Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ben "Son" Johnson, Jr. (June 13, 1918 – April 8, 1996) was an American motion picture actor who was mainly cast in Westerns. He was also a rodeo cowboy, stuntman, and rancher. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Johnson (actor) , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...
Backstabber
2011
as Lance
Employees attending an extreme team-building function for the weekend find new meaning in teamwork, thinking outside the box, and risk management as t...
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western...
The Evening Star
1996
as Arthur Cotton
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has on...
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right
1996
as Self
A documentary on the life of famed character actor and rodeo star Ben Johnson, featuring interviews with his fellow actors and cowboys, as well as dir...
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
1995
as Jack Parrish
After many years in prison, a changed robber comes home to see his sons again, one of them brain-damaged. Due to many misfortunate events and terrible...
Bonanza: Under Attack
1995
as Bronc Evans
After a rogue band of Pinkerton detectives led by ruthless Charley Siringo bushwhacks reformed outlaw Frank James, he seeks sanctuary on the Ponderosa...
Angels in the Outfield
1994
as Hank Murphy
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins ...
Bonanza: The Return
1993
as Bronc Evans
A man with a grudge against the late Little Joe seeks revenge on the Cartwrights and attempts to take over the Ponderosa.
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
as Self
A retrospective of the work of the late actor Warren Oates, with clips from his films and interviews with cast and crew members who worked with him.
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
1993
as Self
A short documentary about the making of John Ford's "Rio Grande."
Radio Flyer
1992
as Geronimo Bill
A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. W...
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
1991
as Self
A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991
as Jesse Dalton
H.D. Dalton is a champion rodeo rider whose career is ruined after being gored by a bull. He returns home to discover things have drastically changed ...
The Chase
1991
as Laurienti
In Denver, a fleeing bank robber kills a cop and kidnaps an old man to hold as a hostage. He is chased by the police and a news helicopter, which film...
Back to Back
1989
as Eli Hix
Modern day western about two very different brothers, who join forces to clear their family name, from the shadow of their dead brother's blame for a ...
Hollywood on Horses
1989
as Self
Hosted by celebrity horse enthusiast, Tab Hunter, visits the stables and homes of the Hollywood movie set, where you'll see first hand how Hollywood's...
Stranger on My Land
1988
as Vern Whitman
A Vietnam veteran has to fight peacefully with words once more when the Air Force wants to expropriate his ranch for the construction of an air base.
Dark Before Dawn
1988
as The Sheriff
The good people of Milo, Kansas combine forces to battle against the evil agribusiness Farmco that conspires to drive up the price of bread to six dol...
Cherry 2000
1987
as Six Fingered Jake
When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson t...
Let's Get Harry
1986
as Mr. Burck Sr.
Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters i...
Trespasses
1986
as August Klein
A couple of drifters (Adam Roarke and Lou Diamond Phillips) molest Sharon (Mary Pillot). Franklin (Robert Kuhn) scares them away, but loses his son wh...
Wild Horses
1985
as Bill Ward
An over-the-hill rodeo champion gets fired from his assembly line job in Texas. He and a buddy then decide to head to Wyoming to get a job herding mus...
Red Dawn
1984
as Mason
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Sovie...
Champions
1984
as Burly Cocks
The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National
Always in My Heart
1983
The Shadow Riders
1982
as Uncle 'Black Jack' Traven
After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis L...
Tex
1982
as Cole Collins
After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick struggle to make it on their own.
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981
as Isum Gorch
In a small Southern town, the local sheriff tries to keep everything peaceful and under control.
Ruckus
1981
as Sam Bellows
Madoc County is a quiet and peaceful place until vagrant Kyle Hanson arrives. The people of Madoc County are repelled by his appearance and want to ch...
Terror Train
1980
as Carne
A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve ...
The Hunter
1980
as Sheriff John Strong
During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now, while he is working on apprehending fugitives in Illi...
The Swarm
1978
as Felix
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have...
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978
as Self
A behind-the-scenes/Making of documentary short focused on Irwin Allen's all-star disaster flick The Swarm.
Grayeagle
1977
as John Colter
A young Cheyenne warrior, who goes by the name Grayeagle, kidnaps the daughter of a grizzled frontier man John Colter who goes on an epic search for h...
The Greatest
1977
as Hollis
Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic boxing triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of th...
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
1976
as Captain J.D. Morales
When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer...
The Savage Bees
1976
as Sheriff Donald McKew
In this horror-drama the festive fun of the annual Mardi Gras celebration is brought to a halt when a swarm of African killer bees escape from a forei...
Hustle
1975
as Marty Hollinger
The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that ...
Breakheart Pass
1975
as Deputy U.S. Marshal Nathan Pearce
At the height of the frontier era, a train races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote army post. But one by one the passeng...
Bite the Bullet
1975
as Mister
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, amo...
Locusts
1974
as Amos Fletcher
A swarm of locusts appears on the horizon near a Midwestern town and the inhabitants must find a way to destroy or divert them before the insects devo...
The Sugarland Express
1974
as Captain Tanner
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Je...
Blood Sport
1973
as Dwayne Birdsong
A searing commentary on the "win at all costs" mentality of American high school sports. David Lee Birdsong is the smalltown quarterback hoping to esc...
Runaway!
1973
as Holly Gibson
A group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.
Dillinger
1973
as Melvin Purvis
After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Feder...
The Red Pony
1973
as Jess Taylor
A young farmboy who can't seem to communicate with his father develops an attachment to a young red pony.
Wayne Train
1973
as Self
A short documentary on the making of THE TRAIN ROBBERS
The Train Robbers
1973
as Jesse
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
Kid Blue
1973
as Sheriff 'Mean John' Simpson
Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's ...
The Getaway
1972
as Jack Beynon
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
Junior Bonner
1972
as Buck Roan
With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memor...
The Bull of the West
1972
as Spinner
Two episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together: "Duel at Shiloh" (2 Jan. 1963) and "Nobility of Kings" (10 Nov. 1965).
Corky
1972
as Boland
A country boy wants to make it big as a stockcar racer.
Something Big
1971
as Jesse Bookbinder
Joe Baker has a dream. He wants to do 'something big.' When he needs a Gatling gun to accomplish this, he seeks out a black marketeer. The price he wa...
The Last Picture Show
1971
as Sam the Lion
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having ...
Chisum
1970
as James Pepper
Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County Land War in the New Mexico Territory of 1878.
The Undefeated
1969
as Short Grub
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through st...
The Wild Bunch
1969
as Tector Gorch
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Ride a Northbound Horse
1969
as Will Parker
Fifteen-year-old Cav Rand purchases a racehorse and trains him into a winner, but a con artist is plotting to get the stallion away from the innocent ...
Hang 'em High
1968
as Marshal Dave Bliss
Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his...
Will Penny
1967
as Alex
Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters....
Noon Wine
1966
as Sheriff Barbee
A dark tragedy about a farmer's futile act of homicide that takes place on a small dairy farm in southern Texas during the 1890s. Sam Peckinpah direct...
The Rare Breed
1966
as Jeff Harter
When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle i...
Major Dundee
1965
as Sergeant Chillum
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on a...
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Trooper Plumtree (uncredited)
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
Tomboy and the Champ
1961
as Uncle Jim
A young Texas cowgirl raises a prize-winning calf, whose presence helps her recover from polio.
One-Eyed Jacks
1961
as Bob Amory
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captur...
Ten Who Dared
1960
as George Bradley
The John Wesley Powell expedition of 1869 explores the dangerous Colorado River, withstands internal dissension, and finally discovers the Grand Canyo...
Fort Bowie
1958
as Capt. Thomas Thompson
Fort Bowie commander Colonel Garrett, suspecting that his wife Alison is having an affair with good-looking Captain Thompson, sends him on a dangerous...
Slim Carter
1957
as Montana Burriss
Hughie Mack, a not so nice western singer, is discovered by Clover Doyle as the next movie cowboy hero. His name is changed to Slim Carter and a promo...
War Drums
1957
as Luke Fargo
The friendship between a white man & an Apache chief is tested when they fall in love with the same woman
Rebel in Town
1956
as Frank Mason
Ex-Confederate Bedloe Mason and his four sons ride into a small Western town with robbery in mind. Hearing a suspicious "click," Wes Mason whirls and ...
Oklahoma!
1955
as Wrangler (uncredited)
In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts...
Oklahoma!
1955
Stunt Double
In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts...
Shane
1953
as Chris Calloway
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
Wild Stallion
1952
as Dan Light (as an adult)
A young orphan grows into adulthood, all the while searhing for his beloved white horse that disappeared years earlier.
Fort Defiance
1951
as Ben Shelby
It's just after the Civil War and Ben Shelby arrives looking for Johnny Tallon whom he plans to kill. Shelby was the only survivor of a battle due to ...
Rio Grande
1950
as Trooper Travis Tyree
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable st...
Wagon Master
1950
as Travis Blue
Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, a...
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Sgt. Tyree
On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be ...
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as Gregg Johnson
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to H...
3 Godfathers
1948
as Posse man #1
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their ow...
3 Godfathers
1948
Stunts
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their ow...
The Gallant Legion
1948
as Ranger
When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowing it to enter the Union as a single state, Gary Co...
Fort Apache
1948
Stunts
Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant,...
The Naughty Nineties
1945
as Coach Driver (uncredited)
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gamblin...
Bordertown Gun Fighters
1943
Stunts
Cameo Shelby is running a crooked lottery out of El Paso and treasury agent Bill Elliott has been sent to break it up. When Bill intercepts a shipment...
The Outlaw
1943
as Deputy (uncredited)
Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stole...
The Outlaw
1943
Stunts
Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stole...