Ben Johnson (I) (1918–1996)
Actor Stunts Miscellaneous Crew
- Gender: Male
- Birthday: 1918-06-13
- Day of Death: 1996-04-08 ( 78 years old )
- Place of Birth: Foraker, Shidler, Oklahoma, USA
- Also Known As: Francis Benjamin Johnson Jr.
- IMDB:nm0424565
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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. His break came when John Ford … »