George P. Wilbur

George Peter Wilbur (March 6, 1941 – February 1, 2023) was an American stuntman and actor, best known for playing Michael Myers in both Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.

Early life Wilbur was born in Connecticut and served in the U.S. Navy. He worked as a wrangler on a ranch in Tucson, Arizona, where he worked as an extra in the 1966 film El Dorado and was recruited as a stand-in performer for John Wayne. Wilbur later moved to California, where he worked as an extra and stunt double.

Career Wilbur's career as a stuntman lasted for 40 years and involved over 100 television and film projects. He notably doubled for Peter Graves on Mission: Impossible, Joe Don Baker in Framed (1975), Jack Palance in Cops & Robbersons (1994), Craig T. Nelson on The District, and James Garner in The Notebook (2004). He was the stunt coordinator of Murphy's Romance (1985), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), and Me and the Kid (1993), among others.

Wilbur's played Michael Myers in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. Wilbur was credited as a stunt performer in Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, another Halloween sequel, although not in the role of Michael Myers as actor and stuntman Don Shanks played the role.

Wilbur was a member of the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame.

Death George P. Wilbur died on February 1, 2023, at the age of 81.

In popular culture Wilbur was notably referenced in Season 10, Episode 13 of the animated television series Family Guy ("Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream"), fictionalized as the stage name of character Tom Tucker earlier in his career. In the same episode, archive footage of Halloween 4 featuring Wilbur as the titular character is played, with Seth MacFarlane voicing over the scene as Tucker.

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