What is Bob Anderson?
{{refimprove|date=January 2012}} '''Robert James Gilbert Anderson''' (15 September 1922 – 1 January 2012) was an [[English people|English]] [[Sportsperson|athlete]] who represented [[Great Britain]] in the [[fencing]] at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/movies/bob-anderson-sword-fight-choreographer-dies-at-89.html |title=Bob Anderson, Sword-Fight Choreographer, Dies at 89 - NYTimes.com |first=Bruce |last=Weber|work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 January 2012|location=[[New York, NY|New York]] |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> He [[Choreography|choreographed]] the [[sword]] fights for many [[movies]] including [[Star Wars]] and [[The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy]].<ref name=abc>{{cite web |url= http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-03/movie-sword-fight-master-bob-anderson-dies/3755988 |title=Man behind Darth Vader swordfights dies |work=ABC News |date=3 January 2012|access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> He was born in [[Hampshire]] on 15 September 1922, and during [[World War II]] he was a member of the British Royal Marines. He used his sword fighting skills in many movies starting with ''The Master of Ballantrae'', based on the book by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]].<ref name=nyt/> During the filming he accidentally stabbed [[Errol Flynn]] in the leg.<ref name=nyt/> Anderson was the person dressed as [[Darth Vader]] in the sword fights in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' and ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.<ref name=abc/> He also arranged the sword fights in all three of the Lord of the Rings movies. Other movie credits included the [[James Bond]] movies, ''[[From Russia With Love]]'' and ''[[Die Another Day]]'', ''[[The Princess Bride (movie)|The Princess Bride]]'', ''[[The Three Musketeers (1993 movie)]]'', ''[[The Mask of Zorro]]'', and ''[[The Legend of Zorro]]''.<ref name=nyt/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Bob}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:British fencers]] [[Category:English movie