' Armstrong was Harrison Ford 's stunt double in the Indiana Jones movies . He has just finished work on `` The Mummy 3 '' -- it was his prior commitment to this movie that stopped him working on the fourth Indy film `` Kingdom of the Crystal Skull '' -- and is now stunt coordinating on the Weinstein production `` Shanghai . '' His physical resemblance to Ford is at the root of his success as Indy 's ` ` fall guy '' After 40 years in the business , Armstrong is the authority on death defying stunts . Armstrong on working as a stuntman actor : ` ` he has to be the ultimate ''
' Armstrong was Harrison Ford 's stunt double in the Indiana Jones movies . His physical resemblance to Ford is at the root of his success as Indy 's ` ` fall guy '' After 40 years in the business , Armstrong is the authority on death defying stunts . Armstrong on working as a stuntman actor : ` ` he has to be the ultimate ''