Acting
Yakima Canutt
Born 1895-11-29
Colfax, Washington, U.S.A.
Department: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yakima Canutt (November 29, 1895 – May 24, 1986), also known as Yak Canutt, was an American rodeo rider, actor, stuntman and action director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yakima Canutt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Gone with the Wind
1939
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Spartacus
1960
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Rio Bravo
1959
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Stagecoach
1939
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Where Eagles Dare
1968
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The Dick Cavett Show
1968
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El Cid
1961
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Rio Lobo
1970
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Cat Ballou
1965
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Breakheart Pass
1975
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (268 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs | (archive footage) | Movie | 2000 |
 | Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic | Self - 2nd Unit Director (archive footage) | Movie | 1993 |
| The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1988 | |
 | Breakheart Pass | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1975 |
 | Rio Lobo | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1970 |
 | Where Eagles Dare | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Khartoum | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1966 |
 | Spy Smasher Returns | Armored Car Driver (uncredited) | Movie | 1966 |
 | Cat Ballou | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1965 |
| Cat Ballou | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1964 |
| The Fall of the Roman Empire | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Son of Captain Blood | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1962 |
 | El Cid | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1961 |
 | Spartacus | Stunts Coordinator | Movie | 1960 |
| Spartacus | Second Unit | Movie | 1960 |
 | Rio Bravo | Gunman on Horse (uncredited) | Movie | 1959 |
| Rio Bravo | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1959 |
 | The King's Thief | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1955 |
 | King Richard and the Crusaders | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Lawless Rider | Director | Movie | 1954 |
 | Mogambo | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1953 |
 | Hangman's Knot | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1952 |
 | Stage to Tucson | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1950 |
 | Rocky Mountain | Trooper Ryan (USA) (uncredited) | Movie | 1950 |
 | Devil's Doorway | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1950 |
 | The Showdown | Davis | Movie | 1950 |
| The Showdown | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1950 |
 | Hellfire | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1949 |
 | Adventures of Frank and Jesse James | Director | Movie | 1948 |
 | Sons of Adventure | Director | Movie | 1948 |
 | Carson City Raiders | Director | Movie | 1948 |
 | Oklahoma Badlands | Director | Movie | 1948 |
 | G-Men Never Forget | Director | Movie | 1948 |
 | Dangers of the Canadian Mounted | Director | Movie | 1948 |
 | That's My Man | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1947 |
 | Angel and the Badman | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1947 |
 | My Pal Trigger | Director | Movie | 1946 |
 | Federal Operator 99 | Director | Movie | 1945 |
 | Manhunt of Mystery Island | Director | Movie | 1945 |
 | Sheriff of Cimarron | Director | Movie | 1945 |
 | San Fernando Valley | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1944 |
 | Call of the Rockies | Second Unit | Movie | 1944 |
 | Hidden Valley Outlaws | Vigilante Tracy | Movie | 1944 |
 | Silver Spurs | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1943 |
 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Young Cavalryman | Movie | 1943 |
 | Coney Island | Saloon Waiter in Brawl | Movie | 1943 |
| Coney Island | Stunts | Movie | 1943 |
 | Song of Texas | Rodeo Performer | Movie | 1943 |
| Song of Texas | Stunts | Movie | 1943 |
 | Riders of the Rio Grande | Deputy | Movie | 1943 |
| Riders of the Rio Grande | Stunts | Movie | 1943 |
 | Calling Wild Bill Elliott | Militiaman | Movie | 1943 |
 | King of the Cowboys | Wilson Henchman | Movie | 1943 |
| King of the Cowboys | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1943 |
 | Idaho | Stunts | Movie | 1943 |
 | Gentleman Jim | Stunts | Movie | 1942 |
 | Flying Tigers | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1942 |
 | Spy Smasher | Armored Car Driver (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
| Spy Smasher | Stunts | Movie | 1942 |
 | Heart of the Rio Grande | Wranger (uncredited) | Movie | 1942 |
| Heart of the Rio Grande | Stunt Double | Movie | 1942 |
 | Cowboy Serenade | Stunts | Movie | 1942 |
 | Code of the Outlaw | Stunts | Movie | 1942 |
 | They Died with Their Boots On | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1941 |
 | Gauchos of El Dorado | Henchman Snakes | Movie | 1941 |
| Gauchos of El Dorado | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1941 |
 | Bad Man of Deadwood | Stage Driver | Movie | 1941 |
| Bad Man of Deadwood | Stunts | Movie | 1941 |
 | Citadel of Crime | Stunts | Movie | 1941 |
 | Gangs of Sonora | Stunts | Movie | 1941 |
 | Kansas Cyclone | Wagon Driver (uncredited) | Movie | 1941 |
 | Jungle Girl | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1941 |
 | Nevada City | 2nd Stagecoach Driver | Movie | 1941 |
| Nevada City | Stunts | Movie | 1941 |
 | The Great Train Robbery | Klefner | Movie | 1941 |
 | Western Union | Stunts | Movie | 1941 |
 | Prairie Pioneers | Morrison - Henchman | Movie | 1941 |
 | Mysterious Doctor Satan | Sailor at Winch | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Border Legion | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1940 |
 | Frontier Vengeance | Henchman Zack | Movie | 1940 |
 | Melody Ranch | Stunts | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Ranger and the Lady | Mack | Movie | 1940 |
 | Deadwood Dick | Henchman | Movie | 1940 |
 | Three Faces West | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1940 |
 | Dark Command | Townsman on Balcony | Movie | 1940 |
 | Ghost Valley Raiders | 1st Stage Driver | Movie | 1940 |
 | Virginia City | Stunt Double | Movie | 1940 |
 | Pioneers of the West | Henchman Nolan | Movie | 1940 |
 | Calling Philo Vance | Sorrento Sailor (uncredited) | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Light That Failed | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1939 |
 | Zorro's Fighting Legion | Gold Shipment Trooper | Movie | 1939 |
| Zorro's Fighting Legion | Stunts | Movie | 1939 |
 | Gone with the Wind | Renegade | Movie | 1939 |
 | Cowboys from Texas | Tex Dawson | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Kansas Terrors | The Sergeant | Movie | 1939 |
 | Dust Be My Destiny | Ambulance Man (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
| Dust Be My Destiny | Stunts | Movie | 1939 |
 | In Old Monterey | Stunts | Movie | 1939 |
 | New Frontier | Stunts | Movie | 1939 |
 | Wyoming Outlaw | (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
| Wyoming Outlaw | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1939 |
 | Daredevils of the Red Circle | G-Man | Movie | 1939 |
 | Young Mr. Lincoln | Stunts | Movie | 1939 |
 | Three Texas Steers | Stunts | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Night Riders | (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | Dodge City | Stunts | Movie | 1939 |
 | Stagecoach | Cavalry Scout / Indian Attacking Stagecoach (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
| Stagecoach | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1939 |
| Stagecoach | Second Unit Director | Movie | 1939 |
| Stagecoach | Stunt Double | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Stunts | Movie | 1939 |
 | Santa Fe Stampede | Ben Carey (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
| Santa Fe Stampede | Stunts | Movie | 1938 |
 | Storm Over Bengal | Tribesman | Movie | 1938 |
| Storm Over Bengal | Stunts | Movie | 1938 |
 | Overland Stage Raiders | Bus Driver (uncredited) | Movie | 1938 |
 | Army Girl | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1938 |
 | Riders of the Black Hills | Stunts | Movie | 1938 |
 | In Old Chicago | Stunts | Movie | 1938 |
 | Outlaws of Sonora | Stunt Coordinator | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Secret of Treasure Island | Dreer (Mole-Men Leader) | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Lone Ranger | Stunts | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Mysterious Pilot | Indian Luke | Movie | 1937 |
 | Zorro Rides Again | Stunt Double | Movie | 1937 |
 | Prairie Thunder | High Wolf | Movie | 1937 |
 | Heart of the Rockies | Charlie Coe | Movie | 1937 |
 | Riders of the Dawn | Stunt Double | Movie | 1937 |
 | Riders of the Rockies | Arizona Ranger Sergeant Beef | Movie | 1937 |
 | It Could Happen to You | Stunts | Movie | 1937 |
 | The Painted Stallion | Tom | Movie | 1937 |
 | Gunsmoke Ranch | Stunts | Movie | 1937 |
 | Trouble in Texas | Squint Palmer | Movie | 1937 |
 | The Riders of the Whistling Skull | Otah | Movie | 1937 |
 | Roarin' Lead | Stunt Double | Movie | 1936 |
 | Ten Laps to Go | Barney Smith - Henchman | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Bold Caballero | Murdered Peon / Soldier (uncredited) | Movie | 1936 |
| The Bold Caballero | Stunt Double | Movie | 1936 |
 | Ghost Town Gold | Buck, Barrington's Henchman | Movie | 1936 |
| Ghost Town Gold | Stunts | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Stunt Double | Movie | 1936 |
 | Trailin' West | Gambler (uncredited) | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Black Coin | Ed McMahan | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Vigilantes Are Coming | Henchman Barsam [Ch. 1] | Movie | 1936 |
 | Winds of the Wasteland | (uncredited) | Movie | 1936 |
 | Wildcat Trooper | The Raven | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Lonely Trail | Bull Horrell | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand | Number Eight / Sailor Brawler | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Stunts | Movie | 1936 |
| The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Stunt Double | Movie | 1936 |
 | King of the Pecos | Pete | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Oregon Trail | Tom Richards | Movie | 1936 |
 | Custer's Last Stand | Renegade / Indian | Movie | 1936 |
| Custer's Last Stand | Stunts | Movie | 1936 |
 | Lawless Range | Joe Burns | Movie | 1935 |
 | The New Frontier | Stunts | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Last Days of Pompeii | Stunts | Movie | 1935 |
 | Texas Terror | Stunts | Movie | 1935 |
 | Westward Ho | (uncredited) | Movie | 1935 |
 | Cowboy G-Man | Curly Joe | Movie | 1935 |
 | Paradise Canyon | Curly Joe Gale | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Farmer Takes a Wife | Stunt Double | Movie | 1935 |
 | Branded a Coward | 'The Cat' (original) | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Dawn Rider | (uncredited) | Movie | 1935 |
 | Avenging Angel | Saloon owner | Movie | 1935 |
 | Rough Riding Ranger | Henchman Draw | Movie | 1935 |
| Circle of Death | Young Brave | Movie | 1935 | |
| Circle of Death | Director | Movie | 1935 | |
 | The Miracle Rider | Stunts | Movie | 1935 |
 | Pals of the Range | Henchman Brown | Movie | 1935 |
 | Cyclone of the Saddle | Snake | Movie | 1935 |
 | Outlaw Rule | Blaze Tremaine | Movie | 1935 |
 | 'Neath the Arizona Skies | Sam Black | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Lawless Frontier | (uncredited) | Movie | 1934 |
 | Pals of the West | Larkin | Movie | 1934 |
 | Fighting Thru | Big Jack Thorne | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Man from Hell | Yak (Henchman) | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Star Packer | Yak | Movie | 1934 |
 | Carrying the Mail | Spade | Movie | 1934 |
| The Drifter | Henchman | Movie | 1934 |
 | Randy Rides Alone | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1934 |
| Randy Rides Alone | Stunts | Movie | 1934 |
| Bandits of the Badlands | Danti, the Polka Dot Bandit | Movie | 1934 |
| The Shadow Gang | Yak | Movie | 1934 |
| Next Of Kin | Hank | Movie | 1934 |
 | Monte Carlo Nights | Stunts | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Man from Utah | Cheyenne Kent | Movie | 1934 |
| Rodeo Rocketeers | Cheyanne Kent | Movie | 1934 |
| The Man from Utah | Stunts | Movie | 1934 |
 | Blue Steel | Danti, the Polka Dot Bandit | Movie | 1934 |
 | West of the Divide | Hank | Movie | 1934 |
| West of the Divide | Stunts | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Lucky Texan | Joe Cole | Movie | 1934 |
 | Claim Jumpers | Joe Cole | Movie | 1934 |
| The Lucky Texan | Stunts | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Mystery Squadron | Stunts | Movie | 1933 |
 | Sagebrush Trail | (uncredited) | Movie | 1933 |
 | Riders of Destiny | (uncredited) | Movie | 1933 |
| Riders of Destiny | Stunt Double | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Wolf Dog | Bill | Movie | 1933 |
| The Wolf Dog | Stunts | Movie | 1933 |
 | Laughing at Life | Stunt Double | Movie | 1933 |
 | Fighting With Kit Carson | Stunts | Movie | 1933 |
 | Fighting Texans | Joe | Movie | 1933 |
 | Cross Fire | Stunts | Movie | 1933 |
 | Son of the Border | Yak | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Three Musketeers | Stunts | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Telegraph Trail | High Wolf | Movie | 1933 |
 | Scarlet River | Yak, a Wrangler | Movie | 1933 |
| Scarlet River | Stunts | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Cheyenne Kid | Stunt Double | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Wyoming Whirlwind | Henchman Jackson | Movie | 1932 |
 | Law and Lawless | Tex Barnes | Movie | 1932 |
 | Renegades of the West | Stunts | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Devil Horse | Slim [Chs. 3-5, 8] / Henchman [Chs. 11-12] (uncredited) | Movie | 1932 |
| The Devil Horse | Stunts | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Last Frontier | Wild Bill | Movie | 1932 |
 | Guns for Hire | Sheriff Pete Peterson | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Hurricane Express | Henchman | Movie | 1932 |
| The Hurricane Express | Stunts | Movie | 1932 |
 | Texas Tornado | Jackson - Henchman | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Shadow of the Eagle | Boyle | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Cheyenne Cyclone | Ed Brady | Movie | 1931 |
 | Battling with Buffalo Bill | Scout Jack Brady | Movie | 1931 |
 | The Lightning Warrior | Ken Davis [Ch. 3] / Deputy [Ch. 8] | Movie | 1931 |
 | Two Fisted Justice | Pancho Rider Perkins | Movie | 1931 |
 | The Hurricane Horseman | Sheriff Jones | Movie | 1931 |
 | The Galloping Ghost | Henchman | Movie | 1931 |
| The Galloping Ghost | Stunts | Movie | 1931 |
 | The Vanishing Legion | Yak | Movie | 1931 |
| The Vanishing Legion | Stunts | Movie | 1931 |
 | Pueblo Terror | Ballen | Movie | 1931 |
| Pueblo Terror | Stunts | Movie | 1931 |
 | Westward Bound | Gang Leader Jim | Movie | 1930 |
 | Canyon Hawks | Jack Benson | Movie | 1930 |
 | The Lonesome Trail | Two-Gun | Movie | 1930 |
 | Bar-L Ranch | Steve | Movie | 1930 |
 | The Texan | Cowboy (uncredited) | Movie | 1930 |
 | The Cheyenne Kid | Marshal Utah Kane | Movie | 1930 |
| The Cheyenne Kid | Writer | Movie | 1930 |
 | Firebrand Jordan | Red Carson | Movie | 1930 |
 | The King of the Kongo | Stunts | Movie | 1929 |
 | Captain Cowboy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1929 |
 | Bad Men's Money | Jim Donovan | Movie | 1929 |
 | The Vanishing West | Steve Marvin | Movie | 1928 |
 | Hell Hounds of the Plains | Deputy Yak Hammond | Movie | 1927 |
 | Desert Greed | Yak Carroll | Movie | 1926 |
 | Rex the Devil Horse | Dave Carson | Movie | 1926 |
 | The Fighting Stallion | Yak | Movie | 1926 |
 | The Iron Rider | Yak Halliday | Movie | 1926 |
| The Iron Rider | Producer | Movie | 1926 |
 | The Human Tornado | Jim Marlow | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Mystery Box | Whipping boss | Movie | 1925 |
 | Wild Horse Canyon | Yak Dawson | Movie | 1925 |
 | White Thunder | Chick Richards | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Ridin' Comet | Slim Ranthers | Movie | 1925 |
 | Two-Fisted Sheriff | Jerry O'Connell | Movie | 1925 |
 | Branded a Bandit | Jess Dean | Movie | 1924 |
| The Riddle Rider | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1924 | |
 | The Desert Hawk | Handy Man | Movie | 1924 |
| Notch Number One | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1924 | |
| Days of '49 | Hombre | Movie | 1924 | |
 | The Heart of a Texan | Link | Movie | 1922 |
 | The Girl Who Dared | Bob Purdy | Movie | 1920 |
 | Lightning Bryce | Deputy (Episode #15) | Movie | 1919 |
| Lightning Bryce | Deputy | Movie | 1919 |
| Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine | Director | Movie | — |