| Summary: | Film actor Richard Washington was born on February 20, 1940 in Everett, Massachusetts. In 1957, Washington graduated from Christian High School, and Los Angeles City College. He worked as a machinist and a commercial diver before earning his first credits for stunt work in the 1971 film Dirty Harry. He worked as a stuntman or stunt coordinator on a number of Blaxploitation films, as well as mainstream movies such Battle for the Planet of the Apes, and Die Hard with a Vengeance. His other credits include Bustin' Loose, Mississippi Burning, and Glory. On multiple occasions he served as the stunt double for Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. As one of the first African American stuntmen in Hollywood, Washington was active in the Black Stuntmen's Association, which fought against the practice of 'painting down' white stuntmen in black makeup to double for African American actors.
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