Rodman Law was an American parachutist, building climber and later silent movie stuntman and actor.
Frederick Rodman Law and Ruth B. Law in her Wright Model B flyer circa 1912-1915
A stunt performer, often called a stuntman or stuntwoman and occasionally stuntperson or stunt-person, is a trained professional who performs daring acts, often as a career. Stunt performers usually a
Rodman Law
…Rodman Law (born Frederick Rodman Law; January 21, 1885 – October 14, 1919) was an American parachutist, building climber and later silent movie stuntman and actor. He was the older brother of pioneering aviator Ruth Law Oliver. Law married Florence Kimball and was the father of three children. The family…
Pyrotechnics stunt exhibition by "Giant Auto Rodéo" in Ciney, Belgium
Circus performers doing an automobile stunt in Delorimier Stadium, Montreal, Canada, in 1946
Harold Lloyd in 1923's Safety Last!, hanging (safely) from the clock tower. Lloyd may have been influenced by the real life stunts of Rodman Law a decade earlier.