Films and television shows featuring real working cowboys have made America’s icon famous worldwide since 1894. In America’s first...
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Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson – Oklahoma Cowboy
Howard Hughes is credited with bringing Ben Johnson out to Hollywood from Oklahoma in the late 1930s and introducing him to director John Ford. An...
Cowboy & Actor Ben Johnson
He truly knew his horses. Ben Johnson arrived in California in the late 1930s after Howard Hughes bought some horses from an Oklahoma ranch where...
Shooting Back
The Real Deal: Ben Johnson The November 2021 cover story “Ben Johnson: A True American Cowboy” by Marshall Trimble struck a sentimental chord with...
Ben Johnson: A True American Cowboy
From his humble beginnings to his last ride in Monument Valley, the Sooner native never strayed far from his Oklahoma roots. Actor Ben Johnson and I...
Ben Johnson Cowboy Museum
The Pawhuska, Oklahoma, center celebrates and honors the local hero’s life and career. Ben Johnson was cowboy to his core, and he is the only man to...
Poetry in Motion
Ben Johnson knew how to set a horse. In our universe there are numerous classic cowboy stars, and then there is one true cowboy who also became a...
From Stuntman To Star Ben Johnson’s act of courage earned him a fat contract.
Ben Johnson was a cowboy who broke into Hollywood as a stuntman in the 1940s. He was the stunt double for Henry Fonda in 1948’s Fort Apache. ...