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Bud Ekins, 77; stuntman did famous motorcycle jump in 'The Great Escape'. October 10, 2007|Dennis McLellan | Times Staff Writer. Bud Ekins, a pioneering champion off-road motorcyclist and a veteran stuntman who doubled for Steve McQueen on the famous motorcycle jump in The Great Escape, has died.
Sometimes, if actual jumps werenât available, the cavalry had to get creative. âHey Walt, betcha canât jump that jeep!â Walter J. Schweitzer, Troop âCâ 107th Cavalry NG, jumping his horse âBig Cainâ over a jeep at Fort Ord, Calif., in 1942. [freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com] Not to be one-uppedâ¦ an officer of the 115th Cavalry jumping a Jeep.