- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- Jim or Jimmy
- Height6′ 4½″ (1.94 m)
- Jim had the kind of personality that went as well with the celebrities as it did with the crew. During his career he worked on the movie "The Sting" with Redford and Newman and with Mel Brooks on Blazing Saddles and High Anxiety. He enjoyed working with Steve Martin on the movie "The Jerk" and took his family to see the location of the mansion it was filmed in. He often worked with his good friend Gaylin Schultz who was well known and respected in the business as a long time key grip. Other films he worked on included The Eiger Sanction with Clint Eastwood, When A Stranger Calls and many others. His death came when he was tragically young, just getting going really at 49 years of age. This Biography and Update have been provided by his daughter Joni Ball Sanford, who has been a Hollywood history buff since childhood.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Joni Ball Sanford
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