In his work on more than 100 films, Bud Cardos has done it all: stuntman, actor, unit production manager, line producer and director. Even though Cardos has a penchant for movies, he hasn’t strayed far from his love of the West. At 17, he was in charge of 135 head of horses at Bob’s Stables in California. Years later, riding bareback on bulls convinced him he wasn’t quite cutting it, so he decided to become a rodeo clown instead. During those five years, he met rodeo cowboy Bill Ward, w


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