height_ft played_for wha_draft_year weight_lb shoots birth_place draft_year career_end position draft_team height_in birth_date wha_draft article_title draft wha_draft_team career_start
6 peterborough -rrb- brunico -lrb- italy -rrb- philadelphia flyers buffalo sabres quebec pirates nordiques new york rangers vancouver canucks -lrb- bhl -rrb- solihull barons -lrb- bhl 1977 202 left bend , or , usa 1977 1991 left wing vancouver canucks 0 18 january 1957 7th overall jere gillis
 4th overall cincinnati stingers 1977
jere gillis

jere alan gillis -lrb- born january 18 , 1957 in bend , oregon and raised in montreal , quebec -rrb- is a retired american-born canadian professional ice hockey player , actor and stuntman .
the son of the late gene gillis , an olympic skier , and rhona wurtele , a canadian olympic skier who competed in the 1948 winter olympics along with her twin sister rhoda .
his sister , margie gillis , is also a dancer and choreographer , and member of the order of canada .
his older brother christopher gillis -lrb- 1951 -- 1993 -rrb- was an important dancer and choreographer and member of the paul taylor dance company .
he played in the professional ice hockey in national hockey league and american hockey league from 1977 to 1987 for the vancouver canucks , new york rangers , quebec nordiques , buffalo sabres , philadelphia flyers and some of their minor-league affiliates .
from 1988 to 1991 , he played in the uk for solihull barons and peterborough pirates , finally playing five games in the quebec senior provincial hockey league in 1996 -- 97 .
upon retiring from ice hockey he became a stuntman in movies as well as a scientologist .
