Ray Austin Net Worth

Ray Austin had an estimated net worth of $1 million. This is from his career as a British television and film director, television writer and producer, and stunt performer and actor who worked in both the United Kingdom and the United States.

Austin was born in London on December 5, 1932. He started his career as a stunt performer in such films as North by Northwest (1959) and Spartacus (1960). From 1965 to 1967, he served as stunt coordinator on 50 episodes of The Avenger. For The Champions, he initially became involved as a second unit director, subsequently rising to the position of full director.

Austin directed 50 of the 88 episodes of the series Zorro, which was filmed in Madrid between 1989 and 1992 for the American ABC Family channel. He also directed some made-for-TV films, including The Return of Man from U.N.C.L.E  and some feature films such as Virgin Witch and House of the Living Dead.

The Guinness World Record states that “In 1965, Dame Diane Rigg became the first Western actress to perform Kung Fu on Television when the combat choreographers Ray Austin and Chee Soo worked elements of the martial art into her fight scenes on The Avengers.