George DeNormand

George DeNormand's life is an example of somebody whose life is almost too eventful to be true. Once he got out of the military, he became a professional boxer. Like most boxers, his career only lasted a handful of professional bouts but it opened up the door to a move to appearing as a stuntman in films. While most boxers who appeared in movies had faces that showcased the many years of abuse that they took during their career, DeNormand was able to escape with face and cognitive ability intact. in the 1930s, he started a long career as a stuntman. Like most stuntman, he had a specialty, and his was doing fight scenes and doubling for actors who the studio didn't want to risk hurting. There was no better period in DeNormand's career than the 1940s. DeNormand had established himself as one of the go-to brawlers for movies. This led him to be cast as a regular henchman in various Johnny Mack Brown movies where he was able to get paid as a stuntman and as an actor. Sometimes he was han