one hand, garrett was that friend. to me. while he has been in the business for more than 30 years. garrett warren was probably the finest fight man you could ask for. i had hired him on several shows, got to know him, watched his expertise, phenomenal athlete, stunt man. you ve probably seen garrett warren s work, you just didn t know it, he stunk work was featured in charlize angels, and he double teamed with jean-claude van damme. gary was a very focused individual. think of stuntman as a daredevil? that s the last person i want. i want the very best. while he said that his focus shifted the moon minute warner met claudia. beautiful, beautiful woman. we just wanted garrett to be happy, and if it seemed like he met someone he genuinely loved and wanted to start a life with.
and soon investigators would be embroiled in a who done it with more twists than a feature film. here s josh mankiewicz with the plot thickens. ready and action! action. it ranks second only to money. i as the single most important word in hollywood. and here in l. a., where life and art are often the same form, there is a real life drama that rivals in the action movie with a plot that includes all the element of a classic film noir. a mystery, featuring an assassin, a femme fatale, a hollywood star, and a stunt man
life as a stunt man, after the set and the world of make believe. so then how did his life go from playing dead to bleeding out on the floor of his room? shot four times at close range. somebody definitely wanted him hurt or dead at that time. but who. detective mark game in of the l. a. county sheriff s department, investigators looked at every angle. remembering how the gunman asked at first garrett about his new volvo. they wondered if this could be road rage. someone gareth had tangled with on the l. a. freeways. mr. warren is a stuntman? yes. i m guessing maybe he doesn t always drive the speed limit or use his blinker when it s time to change lanes. that could be possible. or he could be personal. it could have been an ex business partner, or if it was someone he was dating that was jealous.
including his ex wife and actress, once married to the movie monster joe pesci. but she had a strong alibi. i don t know. and that is only the start of the twist in this hollywood mystery. this is one of the stranger than fiction kind of things. certainly, no one would write a script like this. the most stunning twist of all was what didn t happen. my mom said, don t you [bleep] die on me. that hit me harder than bullets. my mom never swore. hello, and welcome to dateline. garrett ward was a hollywood stunt man, who made his living pulling off death defying acts. then one night, he opened the door for a stranger and found himself in the middle of a terrifying scene that was all too real. garrett was looking down the barrel of a gun, moments later, four shots rang out.