13 Facts About Ormer Locklear

Ormer Leslie "Lock" Locklear was an American daredevil stunt pilot and film actor.

Ormer Locklear's popular flying circus caught the attention of Hollywood, and he starred in The Great Air Robbery, a screenplay about the mid-air piracy of a US airmail plane.

In 1911, Ormer Locklear met Calbraith Perry Rodgers, who landed his plane in Fort Worth to unclog a fuel line.

In October 1917, Ormer Locklear joined the US Army Air Service.

Ormer Locklear was an exponent of wing walking to make aircraft repairs in flight.

Pickens had a great deal of experience promoting barnstormers, with Locklear being his greatest success.

Ormer Locklear was signed to star in The Great Air Robbery, a film depicting pilots flying air mail.

Unwilling to go back to the air show circuit, Ormer Locklear wanted to continue his Hollywood career, and in April 1920, he was signed to star in The Skywayman.

The marriage was largely unhappy as Graves and Ormer Locklear had vastly different personalities.

Ormer Locklear was so traumatized by the event that she refused to fly for the next 25 years.

In 1980, Dana recalled her relationship with Ormer Locklear and spoke about his fatal crash in the documentary Hollywood.

Ormer Locklear is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas.

Ormer Locklear was reputed to be the prototype for the character of Waldo Pepper, played by Robert Redford in The Great Waldo Pepper.