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Learn about the life and career of Ben Johnson, an American film and television actor, stuntman, and world-champion rodeo cowboy. He won an Oscar for his role in The Last Picture Show and worked with directors like John Ford and Sam Peckinpah.
Learn about the life and career of Ben Johnson, a versatile actor who starred in over 300 movies, including The Last Picture Show, for which he won an Oscar. Find out his birth name, nickname, height, family, trivia, quotes and more.
- June 13, 1918
- April 8, 1996
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.
- January 1, 1
- Foraker, Shidler, Oklahoma, USA
- January 1, 1
- Mesa, Arizona, USA
Apr 9, 1996 · 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.
Learn about the life and career of Ben Johnson, a versatile actor who starred in over 100 films and TV shows, mostly in westerns. He was also a stuntman, ranch owner, and philanthropist with Native American and Irish ancestry.
Apr 9, 1996 · Ben Johnson, rugged Western actor of some 300 films who won an Academy Award as the movie theater owner in “The Last Picture Show,” died Monday He was 75.
Sep 23, 2021 · Learn about the life and career of Ben Johnson, a legendary actor and horseman who starred in John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy and many other Western films. Read his stories of working with John Wayne, Howard Hughes and John Ford in Monument Valley.
