▁Stephen ▁Mc N ally ; ▁The ▁Far ▁Country , ▁again ▁with ▁Stewart , ▁this ▁time ▁also ▁st arring ▁Ruth ▁Roman , ▁Cor in ne ▁Cal vet , ▁and ▁Walter ▁B ren nan ; ▁and ▁once ▁again ▁in ▁a ▁Stewart ▁film , ▁the ▁classic ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁rom antic ▁comedy , ▁Bell , ▁Book ▁and ▁Cand le , ▁also ▁st arring ▁Kim ▁Nov ak . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁his ▁acting , ▁he ▁also ▁became ▁involved ▁as ▁a ▁body ▁double , ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁st unt ▁work . ▁ ▁He ▁double d ▁for ▁many ▁actors , ▁including ▁Charles ▁Star rett , ▁but ▁was ▁more ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁stand - in ▁work ▁for ▁Jimmy ▁Stewart ▁and ▁Gary ▁Cooper . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁Cooper ' s ▁stand - in ▁for ▁ 1 7 ▁films ▁( al most ▁half ) ▁which ▁Cooper ▁shot ▁between ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁and ▁Cooper ' s ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁film ▁was ▁ 1 9 4 3 ' s ▁For ▁Wh om ▁the ▁Bell ▁T oll s , ▁and ▁the ▁last ▁was ▁The ▁N aked ▁Edge , ▁a ▁thr iller ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 . ▁ ▁Sometimes ▁he ▁would ▁also ▁have ▁a ▁small ▁role ▁in ▁Cooper ' s ▁film , ▁as ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 ' s ▁Un con quer ed . ▁During ▁this ▁time ▁he ▁also ▁began ▁dou bling ▁for ▁Stewart . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁television , ▁Map es ▁would ▁appear ▁in