[CrazyIvan]

Steve “Cooled Down” the Blob! The stunt that he personally performed when he jumped the fence in “The Great Escape” was mega kool!

If I have the story straight, the movie company wouldn’t let
him. Bud Ekins did it.

[JoeProBono]

Yup.

‘Although Steve McQueen did his own motorcycle riding, there was one stunt he did not perform: the hair-raising 60-foot jump over a fence. This was done by McQueen’s friend Bud Ekins, who was managing a Los Angeles-area motorcycle shop when recruited for the stunt. It was the beginning of a new career for Ekins, as he later doubled for McQueen in Bullitt (1968) and did much of the motorcycle riding on the television series “CHiPs” (1977).’

[Neanderthal]

"The stunt that he personally performed when he jumped the fence in “The Great Escape” was mega kool!"

Any votes for the Fonz? He did some great jumps too.