Ben "Son" Johnson Rodeo Performer, Ranch Hand, Stunt Double, Oscar Winning Actor

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"Born in Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was a ranch hand and rodeo preformer when, in 1940, Howard Hughes hired him to take a load of horses to California. He decided to stick around (the pay was good), and for some years was a stunt man, horse wrangler, and double for such stars as John Wayne, Gary Cooper and James Stewart. His break came when John Ford noticed him and gave him a part in an upcoming film, and eventually a star part in Wagon Master (1950). He left Hollywood in 1953 to return to rodeo, where he won a world roping championship, but at the end of the year he had barely cleared expenses. The movies paid better, and were less risky, so he returned to the west coast and a career that saw him in over 300 movies."

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Portrait: Edward James Olmos (Zoot Suit, Motion Picture) Los Angeles, 1983

Title: Edward James Olmos, portrait
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Publication date: August 10, 1983
Subjects: East Los Angeles (Calif.)
Mexican American actors
Olmos, Edward James
Portrait photographs
Zoot suit (Motion picture)
Genre: News photographs
Source: Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library. Copyright Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.
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Photo ID: uclamss_1429_b1448_298884-IC
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Silent Star Mary McClaren-Los Angeles, 1979

Title: Mary MacLaren with photo of herself at 24 that was on cover of Photoplay magazine, 1979
Published caption: Mary MacLaren with photo of herself at 24 that was on cover of Photoplay magazine.
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Publication date: November 16, 1979
Subjects: Los Angeles (Calif.)
MacLaren, Mary, 1896-
Motion picture actors and actresses--California--Los Angeles
Portrait photographs
Silent films--United States
Genre: News photographs
Phys. descr.: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm.
Source: Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library. Copyright Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Photo ID: uclalat_1429_b1112_290997
Copyright contact: UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988

Los Angeles Times Photo Archive (UCLA Library)