Ben Johnson Jr. (13 June 1918 – 8 April 1996) was an American motion picture actor, mainly in Westerns. He was also a rodeo cowboy, stuntman, and rancher. June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... i like western films The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ... For other uses, see Rodeo (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Cowboy (disambiguation). ... A stunt performer is someone who performs dangerous stunts. ... Ranching is the raising of cattle or sheep on rangeland, although one might also speak of ranching with regard to less common livestock such as elk, bison or emu. ...

Born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, of Osage and Irish ancestry to Ben Sr. and Ollie (Workman) Johnson. Ben Johnson Sr. was a rancher in Osage County and also a rodeo champion. As a young man, Ben Johnson Jr. was a ranch hand, would travel with his father on the rodeo circuit, and become a star before becoming involved in the movies. He won the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's Team Roping Championship for steer roping in 1953. Pawhuska is a city located in Osage County, Oklahoma. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  Ranked 20th  - Total 69,960 sq mi (181,196 km²)  - Width 230 miles (370 km)  - Length 298 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... The Osage are American Indian People of the central Midwest. ... Osage County is the largest county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. ... The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) is a rodeo organization who members compete in rodeos around the United States. ... Steer roping also known as steer tripping is a rodeo event that features a steer and one mounted cowboy. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Johnson married Carol Elaine Jones, daughter of Western (genre) star Buck Jones in 1941, and was married for 53-years until her death on 27 March 1994. The couple had no children. i like western films The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ... Buck Jones (born Charles Gebhart, December 4, 1889, Vincennes, Indiana; d. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

After getting a taste for Hollywood by doing some stunt work in the 1939 movie The Fighting Gringo, in the early 1940's he found work in Hollywood wrangling horses for a studio; he also started doing stunt work involving horses. His steady stunt work began on the controversial Howard Hughes film The Outlaw. Hughes cast Jane Russell in the lead and had numerous camera shots of her ample cleavage, getting the attention of the Hollywood censors. The film was shot in 1941 but took five years to get to selected theaters. Johnson made his first appearance in front of the camera in Naughty Nineties, an Abbott and Costello's movie made in 1945. He got a bigger role in the 1949 film Mighty Joe Young, as 'Gregg', opposite Terry Moore. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... In North America a wrangler is someone employed to handle animals professionally, especially horses, but also others. ... Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. ... A colorized image of Jack Buetel as Billy the Kid. ... Jane Russell in 1943. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Abbott and Costello (William (Bud) Abbott, Louis Cristillo) were an American comedy duo whose work in radio, film and television made them one of the most popular and respected teams in comedy history. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The original Mighty Joe Young movie poster. ... On the cover of Playboy, August 1984 Terry Moore (born January 7, 1929 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. ...

With his work as a stunt man he would catch the eye of director John Ford. Ford would hire Johnson for stunt work for the 1948 movie Fort Apache, and then the following year in the 3 Godfathers, then put him in front of the camera in several films, also starring three with John Wayne, including three in a row: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Wagon Master (1950; Johnson played the lead in this non-Wayne Ford western), and Rio Grande (1950). The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was one of the most accomplished American film directors of the 1930s to 1960s, known particularly as a director of the Westerns, although his tributes to the veterans of World War II and Americana are also equally effective. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Fort Apache is a 1948 western film starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford. ... Three Godfathers is a 1948 western film directed by John Ford. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), born Marion Robert Morrison, popularly known as Duke, was an iconic, Academy Award winning, American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. ... She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is a western film. ... Río Bravo redirects here. ...

Johnson played in supporting roles in the screen classics Shane (1953) starring Alan Ladd and One Eyed Jacks (1961) starring Marlon Brando. In 1964 he worked with Ford again in Cheyenne Autumn. He also appeared in four Sam Peckinpah directed films; Major Dundee (1965; with Charlton Heston), The Wild Bunch (1969; with William Holden & Robert Ryan), and two back-to-back Steve McQueen movies, The Getaway and the rodeo film Junior Bonner (both 1972). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – November 7, 1964) was an American film actor. ... One-Eyed Jacks, a western movie released in 1961, is the only film directed by Marlon Brando, who replaced the original director, Stanley Kubrick. ... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Cheyenne Autumn is a 1964 western starring Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart, and Edward G. Robinson. ... David Samuel Sam Peckinpah (February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director. ... Major Dundee was a 1965 Western film written by Harry Julian Fink and directed by Sam Peckinpah. ... Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter on October 4, 1923) is an iconic Academy Award-winning American film actor, best known for playing larger-than-life heroic roles such as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur. ... The Wild Bunch is a 1969 English language western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, in which an aging group of outlaws hope to have one more score while the West is turning into a modern society. ... William Holden (April 17, 1918 – ca. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Steve McQueen in The Great Escape Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American movie actor, nicknamed The King of Cool. He was one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s due to a popular anti-hero persona. ... The Getaway is a 1972 crime movie, starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw. ... Junior Bonner is a male melodrama and contemporary western movie, focusing on the relationships between two brothers and their father. ...

He teamed up John Wayne again, and director Andrew McLaglen, in two films; appearing with Rock Hudson in The Undefeated (1969), and in a fairly prominent role in Chisum (1970). Andrew Victor McLaglen (28 July 1920 - London, England) is a British - American film director and former actor. ... Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was a popular American film and television actor, noted for his good looks, and most remembered as a romantic leading man during the 1950s and 1960s. ... The Undefeated is a 1969 Western movie starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson. ... Chisum is a 1970 western movie directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring John Wayne and Forrest Tucker. ...

In between the four Peckinpah films Johnson would win an Academy Award for his performance as 'Sam The Lion' in the classic The Last Picture Show, the Larry McMurtry (novel & screenplay) story made into a film and directed by Peter Bogdanovich (also co-writer screenplay), that co-starred Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, and in her film debut Cybill Shepherd. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Last Picture Show is a 1971 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a 1968 novel by Larry McMurtry. ... Peter Bogdanovich Peter Bogdanovich (born July 30, 1939) is an American film director and writer, born in Kingston, New York. ... Timothy Bottoms (born August 30, 1951) is an American actor. ... Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... Cybill Lynne Shepherd Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American actress and singer, best known as the character Maddie Hayes on the groundbreaking ABC show Moonlighting. // Early success Named after her Grandfather Cy and Father Bill, at age sixteen Cybill Shepherd won the 1966...

Johnson continued to work almost steadily until his sudden death in 1996 at his home is Mesa, Arizona. He also continued ranching during the entire time. In addition, he sponsored the Ben Johnson Pro Celebrity Team Roping and Penning competition, held in Oklahoma City, the proceeds of which are donated to both the Children's Medical Research Inc., and to the Children's Hospital of Oklahoma. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Mesa is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona and part of the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale Metropolitan Area. ... Nickname: Capital of the New Century, OKC, O-City Location in Oklahoma County and the state of Oklahoma. ...

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Ben Johnson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7083 Hollywood Blvd. In 1982, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... The Hall of Great Western Performers is a Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. ... Bronze Wrangler The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum and art gallery, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, housing one of the largest collections of: Western, American cowboy, American rodeo, and American Indian; art, artifacts, and archival materials, in the world. ...

Trivia

• On Sunday evenings the "good ol' boys club" met at the John Ford Ranch in the San Fernando Valley. John Ford and John Wayne would be at the Ranch, and some others; Ben Johnson, Chill Wills, Ward Bond, Grant Withers, Harry Carey, Jr. and many of the other supporting actors that were usually in all of Wayne's pictures. Sometimes, Lee Marvin would show up. They were sometimes known as The John Ford Stock Company.

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References

• A Macro Bio

External link

• Ben Johnson at the Internet Movie Database
• Ben Johnson at Find-A-Grave