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Yakima Canutt
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Yakima Canutt was an American actor, film actor, stunt performer, and film director. Born in Colfax, Washington, in 1895, he began his work period in 1912. He participated in World War I and was a male citizen of the United States. His work included the Western genre, and he spoke and wrote in English.
Canutt received an Academy Honorary Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died in North Hollywood in 1986. He is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Film & TV
Colfax, Washington, U.S.A.
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
- Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs — (archive footage)2000
- Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic — Self - 2nd Unit Director (archive footage)1993
- The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen — Self (archive footage)1988
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
- Spy Smasher Returns — Armored Car Driver (uncredited)1966
- Rio Bravo — Gunman on Horse (uncredited)1959
- Rocky Mountain — Trooper Ryan (USA) (uncredited)1950
- The Showdown — Davis1950
- Hidden Valley Outlaws — Vigilante Tracy1944
- King of the Cowboys — Wilson Henchman1943
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Colfax
- Place of death
- North Hollywood
- Occupation
- stunt performer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Western
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Yakima Canutt in The Man from Utah.jpg
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- place of burial
- Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1895-11-29
- date of death
- 1986-05-24
- Commons category
- Yakima Canutt
- start of work period
- 1912-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Yakima Canutt
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