The Last Picture Show
1971
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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. The son of a rancher, Johnson arrived in Hollywood to deliver a consignment of horses for a film.
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.
- June 13, 1918
- April 8, 1996
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.
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- Shane. Movie Summary: A retired gunfighter, now a drifter determined to establish a peaceful life, comes to the aid of a homestead family threatened by a land barron and his hired gun.
- The Train Robbers. Movie Summary: John Wayne stars with Ann-Margret as a gunman who agrees to help abeautiful widow cross into Mexico to retrieve a fortune in gold stolenby her late husband.
- Breakheart Pass. Movie Summary: Charles Bronson stars in this nerve-shattering mystery thriller about a treacherous train ride across the snowy western frontier.
- Fort Defiance. Movie Summary: The story of a young blind man, the brother he worships and a Civil War veteran who intends to kill the latter.
Apr 9, 1996 · TIMES STAFF WRITER. 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...
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 ...
June 13, 1918. Died. April 08, 1996. Cause of Death. Heart Attack. Biography. Read More. "Having Ben Johnson was having the real thing," Peter Bogdanovich once said of the actor who won a Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Sam 'the Lion' in the director's memorable "The Last Picture Show" (1971).
