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BIRTHDAY
DIED
May 24, 1986

RECENT CREDITS
Old Yeller (FILM)  Jan. 1, 2003
Where Eagles Dare (FILM)  Jan. 1, 2001
Equus (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1977
Rio Lobo (FILM)  Dec. 16, 1970
A Man Called Horse (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1970
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BIOGRAPHY
A five-time world champion rodeo rider from 1917 to 1923 and legendary Hollywood stuntman who became an important second unit director, Canutt also acted (usually as a villain) in many of the Western and action films....
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A five-time world champion rodeo rider from 1917 to 1923 and legendary Hollywood stuntman who became an important second unit director, Canutt also acted (usually as a villain) in many of the Western and action films for which he did the stunt work and served as a double for such stars as John Wayne, Clark Gable and Gene Autry. In the 1930s he also worked as a second unit director of action sequences most notably on "Stagecoach" (1939), the chariot race in "Ben Hur" (1959) and "Spartacus" (1960). In the mid-1940s he also directed four B Westerns. Canutt earned a special Oscar in 1966 for "achievements as a stuntman and for developing safety devices to protect stuntmen everywhere."
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