Robert Renegade Renneke
- Stunts
Robert was born in Germany in 1946, and arrived in the United States at the age of 4 settling in Minnesota.
The year was 1965 and he ventured to Miami and started working at the Fontainebleau Hotel for Ben Novack, as a valet. Who know, that on that day, Robert would be delivering suits to Frank Sinatra's suite. he was later hired to work on the Fontainebleau II yacht.
He was an extra in the movie Tony Rome where he dove of the high dive, and that is where the interest to become a stuntman started. Robert has always said he loves things that makes his heart beat faster! In 1968 Robert was drafted and was on his way to Vietnam and was stationed with the 75th Rangers, 9th Infantry Division as a "LRRP"
When returning from Vietnam he contacted Milt Krasney, Mr. Sinatra's road manager, and they hired him to work on Mr. Sinatra's yacht "The Roma" at the Marina Del Ray Yacht Club. Mr. Sinatra knew of Robert's interest in stunts and called his good friend Paul Stader who owned the "Paul Stader Stunt School" in California, where Robert trained for 4 months.
Robert's very first feature was "Beyond The Valley of the Dolls" for 20th Century Fox. From there he continued to get stunt work for various features and series. Robert's favorite gigs were high falls and motorcycles, why, they are the best paying stunts and people always love to watch action movies. Your reward is watching yourself perform and execute the stunt successfully.
In hiatus, he traveled back and forth to Minnesota where he did a children's TV show in De Moines Iowa, called Dolph's Cartoon Corner for KCCI Channel 8.
One of the many highlights of Robert's life, was doing something, that no one else has ever done......riding his Harley Davidson, with two other Vietnam Veteran's' through Vietnam. National Geographic came along and filmed "Harley's to Hanoi" a documentary following their journey through Vietnam on their Harley Davidsons.
In 2017, Robert had the honor of being inducted into the Hollywood Stuntman's' Hall of Fame and was elected to serve on the Advisory Board.
Remember in life "The best is yet to come"
The year was 1965 and he ventured to Miami and started working at the Fontainebleau Hotel for Ben Novack, as a valet. Who know, that on that day, Robert would be delivering suits to Frank Sinatra's suite. he was later hired to work on the Fontainebleau II yacht.
He was an extra in the movie Tony Rome where he dove of the high dive, and that is where the interest to become a stuntman started. Robert has always said he loves things that makes his heart beat faster! In 1968 Robert was drafted and was on his way to Vietnam and was stationed with the 75th Rangers, 9th Infantry Division as a "LRRP"
When returning from Vietnam he contacted Milt Krasney, Mr. Sinatra's road manager, and they hired him to work on Mr. Sinatra's yacht "The Roma" at the Marina Del Ray Yacht Club. Mr. Sinatra knew of Robert's interest in stunts and called his good friend Paul Stader who owned the "Paul Stader Stunt School" in California, where Robert trained for 4 months.
Robert's very first feature was "Beyond The Valley of the Dolls" for 20th Century Fox. From there he continued to get stunt work for various features and series. Robert's favorite gigs were high falls and motorcycles, why, they are the best paying stunts and people always love to watch action movies. Your reward is watching yourself perform and execute the stunt successfully.
In hiatus, he traveled back and forth to Minnesota where he did a children's TV show in De Moines Iowa, called Dolph's Cartoon Corner for KCCI Channel 8.
One of the many highlights of Robert's life, was doing something, that no one else has ever done......riding his Harley Davidson, with two other Vietnam Veteran's' through Vietnam. National Geographic came along and filmed "Harley's to Hanoi" a documentary following their journey through Vietnam on their Harley Davidsons.
In 2017, Robert had the honor of being inducted into the Hollywood Stuntman's' Hall of Fame and was elected to serve on the Advisory Board.
Remember in life "The best is yet to come"