Alf Joint

He doubled for Sean Connery in the film Goldfinger and for Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood in Where Eagles Dare (1968).

Memorable appearances include his fight with Connery as the Mexican thug Capungo in Goldfinger.

On television he appeared in Doctor Who, Dick Turpin, Return to Treasure Island, Danger Man, The Prisoner, The Avengers, Space: 1999, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, (for which he plunged 430 ft into the Reichenbach Falls doubling for Eric Porter) and London's Burning.

He also performed a memorable stunt for a Cadbury Milk Tray television commercial in which the hero was seen diving off a cliff into the sea.

Joint was a mentor to younger stuntmen such as Vic Armstrong and the late Rod Woodruff (d.2011).