Eddie Kidd

EDDIE KIDD OBE. English former motorcycle stunt performer. He was paralysed and suffered brain damage following an accident in 1996. On 15th June 2012 it was announced that he had been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to charity. He is the holder of many world records for jumping over cars and buses. He worked as a stunt double in many films, notably for Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights / Roger Moore and Michael Caine in Bullseye and Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye. One of his most famous motorcycle stunts was in the 1979 film Hanover Street starring Harrison Ford. Doubling for Ford on a motorbike, he jumped a 120 feet (37m) railway cutting at 90 miles per hour in Shepton Mallet Somerset. He also doubled for Val Kilmer in Top Secret