Wilbur was a Connecticut-native who served in the US Navy. Following his release from the Navy, he worked as a wrangler on a ranch near Tucson, Arizona, where he was hired to stand in for John Wayne in the 1966 film El Dorado.
Wilbur afterwards moved to California where he worked as a stunt double and extra. In February 2023, Wilbur passed away. He was 81 years old. George Peter Wilbur, an actor and stuntman, starred in multiple Planet of the Apes films, frequently as a “stunt ape.” In the film Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Wilbur played one of the boxers Cornelius saw.
George P. Wilbur Children: Meet Gena Wilbur
Cheap Thrills (2013), The Aggression Scale (2012), and Starry Eyes are among Gena Wilbur’s best-known works (2014). Since October 15, 2011, she has been married to Travis Stevens (I).
In the films Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers and Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Wilbur portrayed Michael Myers.
Wilbur was also listed as a stunt performer in Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, a different Halloween sequel; however, Don Shanks, an actor and performer of stunts, performed the part of Michael Myers.