Bob Yerkes

Stuntman Bob Yerkes was born Brayton Walter Yerkes on February 11, 1932 in Los Angeles County, California. Yerkes started tumbling down at Santa Monica Muscle Beach at age eleven and ran away from home to join the Clyde Beatty Circus as part of an acrobatic act at age fifteen. Bob began performing stunts in movies upon returning to Los Angeles in the late 1940's. His career as a stuntman encompasses several decades. Among the notable people that ...