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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 13, 1918
Died
April 8, 1996
Place of Birth
Foraker, Shidler, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
- Francis Benjamin Johnson Jr.
- بن جانسون
Ben Johnson
2.2 Popularity
Biography
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
3.0
Lance
Backstabber
2011
7.8
Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
6.1
Arthur Cotton
The Evening Star
1996
🎬
0.0
Self
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right
1996
5.0
Jack Parrish
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
1995
6.5
Bronc Evans
Bonanza: Under Attack
1995
6.0
Hank Murphy
Angels in the Outfield
1994
6.5
Bronc Evans
Bonanza: The Return
1993
5.7
Self
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
5.0
Self
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
1993
Credits
Backstabber
as Lance
2011
3.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
2004
7.8
The Evening Star
as Arthur Cotton
1996
6.1
🎬
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right
as Self
1996
0.0
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
as Jack Parrish
1995
5.0
Bonanza: Under Attack
as Bronc Evans
1995
6.5
Angels in the Outfield
as Hank Murphy
1994
6.0
Bonanza: The Return
as Bronc Evans
1993
6.5
Warren Oates: Across the Border
as Self
1993
5.7
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
as Self
1993
5.0
Radio Flyer
as Geronimo Bill
1992
7.0
Picture This
as Self
1991
9.0
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
as Jesse Dalton
1991
6.1
The Chase
as Laurienti
1991
2.7
🎬
The Last Ride
1989
0.0
🎬
Hollywood on Horses
as Self
1989
3.0
Back to Back
as Eli Hix
1989
2.8
Stranger on My Land
as Vern Whitman
1988
5.0
Dark Before Dawn
as The Sheriff
1988
0.0
Cherry 2000
as Six Fingered Jake
1987
6.0
Let's Get Harry
as Mr. Burck Sr.
1986
6.2
Trespasses
as August Klein
1986
4.2
Wild Horses
as Bill Ward
1985
5.0
Red Dawn
as Mason
1984
6.3
Champions
as Burly Cocks
1984
6.6
Always in My Heart
1983
0.0
The Shadow Riders
as Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven
1982
6.5
Tex
as Cole Collins
1982
6.1
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
as Isum Gorch
1981
4.5
Ruckus
as Sam Bellows
1981
5.5
Terror Train
as Carne
1980
5.7
The Hunter
as Sheriff John Strong
1980
5.9
Wild Times
as Doc Bogardus
1980
6.0
The Sacketts
as Cap Rountree
1979
7.5
The Swarm
as Felix
1978
5.0
Inside 'the Swarm'
as Self
1978
7.0
Grayeagle
as John Colter
1977
5.6
The Greatest
as Hollis
1977
5.4
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
as Captain J.D. Morales
1976
5.8
The Savage Bees
as Sheriff Donald McKew
1976
5.1
Hustle
as Marty Hollinger
1975
5.6
Breakheart Pass
as Deputy U.S. Marshal Nathan Pearce
1975
6.6
Bite the Bullet
as Mister
1975
6.4
Locusts
as Amos Fletcher
1974
4.8
The Sugarland Express
as Captain Tanner
1974
6.6
Blood Sport
as Dwayne Birdsong
1973
8.3
Runaway!
as Holly Gibson
1973
5.3
Dillinger
as Melvin Purvis
1973
6.5
The Red Pony
as Jess Taylor
1973
0.0
🎬
Wayne Train
as Self
1973
0.0
The Train Robbers
as Jesse
1973
6.3
Kid Blue
as Sheriff 'Mean John' Simpson
1973
6.9
The Getaway
as Jack Beynon
1972
7.1
Junior Bonner
as Buck Roan
1972
6.1
The Bull of the West
as Spinner
1972
5.4
Corky
as Boland
1972
4.0
Something Big
as Jesse Bookbinder
1971
5.1
The Last Picture Show
as Sam the Lion
1971
7.6
Chisum
as James Pepper
1970
6.7
The Undefeated
as Short Grub
1969
6.2
The Wild Bunch
as Tector Gorch
1969
7.6
Ride a Northbound Horse
as Will Parker
1969
0.0
Hang 'em High
as Marshal Dave Bliss
1968
6.8
Will Penny
as Alex
1967
6.6
Noon Wine
as Sheriff Barbee
1966
7.0
ABC Stage 67
as Sheriff Barbee
1966
6.2
The Monroes
1966
5.7
The Rare Breed
as Jeff Harter
1966
6.1
Major Dundee
as Sergeant Chillum
1965
6.6
Branded
1965
6.6
Cheyenne Autumn
as Trooper Plumtree (uncredited)
1964
6.7
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
Stoney Burke
1962
5.7
The Virginian
as Spinner
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Jim Brandt
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Joe Hogan
1962
6.4
Tomboy and the Champ
as Uncle Jim
1961
0.0
One-Eyed Jacks
as Bob Amory
1961
6.7
Ten Who Dared
as George Bradley
1960
5.9
Route 66
1960
6.3
Bonanza
as Sgt. Samuel Bellis
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Kelly James
1959
7.5
Fort Bowie
as Capt. Thomas Thompson
1958
5.4
Slim Carter
as Montana Burriss
1957
0.0
Perry Mason
as Kelly
1957
7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
War Drums
as Luke Fargo
1957
5.8
Rebel in Town
as Frank Mason
1956
7.0
Oklahoma!
as Wrangler (uncredited)
1955
6.6
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sheriff Jeff
1955
7.8
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
Gunsmoke
as Ben Crown
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Vern Morland
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Hannon
1955
6.6
Shane
as Chris Calloway
1953
7.4
Cavalcade of America
as Cal Bennett
1952
3.5
Wild Stallion
as Dan Light (as an adult)
1952
6.5
Fort Defiance
as Ben Shelby
1951
6.3
Rio Grande
as Trooper Travis Tyree
1950
6.8
Wagon Master
as Travis Blue
1950
6.6
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Sgt. Tyree
1949
6.9
Mighty Joe Young
as Gregg Johnson
1949
6.4
3 Godfathers
as Posse man #1
1948
6.7
The Gallant Legion
as Ranger
1948
7.0
The Naughty Nineties
as Coach Driver (uncredited)
1945
6.6
Tall in the Saddle
as Townsman (uncredited)
1944
6.5
The Outlaw
as Deputy (uncredited)
1943
5.4