Ben Johnson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ben "Son" Johnson, Jr. (June 13, 1918 – April 8, 1996) was an American motion picture actor who was mainly cast in Westerns. He was also a rodeo cowboy, stuntman, and rancher. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Johnson (actor) , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Foraker, Shidler, Oklahoma, USA, 1918-06-13

Died: 1996-04-08

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1943	The Outlaw	Deputy (uncredited)	54
2	1945	The Naughty Nineties	Coach Driver (uncredited)	68
3	1948	The Gallant Legion	Ranger	70
4	1948	3 Godfathers	Posse man #1	68
5	1949	Mighty Joe Young	Gregg Johnson	63
6	1949	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon	Sgt. Tyree	69
7	1950	Wagon Master	Travis Blue	67
8	1950	Rio Grande	Trooper Travis Tyree	68
9	1951	Fort Defiance	Ben Shelby	63
10	1952	Wild Stallion	Dan Light (as an adult)	65
11	1953	Shane	Chris Calloway	74
12	1955	Oklahoma!	Wrangler (uncredited)	66
13	1956	Rebel in Town	Frank Mason	70
14	1957	War Drums	Luke Fargo	54
15	1957	Slim Carter	Montana Burriss	0
16	1958	Fort Bowie	Capt. Thomas Thompson	54
17	1960	Ten Who Dared	George Bradley	59
18	1961	One-Eyed Jacks	Bob Amory	67
19	1961	Tomboy and the Champ	Uncle Jim	0
20	1964	Cheyenne Autumn	Trooper Plumtree (uncredited)	67
21	1965	Major Dundee	Sergeant Chillum	67
22	1966	The Rare Breed	Jeff Harter	60
23	1966	Noon Wine	Sheriff Barbee	68
24	1967	Will Penny	Alex	66
25	1968	Hang 'em High	Marshal Dave Bliss	68
26	1969	Ride a Northbound Horse	Will Parker	0
27	1969	The Wild Bunch	Tector Gorch	76
28	1969	The Undefeated	Short Grub	62
29	1970	Chisum	James Pepper	67
30	1971	The Last Picture Show	Sam the Lion	77
31	1971	Something Big	Jesse Bookbinder	52
32	1972	Corky	Boland	40
33	1972	The Bull of the West	Spinner	54
34	1972	Junior Bonner	Buck Roan	61
35	1972	The Getaway	Jack Beynon	71
36	1973	Kid Blue	Sheriff 'Mean John' Simpson	69
37	1973	The Train Robbers	Jesse	63
38	1973	Wayne Train	Self	0
39	1973	The Red Pony	Jess Taylor	0
40	1973	Dillinger	Melvin Purvis	66
41	1973	Runaway!	Holly Gibson	53
42	1973	Blood Sport	Dwayne Birdsong	83
43	1974	The Sugarland Express	Captain Tanner	66
44	1974	Locusts	Amos Fletcher	48
45	1975	Bite the Bullet	Mister	64
46	1975	Breakheart Pass	Deputy U.S. Marshal Nathan Pearce	66
47	1975	Hustle	Marty Hollinger	57
48	1976	The Savage Bees	Sheriff Donald McKew	50
49	1976	The Town That Dreaded Sundown	Captain J.D. Morales	58
50	1977	The Greatest	Hollis	56
51	1977	Grayeagle	John Colter	56
52	1978	Inside 'the Swarm'	Self	100
53	1978	The Swarm	Felix	50
54	1980	The Hunter	Sheriff John Strong	59
55	1980	Terror Train	Carne	57
56	1981	Ruckus	Sam Bellows	57
57	1981	Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.	Isum Gorch	45
58	1982	Tex	Cole Collins	62
59	1982	The Shadow Riders	Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven	65
60	1983	Always in My Heart		0
61	1984	Champions	Burly Cocks	68
62	1984	Red Dawn	Mason	63
63	1985	Wild Horses	Bill Ward	50
64	1986	Trespasses	August Klein	48
65	1986	Let's Get Harry	Mr. Burck Sr.	62
66	1987	Cherry 2000	Six Fingered Jake	60
67	1988	Dark Before Dawn	The Sheriff	0
68	1988	Stranger on My Land	Vern Whitman	50
69	1989	Back to Back	Eli Hix	25
70	1989	Hollywood on Horses	Self	30
71	1991	The Chase	Laurienti	30
72	1991	My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys	Jesse Dalton	61
73	1991	Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas	Self	90
74	1992	Radio Flyer	Geronimo Bill	70
75	1993	The Making of 'Rio Grande'	Self	50
76	1993	Warren Oates: Across the Border	Self	57
77	1993	Bonanza: The Return	Bronc Evans	65
78	1994	Angels in the Outfield	Hank Murphy	60
79	1995	Bonanza: Under Attack	Bronc Evans	67
80	1995	Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart	Jack Parrish	50
81	1996	Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right	Self	0
82	1996	The Evening Star	Arthur Cotton	59
83	2004	Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade	Self (archive footage)	73
84	2011	Backstabber	Lance	50
85	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Cavalcade of America	Cal Bennett	35
2	1955	Gunsmoke	Ben Crown	66
3	1955	Gunsmoke	Vern Morland	66
4	1955	Gunsmoke	Hannon	66
5	1955	Navy Log		45
6	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Sheriff Jeff	77
7	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
8	1957	Perry Mason	Kelly	77
9	1959	Bonanza	Sgt. Samuel Bellis	75
10	1959	Bonanza	Kelly James	75
11	1960	Route 66		63
12	1962	The Virginian	Spinner	64
13	1962	The Virginian	Jim Brandt	64
14	1962	The Virginian	Joe Hogan	64
15	1962	Stoney Burke		57
16	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
17	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		55
18	1965	Branded		64
19	1966	The Monroes		57
20	1966	ABC Stage 67	Sheriff Barbee	60
21	1979	The Sacketts	Cap Rountree	77
22	1980	Wild Times	Doc Bogardus	60