Ben Johnson
Highest Rated: 100% Wagon Master (1950)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Jun 13, 1918
Birthplace: Foraker, Oklahoma, USA
"Having Ben Johnson was having the real thing," Peter Bogdanovich once said of the actor who won a Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Sam 'the Lion' in the director's memorable "The Last Picture Show" (1971). Indeed, for half a century Johnson was the "real thing" as far as Hollywood was concerned, a rancher and rodeo cowboy who accidentally drifted into acting and proved himself a highly capable actor of warmth and grit, believably embodying a vision of the American West.
Photos
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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20% | 61% | The Evening Star | Arthur Cotton (Character) | $12.7M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Ruby Jean and Joe | Big Man (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Bonanza: Under Attack | Bronc Evans (Character) | - | 1995 |
32% | 49% | Angels in the Outfield | Hank Murphy (Character) | $50.2M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Bonanza: The Return | Bronc Evans (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | O.B. Taggart | Jack Parrish (Character) | - | 1993 |
35% | 72% | Radio Flyer | Geronimo Bill (Character) | $4.0M | 1992 |
33% | 81% | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | Jesse Dalton (Character) | $3.6M | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chase | Laurienti (Character) | - | 1991 |
38% | 41% | Cherry 2000 | Six Fingered Jake (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stranger on My Land | Vern Whitman (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dark Before Dawn | The Sheriff (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trespasses | August Klein (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 26% | Let's Get Harry | Harry Burck Sr. (Character) | $141.0K | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wild Horses | Bill Ward (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Champions | Burly Cocks (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 71% | The Shadow Riders | Uncle "Black Jack" Traven (Character) | - | 1982 |
85% | 65% | Tex | Cole Collins (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. | Isum Gorch (Character) | - | 1981 |
46% | 49% | The Hunter | Sheriff Strong (Character) | - | 1980 |
44% | 37% | Terror Train | Carne (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 53% | Ruckus | Big Ben (Character) | - | 1980 |
9% | 19% | The Swarm | Felix (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | 68% | Grayeagle | John Colter (Character) | - | 1977 |
20% | 47% | The Greatest | Hollis (Character) | - | 1977 |
42% | 40% | The Town That Dreaded Sundown | Captain J.D. Morales (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | 31% | The Savage Bees | Sheriff Donald McKew (Character) | - | 1976 |
50% | 48% | Hustle | Marty Hollinger (Character) | - | 1975 |
73% | 54% | Bite the Bullet | Mister (Character) | - | 1975 |
68% | 59% | Breakheart Pass | Marshal Pearce (Character) | - | 1975 |
87% | 66% | The Sugarland Express | Captain Harlin Tanner (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Locusts | Amos Fletcher (Character) | - | 1974 |
50% | 62% | Kid Blue | Sheriff "Mean John" Simpson (Character) | - | 1973 |
93% | 75% | Dillinger | Melvin Purvis (Character) | - | 1973 |
33% | 58% | The Train Robbers | Jesse (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Runaway! | Holly Gibson (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Red Pony | Jess Taylor (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bloodsport | Dwayne Birdsong (Character) | - | 1973 |
83% | 81% | The Getaway | Jack Beynon (Character) | - | 1972 |
92% | 62% | Junior Bonner | Buck Roan (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Bull of the West | Spinner (Character) | - | 1972 |
0% | 100% | Something Big | Jesse Bookbinder (Character) | - | 1971 |
98% | 89% | The Last Picture Show | Sam the Lion (Character) | - | 1971 |
83% | 74% | Chisum | James Pepper (Character) | - | 1970 |
91% | 90% | The Wild Bunch | Tector Gorch (Character) | - | 1969 |
44% | 66% | The Undefeated | Short Grub (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ride a Northbound Horse | Unknown (Character) | - | 1969 |
92% | 73% | Hang 'Em High | Marshal Dave Bliss (Character) | - | 1968 |
87% | 75% | Will Penny | Alex (Character) | - | 1968 |
29% | 58% | The Rare Breed | Jeff Harter (Character) | - | 1966 |
97% | 67% | Major Dundee | Sergeant Chillum (Character) | $14.9K | 1965 |
61% | 72% | One-Eyed Jacks | Bob Amory (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tomboy and the Champ | Uncle Jim (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | 25% | Ten Who Dared | George Bradley (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Fort Bowie | Capt. Thomas Thompson (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Slim Carter | Montana Burriss (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | War Drums | Luke Fargo (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rebel in Town | Frank Mason (Character) | - | 1956 |
87% | 75% | Oklahoma! | Wrangler (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1955 |
97% | 81% | Shane | Chris Calloway (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wild Stallion | Dan Light (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Fort Defiance | Ben Shelby (Character) | - | 1951 |
100% | 67% | Wagon Master | Travis Blue (Character) | - | 1950 |
71% | 70% | Rio Grande | Trooper Travis Tyree (Character) | - | 1950 |
91% | 64% | Mighty Joe Young | Gregg (Character) | - | 1949 |
92% | 79% | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Sgt. Tyree (Character) | - | 1949 |
87% | 78% | 3 Godfathers | Posse man 1 (Character) | - | 1948 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Joe Bob's Halloween Hoedown | Unknown (Character) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sacketts | Cap Rountree (Character) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Ben Crown (Guest Star) | 1963 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 1969 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Monroes | Sleeve (Character) | 1966-1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Branded | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Kelly (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Spinner (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie |
Jim (driver) (Character), Billy Pardee (Guest Star) |
1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Sheriff Jeff (Character) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Restless Gun | Sheriff Tim Malachy (Guest Star) | 1958 |