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Apr 9, 1996 · Ben Johnson, rugged Western actor of about 300 films who won an Academy Award as the movie theater owner in “The Last Picture Show,” died Monday He was 75. The actor died of a heart attack in...
Actor. He is best remembered for his role of Sam the Lion in The Last Picture Show (1971), for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Born in Foraker, Oklahoma, his father, Ben Johnson, Sr., was a cattleman and rancher in Osage County, Oklahoma, as well as a champion rodeo steer roper.
Apr 9, 1996 · Ben Johnson, rugged Western actor of some 300 films who won an Academy Award as the movie theater owner in “The Last Picture Show,” died Monday He was 75. The actor died of a heart attack...
Sep 23, 2021 · Ben Johnson: A True American Cowboy. by Marshall Trimble | Sep 23, 2021 | Features & Gunfights. From his humble beginnings to his last ride in Monument Valley, the Sooner native never strayed far from his Oklahoma roots. After John Ford noticed Ben Johnson’s stunt riding in The Outlaw, he signed him to a contract, and always featured Johnson ...
Actor: A Patriotic Man. Johnson spent his childhood and youth in poor conditions in Jamaica. In 1976 he moved with his family to Toronto, Canada. There he started his running career by training and competing. The talented track and field athlete quickly became one of the top runners in the world.
Apr 10, 1996 · Ben Johnson, 77, a champion rodeo performer whose convincing portrayal of a straight-talking westerner led to roles in hundreds of pictures and to the 1971 Academy Award for best supporting...
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