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Francis Benjamin Johnson Jr. (June 13, 1918 – April 8, 1996) was an American film and television actor, stuntman, and world-champion rodeo cowboy.Johnson brought authenticity to many roles in Westerns with his droll manner and expert horsemanship.
TV movie 1975 The Runaway Barge: Capt. Buckshot Bates TV movie 1976 Law of the Land: Sheriff Pat Lambrose TV movie 1977 The Legend of Frank Woods: Deputy 1977 Enigma: Colonel Valentine TV movie 1977 Just a Little Inconvenience: Dave Erickson TV movie 1977 The Choirboys: Capt. Drobeck 1978 Killing Stone: Sen. Barry Tyler TV movie 1978 Comes a ...
Veteran comedian Andy Clyde (as "Winks" Grayson) was a valuable asset as co-star, but the series got little attention. After 12 films, Clyde left the cast, replaced by Fuzzy Knight (playing his sidekick "Texas") and later by Jim Bannon. In 1950 Wilson starred in Gunslingers, Arizona Territory, Cherokee Uprising, Fence Riders, and Outlaws of Texas.
He received the Golden Boot Award in 1985, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and is also in the Hall of Great Western Performers and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. In 1999, Robertson won the award for film and television from the American Cowboy Culture Association in Lubbock, Texas. [18]
In any case, our list of early Texas movie stars in last week's Think Texas column numbered a mere 15. This week, I could not squeeze in all the stars who broke into the industry after 1960.
Lone Star Raiders: 1940 Tucson Smith The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. [99] Billy the Kid's Gun Justice: 1940 Billy the Kid Sigmund Neufeld Productions [100] Billy the Kid's Range War: 1941 Billy the Kid a.k.a. Texas Trouble Producers Releasing Corporation [101] Prairie Pioneers: 1941 Tucson Smith The Three Mesquiteers series
Keep reading for a look at which members of “Yellowstone” are all about cowboy culture off-screen ahead of the second part of the fifth and final season, premiering Sunday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m.
Jan. 30, 1942: Movie star Judy Garland is in Mineral Wells, Texas, to visit Camp Wolters and appear in a USO show. The famous “Wizard of Oz” actress poses with Brigadier General Emil F ...