...

Kid

Kid

1990

Stunt Coordinator

6.1

A young man (the 'Kid') returns to the small town where his parents were murdered when he was a boy. He's there for revenge. Locals Kate and Louie bef...

Don't Tell Her It's Me

Don't Tell Her It's Me

1990

as Gas Station Thug

5.7
Acting

Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tr...

Gypsy Angels

Gypsy Angels

1990

as Bouncer

2.7
Acting

Vanna White is a stripper who falls for a stunt pilot who develops amnesia after a crash.

Gypsy Angels

Gypsy Angels

1990

Stunt Coordinator

2.7

Vanna White is a stripper who falls for a stunt pilot who develops amnesia after a crash.

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

1990

as Steve the Tramp

6.2
Acting

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Ca...

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

1989

as Bozo #1

7.2
Acting

It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and th...

Homer and Eddie

Homer and Eddie

1989

as Gas Station Attendant

5.5
Acting

A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.

Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 2

1989

Stunts

7.0

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Road House

Road House

1989

Stunts

6.7

The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton has been hired to clean it up. He might not look l...

All's Fair

All's Fair

1989

Stunt Coordinator

5.0

To relax, a group of stressed-out executives go to the country for a weekend to play war games.

Kidnapped

Kidnapped

1988

Stunts

3.9

A woman's sister is kidnapped on her 16th Birthday and forced into filming pornography. A policeman helps the woman rescue her teenage sister from the...

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

1987

as Farnum McCloud

6.4
Acting

Will Mannon, "product of the Devil's loins", is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in search of the people who put him there around twe...

Shy People

Shy People

1987

as Jake

6.5
Acting

A Cosmo Magazine journalist and her daughter leave New York City to visit their distant relatives deep in the bayous of Louisiana.

Nightforce

Nightforce

1987

Stunts

3.8

Carla is devastated when her friend is kidnapped by a Mexican cartel. After going to her father, a U.S. Senator, she gets her friends, and arms, to cr...

Outrageous Fortune

Outrageous Fortune

1987

as Russell

6.0
Acting

Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actre...

Vendetta

Vendetta

1986

Stunts

5.0

A sexy stuntwoman gets herself thrown into prison to avenge the death of her sister.

Thrashin'

Thrashin'

1986

Stunt Coordinator

6.3

Corey and his band of skater buddies sometimes make mischief, but they're more interested in girls and having fun on their boards than in getting into...

Condor

Condor

1986

as 2nd Cop

5.1
Acting

In futuristic Los Angeles, a crime-fighting organization known as Condor goes up against the Black Widow, a female master criminal. The Black Widow st...

Hamburger: The Motion Picture

Hamburger: The Motion Picture

1986

as Biker Gang Leader

4.4
Acting

Russell has been expelled from several schools for lewd, crude and nude conduct. Busterburger University is his last chance at education and satisfyin...

Hamburger: The Motion Picture

Hamburger: The Motion Picture

1986

Stunts

4.4

Russell has been expelled from several schools for lewd, crude and nude conduct. Busterburger University is his last chance at education and satisfyin...

The Hitcher

The Hitcher

1986

as Trooper Conners

7.0
Acting

On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a ...

To Live and Die in L.A.

To Live and Die in L.A.

1985

Stunts

7.1

When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counter...

Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop

1984

Stunts

7.2

Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, ...

The Wild Life

The Wild Life

1984

as Redneck Drunk #1

6.1
Acting

Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

Airwolf: The Movie

Airwolf: The Movie

1984

Stunts

5.8

Airwolf is capable of supersonic speeds, invisible to radar and armed with ultra state-of-the-art hardware. Airwolf is the most awesome aerial weapon ...

National Lampoon's Vacation

National Lampoon's Vacation

1983

Stunts

7.1

Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

The Beastmaster

The Beastmaster

1982

as Jun Leader

6.3
Acting

Dar, is the son of a king, who's hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father is mur...

The Sword and the Sorcerer

The Sword and the Sorcerer

1982

Stunts

5.5

A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorce...

Sizzle

Sizzle

1981

as Bobby

Acting

A sultry nightclub singer, a small-town girl in the big city, sets out to avenge her boyfriend's murder after he is killed while running illegal booze...

Just Before Dawn

Just Before Dawn

1981

Stunts

6.0

In the Oregon mountains, a pair of hunters encounter a machete-wielding killer in an abandoned church. Meanwhile, five campers arrive to examine some ...

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

1981

Stunt Double

6.3

In nineteenth century Oklahoma, two teen girls, fans of stories about outlaws, are on a quest to meet and join up with them. They find a shadow of a f...

Cutter's Way

Cutter's Way

1981

as Guard #2

6.5
Acting

Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.

Cutter's Way

Cutter's Way

1981

Stunts

6.5

Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.

More Wild Wild West

More Wild Wild West

1980

as Juanita's Brother

5.8
Acting

Robert Conrad and Ross Martin reprise their roles as Secret Service agents of the 1890s.

For the Love of It

For the Love of It

1980

as Warren

3.0
Acting

An entrepreneur discovers a Russian plan for taking over the Middle East. He wants to use it to create a new video game but the KGB, the CIA and the F...

1941

1941

1979

Stunts

5.8

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

1979

as Charlie Montgomery

2.1
Acting

A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a ...

Tilt

Tilt

1979

Stunts

5.0

Tilt is the story of a precocious young girl who is a pinball wizard. Because she does not get on with her parents, Tilt is contemplating running away...

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979

as Drunk

6.0
Acting

Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war followi...

Every Which Way but Loose

Every Which Way but Loose

1978

Stunts

6.1

Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound ora...

Hooper

Hooper

1978

Stunts

6.3

Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop paink...

Corvette Summer

Corvette Summer

1978

Stunts

5.5

Ken loves to design and build exotic cars. When the High School shop class project car, a fully tricked out dream Corvette, is stolen, he begins searc...

FM

FM

1978

Stunts

6.7

When a liberal music station's owners decide to introduce army recruitment ads, despite the protests of its manager, the rebellious DJs are determined...

Bound for Glory

Bound for Glory

1976

Stunts

6.9

A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering th...

The Master Gunfighter

The Master Gunfighter

1975

Stunts

4.5

Don Santiago (Richard Angarola) is a vicious man who helps provoke an Indian massacre that will allow him to steal the Indians' land and claim it as h...

The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno

1974

Stunts

7.0

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

99 and 44/100% Dead

99 and 44/100% Dead

1974

Stunts

4.7

Uncle Frank Kelly calls on Harry Crown to help him in a gang war. The war becomes personal when Harry's new girlfriend is kidnapped by Uncle Frank's e...

Planet Earth

Planet Earth

1974

Stunts

5.9

The time: the 22nd century. The place: the Confederacy, a matriarchy where men are enslaved and impotent. The hero: Dylan Hunt, a handsome, vigorous 2...

Ulzana's Raid

Ulzana's Raid

1972

as Trooper

7.0
Acting

A report reaches the US Army Cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, L...

Ulzana's Raid

Ulzana's Raid

1972

Stunt Double, Stunts

7.0

A report reaches the US Army Cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, L...

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

1972

Stunts

6.2

In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, an...

The Cowboys

The Cowboys

1972

as Rustler

7.1
Acting

When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to ge...

Valdez Is Coming

Valdez Is Coming

1971

as Bodyguard

6.3
Acting

Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon ...

Valdez Is Coming

Valdez Is Coming

1971

Stunts

6.3

Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon ...

Hitched

Hitched

1971

Stunt Coordinator

6.0

The adventures of a newly married teenage couple in the Old West.

Lawman

Lawman

1971

Stunts

6.5

While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a st...

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

1970

Stunt Double

6.1

The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.

Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo

1970

Stunts

6.4

After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

1969

Stunts

5.5

An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent Marshal, and a yo...

The Gay Deceivers

The Gay Deceivers

1969

as Vince

5.5
Acting

Two men try to avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they must act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it.

The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch

1969

Stunts

7.6

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

1968

as Scalphunter

6.4
Acting

Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegad...

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

1968

Stunts, Stunt Coordinator

6.4

Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegad...

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

1968

Stunts

7.6

Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds him...

The Professionals

The Professionals

1966

Stunts

7.1

An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.

The War Lord

The War Lord

1965

Stunts

6.3

A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the ...

The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail

1965

Stunts

6.1

A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local ...