Beverly Homer DeLay, known as B.H. DeLay, was an innovator and a aviator actor of French descent. He was born on August 12, 1892 in the Oakland bay area of California. DeLay was also an engineer educated at the University of California as well as the prestigious, centuries old University of Heidelberg in Germany. B.H. DeLay's company performed at ...
Ran a movie stunt pilot training school at his airport in Venice, California.
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In one of his movie contracts he was engaged to rescue the heroine from the top of a burning building -- and at the same time he was to crash into the burning tower where the villain was hanging on to a flag pole -- knock over the tower, and dash the villain to his death.
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Director, Cecil B. DeMille, learned to fly at De Lay's Venice Airfield.
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