Search results
Francis Benjamin Johnson Jr. (June 13, 1918 – April 8, 1996) was an American film and television actor, stuntman, and world-champion rodeo cowboy. Johnson brought authenticity to many roles in Westerns with his droll manner and expert horsemanship.
Sep 23, 2021 · While uncredited as executive producer of Mighty Joe Young (1949), John Ford is known to have suggested Ben Johnson for the leading role of Gregg, opposite leading lady Terry Moore. Their friendship from the set led to Johnson introducing Moore to her future husband, Howard Hughes.
Sep 22, 2023 · Cowboy & Actor Ben Johnson. by Marshall Trimble | Sep 22, 2023 | Classic True West, Features & Gunfights. He truly knew his horses. Ben Johnson arrived in California in the late 1930s after Howard Hughes bought some horses from an Oklahoma ranch where Johnson worked.
Apr 8, 1996 · Mighty Joe Young - (Re-issue Trailer) Showmen try to exploit a giant ape raised by an orphan in Mighty Joe Young (1949) starring Terry Moore and Ben Johnson. Cheyenne Autumn - (Original Trailer) A reluctant calvary Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyennes in Cheyenne Autumn (1964).
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 ...
Actor: St. Patrick's Day. Ben Johnson III was born in Beckley WV in November of 1986. His family moved to South Carolina, and later North Carolina, when he was very young. His father, Ben Johnson Jr. did computer work before IT jobs were plentiful, which resulted in their multiple moves.
People also ask
Who is Ben Johnson?
Is Ben Johnson a real cowboy?
Where did Ben Johnson grow up?
What is Ben Johnson days?
Nov 30, 1999 · Ben Johnson was the World Championship Team Roper in 1953, and he won an Academy Award in 1971. And he has a hard time deciding which honor he is most proud of. By DARRELL ARNOLD, originally published in the August 1989 issue. Rodeo champion Ben Johnson. “Young people, today, need to have three things in their lives—honesty, reality and ...