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EXCLUSIVE: HorrorBid Interviews DICK WARLOCK - Michael Myers From HALLOWEEN 2 (1981)

http://www.horrorbid.com/images/blog/766. We've had the pleasure of tting down with many members of the film and special effects world over the past few years and to be honest it's posbly one of the most rewarding parts of the job. Today we meet up with the one and only Dick Warlock, a man that has seen it all from cult fame as Michael Myers in HALLOWEEN 2 to working with director James Cameron and in between. t back as we go one on one with THE Dick Warlock.

HorrorBid: First and foremost, how did you get into acting and stunt work?

Dick Warlock: It all started when I was 10 or 11 years old. You might say I was the local daredevil. I would, while playing Cowboys and Indians, fall out of trees and off of different things like porches etc. I once fell out of a tree catching pigeons and broke my wrist. I was playing baseball out front of my house with that busted arm when my mom came home from work. She told me to walk up to the doctors office which was about a block away. I came home with a cast on my arm and was the hero of the day. The neighborhood kids probably thought I was nuts.

In 1953 my family moved to California. All the way out there I was wearing my x-guns and when we would stop I'd play act as a cowboy. After about a year in Los Angeles I saw a show called the Range Rider on televion which starred Jock Mahoney as the Rider and Dick Jones as his dekick Dick West. I wrote a couple of letters to Gene Autry's Flying "A" Productions looking for a job as Mr. Jones stunt double. Needless to say I didn't receive a reply and even if I had it would been to tell me that I was far to young and bedes Mr. Jones was as talented at doing stunts as most of the stuntmen of that day. Later on I got interested in roller skating and through that I met Ralph Valladares a member of the Los Angeles Braves which was a local Roller Derby Team. He encouraged me to go to the Western Skating Institute in order to pursue a career in that field. After going and learning the fine art of taking falls over the rail when being blocked by an oppong player and in general learning to fall without being hurt. I gave up this idea as a bad one because when an opening to play profesonally came about it was in Hawaii. I would have to had pay all of my expenses out of pocket and the pay was only $75.00 a week.

After a period of doing nothing about getting in the buness I vited a Movie Ranch called Corriganville. This ranch was owned by a man who had a long list of credits including as a star in Flash Gordon and in the western series The Range Busters back in the 30’s and 40’s. I was with my fiancé and after a day of falling down the steps in the Mexican Village and from various rock formations around the ranch she said I should go and ask the boss man for a job. I did that and he, Charlie Aldrich was busy so he asked me to come back the following weekend. I traveled 110 miles a day for three weekends before he gave me a job. From that came my first movie in 1960 called Ballad of a Gunfighter with El Paso's Marty Robbins. Later on I met Walt Disney and that led to doubling Kurt Russell for 25 years.HorrorBId: What is the craziest story you can tell us about working in Hollywood?

Dick Warlock: I don't have any crazy stories that I can put into print. LOL.

HorrorBid: What is your favorite movie of all time and why?

Dick Warlock: That's a tough one. I have different movies of different genres that I like. For instance I like The Creature From The Black Lagoon, An Affair to Remember and The Searchers. All different genres. I like the original Halloween too. So to say I have a favorite all-time movie is something I can't answer as a one and only item.HorrorBid: What do you think about present day horror movies and the remake trend? They've even remade Halloween 2, are you a fan?

Dick Warlock: Heck no, I'm not a fan. I don't like the remake idea for any film. Sequels are fine if they are good but like in the case of Jaws. The sequels were crap. To remake good films just shows a lack of skill and creativity in coming up with something new. What happened to the good story tellers of the past bede being dead. LOL. There seems to be very few today that can come up with something original.HorrorBid: There is no doubt you are a cult horror icon. That is a rarity that many people never get to experience. What are some of the benefits to being so popular with a group and some of the negatives?

Dick Warlock: The benefits are that I can get together with people. I'm a people person and doing the cons is a great deal of fun for me. Almost without exception everyone I've met whether they are a real fan or not they have been exceptionally kind and nice. It's only at the conventions that I am recognized and I like that. My son Billy is bothered in public even here in east Tennessee because of his public career. The only exception for him that he has talked about is in New York. There no one seems to care about the next persons celebrity. They all have their own thing going on. Being in the Halloween 2 film comes with some perks and that's nice no matter how you slice it.HorrorBid: What is the absolute worst experience you've had on a set?

Dick Warlock: Dealing with Jim Cameron. He is a genius when it comes to making films but in my humble opinion a people person he is not . He has an ego the ze of Texas. I'm a mple guy who tries to deal with people in a kind and gentle way ... unless they piss me off. He and I, even though I was his request on the film, just didn’t click.HorrorBid: You've shared the screen with many greats, how many friendships have started from working on various projects and do you tend to keep in touch with people in the buness?

Dick Warlock: I have very few friends from my days in Hollywierd. Some relationships I've ruined and others were really just working acquaintances from the start and never grew from that point. I have some stunt buddies that have remained good friends to this day and will always be in my list of close friends. I've recently made a new friend of Dick Jones after all of these years and I hope that friendship builds until the day the good Lord takes one or the other of us home to be with him.HorrorBid: The mask collecting community and the hobby in general tends to revolve around that magical blank white mask. What is it about the Michael Myers mask that is so special to you personally?

Dick Warlock: I had the pleasure of putting it on and recreating the essence of the Myers character that Tommy Lee Wallace created for me when he sat up bede the bed after being stuck in the eye by Laurie Strode. When we did that film I had no idea what it would turn out to be for me and a lot of the other guys who have played this character. I hadn't seen the original movie until after I had the job. I'm so grateful that so many people liked what I did with him. Bless each and every one of you for your loyalty and friendship.

HorrorBid: When it's all said and done and your ready to hang up your hat what would you like your fans and friends to remember about the real Dick Warlock?

Dick Warlock: That I was a decent guy. One who cared for the fans and who loved his Lord and Savior and his wife.

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Horror Domain - Cursed Evil Overlord Tuesday 10/11/2011 at 08:08 PM | 84545
GREAT INTERVIEW JUSTIN,

DICK IS ONE OF THE NICEST GUYS I'VE EVER MET AND IS BEYOND HUMBLE AND A PLEASURE TO SEE @ EACH CONVENTION.

ME AND HIM LAST MONTH
TheShape1188 Tuesday 10/11/2011 at 10:02 PM | 84549
I met him a few years ago and had a blast talking to him. Great guy and down to earth.
aceofspades70 Tuesday 10/11/2011 at 11:23 PM | 84553