George J. Lueck; Retired Stuntman

George J. Lueck, a retired stuntman who helped train stunt actors and horses, has died in a Woodland Hills hospital. He was 67.

A longtime Reseda resident, Lueck died Wednesday of cancer, said his daughter, Suzanne (Zanne) L. Gleitsman of Woodland Hills.

Born Jack Lueck in Phoenix, he ran away from his family’s dairy farm as a teen-ager, came to California and changed his name to George J. Lueck.

From the late 1940s to the mid-1960s, he owned the Green Valley Stables in Woodland Hills, where he trained stunt actors and horses for film work.

A member of the RCA Pro Rodeo, Lueck also was a professional rodeo roper from the late 1940s to the late 1960s.

As a stuntman, he appeared in television’s “Zorro,” “Wagon Train” and “Bonanza,” and also appeared in “The Big Country” (1958) and “Spartacus” (1960). He doubled for Clark Gable in “The Misfits.” (1961). Lueck, a member of the Screen Actors Guild, retired in the mid-1980s.

In addition to his daughter, Lueck is survived by his wife of 31 years, LorRaine Lueck of Reseda; brother Fred Lueck of Phoenix; sisters Trudy Wolf of El Centro, Josephine King of San Diego and Louise Lueck of Colorado, and two grandchildren.

A funeral service is scheduled at 11 a.m. today at Church of the Hills at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive. Forest Lawn Mortuary, Hollywood Hills, is handling the arrangements. Donations can be made in Lueck’s name to the Motion Picture & Television Fund, 23388 Mulholland Drive, Woodland Hills 91364.