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Yakima Canutt. m. Enos Edward " Yakima " Canutt (November 29, 1895 – May 24, 1986) was an American champion rodeo rider, actor, stuntman, and action director. He developed many stunts for films and the techniques and technology to protect stuntmen in performing them.
- Yak Canutt
- May 24, 1986 (aged 90), North Hollywood, California, U.S.
- Enos Edward Canutt, November 29, 1895, Colfax, Washington, U.S.
- Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Learn about the life and career of Yakima Canutt, Hollywood's most renowned stuntman and second unit director, who doubled for stars like Clark Gable and John Wayne and staged the chariot race in Ben-Hur. Find out his birth name, nickname, family, awards, trivia and more.
- November 29, 1895
- May 24, 1986
Yakima Canutt was a legendary stuntman who doubled for stars like Clark Gable and John Wayne in westerns. He also directed the chariot race in Ben-Hur and other epic scenes.
- Yakima Canutt
- May 24, 1986
- November 29, 1895
Yakima Canutt filmography. Yakima Canutt (November 29, 1895 – May 24, 1986) was an American rodeo rider, actor, stuntman and action director who developed many stunt riding techniques while introducing safety measures and devices of his own design; and either directed, coordinated stunts or appeared in over 300 films:
TitleYearCrew1944second unit director1944second unit director1944second unit director1945second unit directorOct 21, 2019 · Canutt, Yakima (1895-1986) Enos Edward "Yakima" Canutt was a champion rodeo star who parlayed his dexterity on horseback into a legendary career as a Hollywood stuntman. Born in 1895 on his family's ranch near Colfax, Washington, Canutt was 18 when a newspaper photographer at the Pendleton Roundup gave him the nickname "Yakima," and Canutt, who ...
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May 27, 1986 · Enos Edward Canutt was born Nov. 29, 1896, in Colfax, Wash., and took his nickname from Washington's Yakima Valley. After a stint as a prize-winning rodeo rider, he moved on to Hollywood in the ...
Jun 8, 2017 · Yakima Canutt first performed this in 1937’s Monogram release, Riders of the Dawn, doubling for Jack Randall, and he would do variations on it for the rest of his career. The stunt is frequently imitated, most notably in 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark. Canutt, dressed as an Apache, rides up on the left of the stage’s lead team, jumps from ...
