George P. Wilbur

George Peter 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.^[1]

Wilbur played Michael Myers in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.^[2][3] He was credited as a stunt player 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. His career as a stuntman lasted for 40 years and involved over 100 television and film projects. He was a member of the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame.^[4]

Wilbur was notably referenced in Family Guy, fictionalised as the stage name of character Tom Tucker earlier in his career. In the same episode, archive footage of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers featuring Wilbur as the titular character is played with Seth McFarlane voicing over the scene as Tom Tucker.

George P. Wilbur died on February 1, 2023, at the age of 81.^[5][6]