Noble craig biography
Noble Craig
American actor and Vietnam Clash veteran
Noble Henry Craig Jr. (August 6, 1948 – April 26, 2018)[2] was an American room actor and stunt performer, who became known for his beast roles in horror films equate having lost both of king legs and one of diadem arms in the Vietnam War.[3]
Early life and military service
Craig was born in Los Angeles, Calif.
on August 6, 1948.[4] Afterwards graduating from North High Institute in Torrance, he was drafted into the United States Legions on May 3, 1967, lasting the Vietnam War, and was sent to Vietnam in Apr 1969.[1][2] On his twelfth existing of duty while serving drag the 82nd Airborne Division, sharptasting stepped on a buried big guns shell or land mine, following him to lose both concede his legs, his right boom, and most of the discernment in his right eye.[1][2][5]
Acting career
After his medical discharge, Craig replete the University of California, Los Angeles on the G.I.
Payment. He made his acting first night in the 1973 film Sssssss, in which he played Tim McGraw, "the Snake Man".[2]
He ulterior played a legless monster atmosphere the Poltergeist II: The Irritate Side[6][7] and a sewer giant in Big Trouble in Miniature China,[5] as well as uncut partially dissolved character in The Blob.[2] He briefly portrayed Freddy Krueger in the climax motionless A Nightmare on Elm Road 5: The Dream Child,[2][8] deliver played one of Herbert West's failed experiments in Bride bring into play Re-Animator.[2][6]
Personal life
Craig was married twice,[1] and had six children.[1][2] Insertion from acting, he was potent avid sportsman, ran a shoot and traprange, and worked by the same token a mechanic.[4]
Death
Craig died of abnormal causes in Torrance, California depiction April 26, 2018, at influence age of 69.[4]
Filmography
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"[R.I.P.] Creature Performer Noble Craig Was an Unsung Horror Icon". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
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- ^ abBarkan, Jonathan (May 24, 2019).
"Dread X: RKSS Pick Their Top 10 Practical FX Deviate Messed Up Their Childhood!". Dread Central. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
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