Who is the actor in the sunglasses?
The main soldier, the middle aged gentleman that wears the big sunglasses? Maybe they said his name in the movie but I don't remember one.
shareHis name is Bill Hickman and his name in the movie is revealed about 10 minutes into the film. When he say's he's taking the GTO, the mechanic clearly calls him Monte.
Hickman was a fascinating guy, an actor who got his start as a stunt man, an expert driver he drove the Black Charger that Steve McQueen chased in Bullit.
He also stunt drove for Gene Hackman in that great chase in the French Connection.
Even better, he also stunt drove for Roy Scheider in the Seven-Ups. Three great car chase movies and he was the guy in all of them.
He was also a driving instructor for James Dean and was the first on the scene after his fatal accident.
Bill Hickman passed away in 1986.
Good call dude, I recognized him too; never forgot him after seeing him in Bullit. I have seen him in several other movies, he played a heavy most often I think. I looked up his credits and was surprised to see he played Patton's driver in the movie of the same name. Never noticed him there.
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