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John Cade (born 10 August 1952; age 71) is a stuntman, stunt coordinator, and second unit director who performed stunts in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He has doubled for actors such as Burt Reynolds (1996 in Raven and in The Cherokee Kid), Tom Berenger (1991 in Shattered), and Gregory Jbara (2008 in Exit Speed).
Cade was a regular stunt performer during the six year run of the television series The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-1985) and in several episodes of The A-Team (1983-1985). Other television series he worked on include episodes of Quincy, M.E., Sledge Hammer, B.J. and the Bear, Knots Landing, Cagney & Lacey, Nash Bridges, MacGyver, Pacific Blue, Pensacola, The Fall Guy, V, Matlock, Freddy's Nightmares, Booker, The Flash, Silk Stalkings (1993), Riptide, Hunter, Booker, Renegade, L.A. Heat (1997, with Chuck Borden, Chris Doyle, Mike Gunther, and Joyce McNeal), Martial Law, Angel, Dharma & Greg (2001, with Shauna Duggins, Brett A. Jones, Michael J. Sarna, and stunt coordination by Al Jones), The Pitts, The Shield, The District, Crossing Jordan, Late Show with David Letterman, My Name Is Earl, 24, and Alias.
Among his earliest stunt work are the films such as Stripes (1981, with John Larroquette and Lance LeGault), Splash (1984, with Valerie Wildman, Clint Howard, Bill Smitrovich, Jill Jacobson, and stunts by Jophery C. Brown and Scott Leva), Revenge of the Nerds (1984), Moving Violations (1985), F/X (1986), Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), Maniac Cop (1988), and Last Rites (1988).
Further stunt work include Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), Maniac Cop 2 (1990), Darkman (1990, with Larry Drake, Neal McDonough, Nicholas Worth, Aaron Lustig, and stunts by Chris Doyle, Chuck Borden, B.J. Davis, John Escobar, Gene LeBell, Dennis Madalone, Manny Perry, Greg Barnett, and Spiro Razatos), Hudson Hawk (1991), Last Action Hero (1993), Demolition Man (1993, with Bill Cobbs, Bob Gunton, Mark Colson, Tracee Lee Cocco, and stunts by Mark De Alessandro, Dana Hee, Gary Epper, Kane Hodder, Rita Minor, Jeff Mosley, and Denney Pierce), Speed (1994), The Mask (1994), Species (1995), Broken Arrow (1996, with Christian Slater), The Rock (1996), Money Talks (1997), the science fiction film Scorpio One (1998), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), The Animal (2001), Windtalkers (2002, with Christian Slater and Cameron Thor), The Italian Job (2003), The Dukes of Hazzard (2005, with Andrew Prine and stunts by Tom Huff, Steve Kelso, Eddie Mathews, Tim Rigby, and Ken Clark), Half Past Dead 2 (2007, with Tony Plana), and The Spirit (2008).
In 1993 he co-produced the horror film Sandman in which he also played a supporting role. Cade worked as stunt coordinator on Scenes from the Goldmine (1987), Dream a Little Dream (1989), the adventure Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998), the romance Romeo and Juliet (2000, with Benito Martinez), Cold Heart (2001), the horror thriller Reality Check (2002), and the television thriller They Shoot Divas, Don't They? (2002, with Diana R. Lupo).