Peter Horak

Peter Horak was a stuntman who performed stunts as one of Sutok's henchmen in the third season episode . He received no credit for this appearance but is listed on the call sheet. He filmed his stunt scene alongside Irving Lewis and George Colucci under the Stunt Coordination of Dennis Madalone on Monday on Paramount Stage 16.
Born in Prague, which was at the time occupied by Nazi Germany, Horak grew up in Czechoslovakia, became a judo champion in his country, and escaped to the West in 1969. Well trained in several sports, he entered the stunt profession in Toronto, Canada before he performed stunts in television series such as Hill Street Blues, Columbo, The Fall Guy, Riptide, Emergency!, and The Incredible Hulk. Horak sets a world record by jumping a two-thousand pound boat 120 ft. through the air and by performing a 200 ft. fall from the top of the Imperial Palace Hotel in Las Vegas. 
Horak performed stunts in films such as (1977), (1977, working with Carey Loftin and Jesse Wayne), (1978, coordinated by Hubie Kerns, Jr.), (1978, with Dick Durock, Ralph Garrett, Tom Lupo, and John Nowak, and Frank Orsatti), (1981, with Chris Doyle, Donna Garrett, Paula Moody, Alan Oliney, and Rex Pierson), (1986, with Sandra Gimpel and Paul E. Short), (1987, with Janet Lee Orcutt and Bernie Pock), (1988), (1990), the thriller Hangfire (1991, with Charlie Brewer and Erik Stabenau), (1993), (1996), and (1999, with Christine Baur, Leslie Hoffman, and Gene LeBell).
Horak worked as stunt double for actor on several feature films including (1987, with Kate Mulgrew and coordinated by Vince Deadrick) and (1995, with Simone Boisseree, Michael Cassidy, and Jim Wilkey). He also worked as stunt coordinator on (1978, with Bob Herron, Leslie Hoffman, and Gene LeBell), (1982), the action film Foxtrap (1986, starring Fred Williamson and with Nick Dimitri), the action film Viper (1988), and (1991, with Cherie Tash).
In 1998, Horak wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the horror comedy Die Hard Dracula on which he worked with Nathalie Huot. In 1999, an earlier filmed documentary hosted by stuntman Chuck Connors and titled A Man Who Fell from the Sky was released which gave a deeper look into the life and career of Horak. 
Horak died on 1 October 2017. 
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