One of Hollywood’s favourite fall guys. As well as his A-Team work, Tony Brubaker is known for Planet of the Apes (2001), Escape from New York (1981) and Predator (1987)
Mr. T may have become one of the defining figures of the decade thanks to the eighties supershow The A-Team, but how many know that, throughout the height of his fame, he had a body-double who also happened to be one of the most decorated stunt men in all of Hollywood?
Enter Tony Brubaker, one of the first African-American “fall guys”, and – now aged 77 – happily retired in Texas but also enthusiastic about sharing his memories of the series to Infinity. And while you may not know Brubaker by name, you almost certainly have familiarity with some of the celebrities that he has taken a beating on behalf of – from Eddie Murphy in 48 Hours (1982) and Carl Weathers in Predator (1987) to Jim Brown in The Running Man (1987) and Ernie Hudson in Ghostbusters II (1989). In addition, Brubaker would make something approaching pop culture stardom in his own right when he appeared as the fake B. A. Baracus in the fan-favourite season three episode of The A-Team “Showdown” …