Bob Yerkes dead at 92: Stuntman appeared in Back to the Future, Return of the Jedi and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off [Video]

18:56 EDT 03 Oct 2024, updated 19:00 EDT 03 Oct 2024

Prolific Hollywood stuntman Bob Yerkes has died at the age of 92.

Yerkes’ colleague and fellow stunt performer Darlene Ava Williams confirmed Yerkes’ death in Northridge, California as result of natural causes, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Yerkes’ contributions in show business span seven decades, as his first film came in an uncredited stunt role on the 1948 movie Julia Misbehaves.

Among Yerkes’ most notable career stunts included a scene in 1985’s Back to the Future in which he rappelled down a cable from the clock tower while doubling for Christopher Lloyd’s Dr. Emmett Brown character.

He returned to work in the third installment of the time travel franchise, 1990’s Back to the Future Part III.