Ben Johnson (I)

Ben won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1972 for the movie The Last Picture Show.

Was married to his wife Carol Elaine Jones for 53 years, when she died.

Was a ranch hand and rodeo performer when Howard Hughes hired him to bring horses to California. And would later stay to become a stunt man, horse wrangler, and double for actors like John Wayne,Gary Cooper and James Stewart.