Dar Robinson was an
albino stuntman who appeared in various
blockbuster movies from
1973 and
1987. His pioneering move was to use
dragline cables for
falling scenes, rather than
airbags. This allowed the camera to be positioned
above the falling stunt actor, so that you could see the hard ground below that he was apparrently about to impact.
Guiness Book of Records lists him as the highest paid stuntman of his time: In the movie Highpoint he received $100,000 to fall 700 feet from the top of the CN Tower before activating a hidden parachute 300 feet from the ground.
To see him at his best, rent the 1985 Burt Reynolds film Stick, in which he appears onscreen as a creepy hit man. His death scene is a classic.
Thanks to the Internet Movie Database