Buddy Van Horn

{{Short description|American stunt coordinator and film director (1928–2021)}}

{{For|the fictional character Jason "Buddy" van Horn|Baby Driver}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Buddy Van Horn

| birth_name = Wayne Van Horn

| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|8|20}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|5|11|1928|8|20}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| occupation = Stunt coordinator, film director, second unit director

}}

Wayne "Buddy" Van Horn (August 20, 1928 – May 11, 2021) was an American stunt coordinator and film director.{{cite web|title=Buddy Van Horn|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/115081/Buddy-Van-Horn/filmography|access-date=2017-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305105452/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/115081/Buddy-Van-Horn/filmography|archive-date=2016-03-05|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2016|url-status=dead}} He directed the Clint Eastwood films Any Which Way You Can (1980), The Dead Pool (1988), and Pink Cadillac (1989). A long-time stunt double for Eastwood, he was credited as the stunt coordinator on Eastwood's films from 1972 to 2011, and as second unit director on Magnum Force (1973) and The Rookie (1990). He was sometimes credited as Wayne Van Horn in the 1980s. He earlier doubled for Guy Williams on Disney's Zorro, and Gregory Peck. Van Horn's most prominent onscreen appearance is the role of Marshal Jim Duncan in the Eastwood film High Plains Drifter (1973). Van Horn died in Los Angeles on May 11, 2021, at the age of 92.[https://variety.com/2021/film/news/buddy-van-horn-dead-any-which-way-you-can-1234985053/ Buddy Van Horn, ‘Any Which Way You Can’ Director and Clint Eastwood’s Stunt Double, Dies at 92]{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/buddy-van-horn-dead-clint-eastwood-stuntman-1234961173/|title = Buddy van Horn, Clint Eastwood's Stunt Double and Director, Dies at 92|website = The Hollywood Reporter|date = 31 May 2021}}