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John Angelo Moio (born 9 May 1939; age 84) is a stuntman, stunt coordinator and second unit director who worked as stunt coordinator on the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "The Arsenal of Freedom". For this episode he coordinated the stunts of Dana Dru Evenson, Brian J. Williams, Tom Morga, Laurie Creach, and John Nowak. Moio is the grandfather of stunt performers Ashton Moio and Monette Moio. Currently, Moio is serving as 3rd Vice President in charge of Merchandising of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures. [1]
Moio is working in the stunt industry from the early 1960s on. Among his earliest projects are stunt performances in The Satan Bug (1965, with James Doohan, Carey Loftin, and Paul Sorensen), The Hallelujah Trail (1965, with Jim Burk and Tony Epper), The Cincinnati Kid (1965, with Robert Herron), the drama Hawaii (1966, stunt coordinated by Gil Perkins), In the Heat of the Night (1967) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).
In the 1970s he performed stunts in films such as What's Up, Doc? (1972, with Paul Baxley, Richard E. Butler, Donna Garrett, Victor Paul, and Paul Stader), The Poseidon Adventure (1972, with Lightning Bear, Bill Catching, Gary Epper, Frank Orsatti, Gil Perkins, George Sawaya, David Sharpe, Tom Steele, and George Wilbur), The Towering Inferno (1974, with Tony Brubaker, Erik Cord, Paula Crist, Nick Dimitri, Eddie Hice, Gene LeBell, John Nowak, Regina Parton, and Felix Silla), The Swarm (1978, with Hubie Kerns, Jr., John Nowak, and Paul Stader), and the comedy The Prisoner of Zenda (1979, with Erik Cord, Dick Geary, Victor Paul, Gil Perkins, and Pete Kellett) and in television series such as The Streets of San Francisco, Harry O, and Matt Helm (1975). Also in the 1970s, Moio started to work as stunt coordinator on Barnaby Jones, Grizzly (1976, with George Wilbur), Pete's Dragon (1977), The Manitou (1978), and the television thriller The Golden Gate Murders (1979).
Moio continued to work as stunt coordinator in the 1980s. Among his projects are Where the Buffalo Roam (1980), Borderline (1980, with Dave Cadiente, Bob Cummings, and John Escobar), Seems Like Old Times (1980, with Bob Hoy, Alan Oliney, Rick Seaman, and Harry Wowchuk), Hard Country (1981), Zapped! (1982, with Mike Cassidy, Lincoln Simonds, and Vince Deadrick, Jr.), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Class (1983), Johnny Dangerously (1984, with Rick Avery and Leslie Hoffman), Street Hawk (1985) and Dynasty (1985-1986), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986, with Johnny C. Meier and Tom Morga), Beauty and the Beast (starring Ron Perlman), and Moonwalker (1988, with Kerrie Cullen, Chris Doyle, Joel Kramer, Matt McColm, and Noon Orsatti). He also performed stunts in The Howling (1981), Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981, with Gary Baxley, Robert Bralver, Diamond Farnsworth, Marguerite Happy, Bob Minor, Faith Minton, Tom Morga, Sharon Shaffer, and Kym Washington), Night Shift (1982, with Gary Combs, Freddie Hice, and Buddy Joe Hooker), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985, with Gene LeBell and Tom Morga), and Colors (1988, with Ann Chatterton, Eugene Collier, Vince Deadrick, Dana Dru Evenson, Spiro Razatos, and Cherie Tash).
In the 1990s he stunt coordinated Eve of Destruction (1991, with Jeff Cadiente, Zane Cassidy, Paula Moody, Tom Morga, Jeff Smolek, and Tim Trella), The Marrying Man (1991), Dynasty: The Reunion (1991), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992, with Dan Barringer and Lynn Salvatori), Dr. Giggles (1992, with Kerrie Cullen, Phil Culotta, and George Wilbur), Major League II (1994), There Goes My Baby (1994), Separate Lives (1995, with Christine Anne Baur, Vince Deadrick, and Tom Morga), Dark Skies (1996-1997), and the television special Murder She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997). As stunt performer he worked on Twin Peaks (1990), Shattered (1991, with John Cade, Eddy Donno, Don Pulford, and Merritt Yohnka), Aces: Iron Eagle III (1991, with Rick Avery, Nick Dimitri, Branscombe Richmond, and Bob Minor), Unlawful Entry (1992), Sneakers (1992), Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter (1994), The Mask (1994), Set It Off (1996, with LaFaye Baker, Simone Boisseree, Vince Deadrick, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Rita Minor, Spice Williams, and Gerard G. Williams), Mars Attacks! (1996), Instinct (1999, with Jay Caputo), and Magnolia (1999, with Phil Culotta, Allan Graf, Terry Jackson, Mike Massa, Hugh Aodh O'Brien, Rick Seaman, Webster Whinery, and Harry Wowchuk).
Since 2000 Moio performed stunts in Me, Myself & Irene (2000, with Joey Box, Mark DeAlessandro, Corey Michael Eubanks, and Denney Pierce), Rush Hour 2 (2001), Ocean's Eleven (2001, with Justin Sundquist, Brian Avery, Rick Avery, Joni Avery, Eliza Coleman, Ransom Gates, Anita Hart, Steve Kelso, and Rob Mars), The Ring Two (2005, with Dan Barringer, Keith Campbell, and Nicole Randall), Crank (2006), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Rush Hour 3 (2007), and Everybody Hates Chris (2006) and Medium (2009). He also worked as stunt coordinator on What Planet Are You From? (2000), Bedazzled (2000), Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), Home Alone 4 (2002), Garfield: The Movie (2004, with Oliver Keller and Theo Kypri) and Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties (2006, with Steve Rizzo), The Tripper (2006, with Cassandra McCormick and Anthony Molinari), Red Riding Hood'(2006), the comedy Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007, with Buck McDancer) and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009, with Eddie Braun, Jay Caputo, Sonia McDancer, Scott Leva, Buck McDancer, and Bob Minor).
More recently, he performed stunts in Kill Katie Malone (2010, with Shawn Crowder and Scott Leva) and worked as stunt coordinator on the short drama Salvation Road (2010), Hop (2011, with Mark Riccardi and Webster Whinery, Jr.), and the short drama Thule (2011).