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The Ben Johnson Memorial Award is awarded annually to prominent representatives of the western character and spirit (since 1998). Both Ben Johnson, Sr. and his son Ben Johnson, Jr.-- along with Ben Jr.'s nephew, have Belt-Buckle awards for team roping. With appreciation to contributor: Bertha Avery-Hood (46546576) • [email protected]
Apr 8, 1996 · Ben "Son" Johnson, Jr. (June 13, 1918 – April 8, 1996) was an American motion picture actor mainly cast in Westerns. He was also a world champion rodeo cowboy, stuntman, and rancher.
Apr 9, 1996 · Ex-wrangler Ben Johnson in 1982. File/Associated Press. 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 ...
Sep 22, 2023 · Johnson went uncredited in movie roles until John Ford’s 1948 Western 3 Godfathers, in which he played posse man #1. His next Western was 1949’s She Wore a Yellow Ribbon: (from left) John Wayne, Harry Carey Jr., Ben Johnson, John Agar and George O’Brien. The actor stood with his horse, Steel, in this publicity photo for 1950’s Wagon Master.
Rodeo cowboy, Hollywood stunt man, actor, and rancher, he was born on June 13, 1918, near Foraker, Oklahoma. His father, Ben Johnson, Sr., was a noted Osage County rancher and rodeo champion. The younger Johnson traveled the rodeo circuit in the 1940s and 1950s and in 1953 captured the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Team Roping ...
Mar 16, 2015 · Cowboy actor Ben Johnson arrived in California in the late 1930s when Howard Hughes bought some horses from an Oklahoma ranch where Ben worked. Hughes liked the way he handled horses and offered him a job hauling them to northern Arizona where they were filming The Outlaw starring Jane Russell. When the filming was finished he hauled them on to ...
Actor Born June 13, 1918 in Pawhuska, OK. Died April 8, 1996 in Mesa, AZ. B en Johnson was a rugged western actor probably best remembered for his 1971 Oscar-winning role as cowboy and town tycoon Sam in Peter Bogdanovich's "The Last Picture Show." In all, he appeared in about 300 films, many as a stunt performer.
