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Feb 4, 2024 · Birth of Ben Johnson. Foraker, Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. 2000. 2000. Age 98. Death of Ollie Susan Johnson. Genealogy for Ollie Susan Johnson (Workmon) (1902 - 2000) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
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During the spring of 1996, Arizona Highways magazine editor Bob Early asked photographer Gary Johnson and me to join legendary actor Ben Johnson, on a sentimental journey at the place where Hollywood director John Ford had “discovered” him in the late 1940s while filming Fort Apache, one of his Cavalry Trilogy. Gary and I met in the early 1970s whe...
Ben was born in 1918 in Foraker, Oklahoma, on the Osage Indian Reservation of Irish and Osage ancestry. His father, Ben Sr., was a rancher in Osage County and a three-time world champion rodeo cowboy. He credits Howard Hughes for bringing him out to Hollywood from Oklahoma in the late 1930s. Hughes had bought some horses from a ranch where Ben work...
Ben got his first starring role in a Western with Harry Carey Jr. and Joanne Dru a year later in Wagon Master, filmed of course, in Monument Valley. Critics called it one of Ford’s masterpieces. Ben went on to become one of Hollywood’s most popular actors, playing everything from a devil-may-care cowboy, bad man and gunman to curmudgeon and old-tim...
Ben enjoyed visiting the various places in Monument Valley, reminiscing about something that happened during the shoot. One time while filming Wagon Master, he was being pursued by a band of Navajo warriors. “I rode to this bluff and was supposed to turn and ride along the ridge, but the horse I was on got a case of cold jaw and wouldn’t respond to...
Over the next 40 years, Ben starred or appeared in hundreds of films and television shows, mostly Westerns. He took a break from the movies in 1953 to rodeo and won the PRCA World Team Roping Championship and was inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of fame in 1973. For many years Ben sponsored pro-celebrity rodeos to benefit children’s charities, prim...
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. Marshall Trim...
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Oct 16, 2000 · OLLIE RIDER OBITUARY PAWHUSKA -- Ollie Susan Workmon Rider, the mother of the late Oscar-winning actor Ben "Son" Johnson Jr., died Monday. She was 101. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel in Pawhuska. Rider was born in Sac River, Mo., and married Fredie Fay Rider in 1940 in Olathe, Kan.
Apr 8, 1996 · American film and television actor, stuntman, and world-champion rodeo cowboy. Born on June 13, 1918 in Foraker, Oklahoma , United States. Died on April 8, 1996 in Mesa, Arizona , United States. Born on June 13 42. Deceased on April 08 41. Family tree. Report an error. Logan. Sarah Ann. 1841 - 1923. McCormick. John R. 1837 - 1900. Rose.
Johnson was born in Foraker, Oklahoma, on the Osage Indian Reservation, of self-identified Irish and Cherokee ancestry, [2] [3] the son of Ollie Susan Johnson (née Workmon) and Ben Johnson Sr. [4] His father was a rancher and rodeo champion in Osage County. [5] Film career.
YearTitleRoleNotes1939Mexican BarflyUncredited1943DeputyUncredited1943Bordertown Gun FightersMessengerUncredited1944The Pinto BanditRace ContestantUncreditedApr 8, 2016 · Ollie Susan Johnson. mother. About Ben Johnson. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2252. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Johnson_ (actor)) Ben "Son" Johnson, Jr. (June 13, 1918 – April 8, 1996) was an American stuntman, world champion rodeo cowboy and actor.
Oct 17, 2000 · Oct 17, 2000. PAWHUSKA -- Ollie Susan Workmon Rider, the mother of the late Oscar-winning actor Ben "Son" Johnson Jr., died Monday. She was 101. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m....
