Yakima Canutt - Wikipedia
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.
Yakima Canutt - Biography - IMDb
Yakima Canutt died in 1986, the most famous and respected stuntman of all time. He was the first to do a "horse transfer" (transferring from a galloping horse to another moving object). 1917, 1919-1920 & 1923 World All-Around Rodeo Champion. Named Yakima after …
Canutt, Yakima (1895-1986) - HistoryLink.org
2019年10月21日 · 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, Washingt
Yakima Canutt - IMDb
Yakima Canutt. Second Unit or Assistant Director: Ben-Hur. Starting out as a rodeo cowboy and then becoming a stuntman in silent westerns, Yakima Canutt later doubled for such stars as Clark Gable and John Wayne, among others, in such dangerous activities as jumping off the top of a cliff on horseback, leaping from a stagecoach onto its runaway ...
Yakima Canutt (1895-1986) - Find a Grave Memorial
For his contributions to the stunt field he was awarded an Honorary Oscar in 1967. Stuntman, Actor, Director. A World Champion rodeo star, he entered films as a stuntman in the early 1920s and enjoyed success as a B western star of the late silent period.
Yakima Canutt, Rodeo Rider Who Became Film Stunt Man, Dies
1986年5月26日 · Yakima Canutt, a rough-and-ready bronco rider who became a famed Hollywood stunt man, doubling for John Wayne in dozens of movies and choreographing the chariot race in “Ben Hur,” died Saturday...
Yakima Canutt: The Washington cowboy who became a stuntman
But the very first stunt performer to win recognize was Yakima Canutt, from Colfax, Washington. Canutt was awarded an honorary award in 1967 for "creating the profession known today of stuntman,"...
Yakima Canutt - Encyclopedia.com
2018年5月29日 · As a second-unit director for action sequences, Yakima Canutt (1896-1986) made scores of films during the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, but his best-known work is the chariot race in Ben-Hur (1959), starring Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd.
Yakima Canutt Dies; Stunt Man in Movies - The New York Times
1986年5月27日 · Yakima Canutt, an Oscar-winning stunt man who doubled for John Wayne and other stars in dozens of movies, died Saturday at the North Hollywood Medical Center. He was 89 years old.
Master of Action: The Profile of Yakima Canutt - stuntlives
2023年8月28日 · Yakima Canutt’s impact extended beyond his stunts; he pioneered techniques that would become standard in action cinema. He developed the “Canutt roll,” a method to safely fall off horses, as well as advanced rigging systems for daring sequences.