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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)....
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Filmography

Where Eagles Dare - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 2001 / Released / )
Where Eagles Dare - ( Stunt Coordinator / 2001 / Released / )
High on the Range - ( / 1985 / Released / )
Equus - ( Consultant(- technical consultant) / 1977 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Breakheart Pass - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1975 / Released / )
Breakheart Pass - ( Stunt Coordinator / 1975 / Released / )
A Man Called Horse - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1970 / Released / Cinema Center )
Rio Lobo - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1970 / Released / Cinema Center Films )
Song of Norway - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1970 / Released / )
The Flim-Flam Man - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1967 / Released / )
Khartoum - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1966 / Released / )
Cat Ballou - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1965 / Released / )
The Fall of the Roman Empire - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1964 / Released / )
How the West Was Won - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1962 / Released / Cinerama Inc )
El Cid - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1961 / Released / )
El Cid - ( Stunt Coordinator / 1961 / Released / )
Spartacus - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1960 / Released / )
The Swiss Family Robinson - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1960 / Released / )
The Swiss Family Robinson - ( Stunts(- stunt staging) / 1960 / Released / )
The Swiss Family Robinson - ( Other(- scene staging) / 1960 / Released / )
Ben-Hur - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1959 / Released / )
Old Yeller - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1958 / Released / Buena Vista Pictures Distribution )
Helen of Troy - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1956 / Released / )
The Far Horizons - ( / 1955 / Released / )
Knights of the Round Table - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1953 / Released / )
Angel and the Badman - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1947 / Released / )
In Old Oklahoma - ( / 1943 / Released / )
In Old Oklahoma - ( Second Unit Director((2nd Unit)) / 1943 / Released / )
Dark Command - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1940 / Released / )
Dark Command - ( / 1940 / Released / )
Gone With the Wind - ( Renegade / 1939 / Released / UIP The Film Consortium )
Stagecoach - ( Cavalry scout / 1939 / Released / )
Stagecoach - ( Second Unit Director / 1939 / Released / )
King of the Pecos - ( / 1936 / Released / Republic Pictures Corporation )
The Lonely Trail - ( / 1936 / Released / )
The Oregon Trail - ( / 1936 / Released / )
Winds of the Wasteland - ( / 1936 / Released / )
Lawless Range - ( / 1935 / Released / )
Paradise Canyon - ( / 1935 / Released / )
Texas Terror - ( / 1935 / Released / )
The Dawn Rider - ( / 1935 / Released / )
The Lawless Frontier - ( / 1935 / Released / )
Westward Ho - ( / 1935 / Released / )
'Neath the Arizona Skies - ( / 1934 / Released / )
Blue Steel - ( / 1934 / Released / Monogram Pictures )
Randy Rides Alone - ( / 1934 / Released / )
The Lucky Texan - ( / 1934 / Released / )
The Man From Utah - ( / 1934 / Released / )
The Star Packer - ( / 1934 / Released / )
West of the Divide - ( / 1934 / Released / )
Sagebrush Trail - ( / 1933 / Released / )
The Telegraph Trail - ( / 1933 / Released / )
The Shadow of the Eagle - ( / 1932 / Released / )

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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."

Profession(s):
Actor, director, 2nd unit director, rodeo competitor, ranch hand
Sometimes Credited As:
Enos Edward Canutt
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Family
son:Joe Canutt
son:Tap Canutt
wife:Kitty Wilks (married in 1916; divorced in 1919)
wife:Minnie Audrea Rice (married from 1931 until his death)
Awards (Back to top)

Honorary Oscar 1966

Milestones (Back to top)

1945 Directed first feature, "Sheriff of Cimarron"
1941 Broke both ankles during a stunt, ending his active career as stuntman
1939 Became second unit director on action films
1924 Film debut, "Romance and Rustlers"; became a cowboy film star
1912 Performed in Wild West show
Returned to stunt work with advent of sound

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