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After retiring in 1935, Ben Johnson, Sr. managed the Chapman-Barnard ranches, with properties in New Mexico and Oklahoma. He also raised horses and cattle on his own Osage County ranch, where his son, Ben Johnson, Jr. motion picture stuntman, actor, and 1972 Academy Award winner, grew up. Ben Johnson, Sr. died of cancer in 1952.
Nov 30, 1999 · Ben was born in Foracre, Okla., on June 13, 1918. His father, Ben Johnson Sr., had a place on Bird Creek, northwest of Pawhuska. The senior Johnson was a respected rancher and champion roper, and is an honoree in the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. And Pawhuska honors Ben Sr. every year with a memorial rodeo named after him.
Apr 8, 1996 · 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. Naturally, young Ben would...
Johnson was born in Foraker, Oklahoma, on the Osage Indian Reservation, of self-identified Irish and Cherokee ancestry, the son of Ollie Susan Johnson (née Workmon) and Ben Johnson Sr. His father was a rancher and rodeo champion in Osage County. Film career. Johnson's film career began with the Howard Hughes film The Outlaw.
Sep 23, 2021 · Johnson’s father, Ben Sr., died of cancer in 1952, and the Annual Ben Johnson Memorial Steer Roping championship was founded in the roping champion’s honor in 1954. “Son” Johnson (circa early 1960s) was an annual participant in the rodeo, and it is now a week-long celebration titled Ben Johnson Days.
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Ben Johnson. Actor: The Last Picture Show. Born in Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was a ranch hand and rodeo performer when, in 1940, Howard Hughes hired him to take a load of horses to California. He decided to stick around (the pay was good), and for some years was a stunt man, horse wrangler, and double for such stars as John Wayne, Gary Cooper and James Stewart. His break came when...
Sep 23, 2021 · This museum opened just three years ago and is already garnering wide acclaim for its collection of Ben Johnson memorabilia and how it highlights other outstanding cowboys from Osage County, including 25 who were world champions. The Johnson story starts with Ben Johnson Sr.—father of the film star—who was the 1922 World Champion steer roper.
