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     • Oscar®-winner Ben Johnson stayed true to his cowboy ways. As an actor, Johnson often portrayed a cowboy, a character he knew well because he was one.
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2. truewestmagazine.com › article › ben-johnson-a-trueBen Johnson: A True American Cowboy - True West Magazine

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   Sep 23, 2021 · Ben “Son” Johnson Jr. was a cowboy from his earliest years and received his big break in the movies when he was hired to take a shipment of horses from the ranch his father managed in Oklahoma to Howard Hughes’s movie set for The Outlaw in Monument Valley in the fall of 1940.

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   Did Ben Johnson ever play a cowboy?

   • For nearly six decades, from his first uncredited role stunt role in the 1939 RKO-Western The Fighting Gringo, to his last starring role as Arthur Cotton in The Evening Star, a 1996 adaptation of the Larry McMurtry novel, Ben Johnson was a fan favorite. He appeared in over 300 movies and television series, most often cast as a cowboy.

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   Who was Ben Johnson?

   • While cowboying at the Chapman-Barnard ranch in Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was hired to drive a herd of horses to Hollywood for Howard Hughes. The director introduced the ranch hand to John Ford, who cast him in his Westerns. Ford called Johnson the “world’s greatest horseman and the best thing to come out of Oklahoma since Will Rogers.”

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   Was Ben Johnson a real man?

   • Ben Johnson, an honest name for a man of decency, honor and pride. The man on the screen was the man in real life, bringing balance to life’s ride. He didn’t play cowboy. He was what you saw. He was down home and cowboy clean through. He could rope, he could ride and compete with the best. Everything that he did was all true. He knew about horses.

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   Did Ben Johnson ride a horse?

   • In his early years in Hollywood, Ben Johnson was cast in Westerns as much for his stunt work with horses as he was for his acting. Here he is seen practicing Roman riding with Harry Carey Jr. in Monument Valley on the set for John Ford’s Rio Grande (1950). Courtesy Republic Pictures He paused a moment and grinned.

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4. westernhorseman.com › classic-cowboys › ben-johnsonBen Johnson - Western Horseman

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   Nov 30, 1999 · The world recognizes Ben Johnson as a cowboy. Not just a movie cowboy, but as a bona-fide, real-life cowboy. He is as well known and respected at ranches and rodeos as he is in Hollywood, where he has worked for almost 50 years in the motion-picture business.

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6. westernhorseman.com › culture › flashbacks"I Can Hold the Horses": Ben Johnson - Western Horseman

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   Nov 20, 2015 · Oscar®-winner Ben Johnson stayed true to his cowboy ways. As an actor, Johnson often portrayed a cowboy, a character he knew well because he was one.

7. biographs.org › ben-johnsonBen Johnson biography. American actor

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   In 1982, he was also inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. In 1996, a documentary about his life titled "Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right" was released, directed by Tom Thurman.

8. truewestmagazine.com › article › ben-johnsons-lastBen Johnson’s Last Trail Ride - True West Magazine

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   Mar 11, 2016 · While cowboying at the Chapman-Barnard ranch in Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was hired to drive a herd of horses to Hollywood for Howard Hughes. The director introduced the ranch hand to John Ford, who cast him in his Westerns.

9. variety.com › 1996 › filmBen Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right - Variety

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   Oct 21, 1996 · Oct 21, 1996 12:00am PT. Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right. Highly informed and enormously affectionate, this hand-crafted docu takes an unusually detailed look at the career of one...

10. projects.latimes.com › hollywood › star-walkBen Johnson - Hollywood Star Walk - Los Angeles Times

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    Recognized as a western icon, Johnson walked easily through a Gene Autry-like role as an elderly cowboy actor turned Major League Baseball team owner in the 1994 Disney film "Angels in the...