Yakima Canutt
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1895-11-29
Day of Death
1986-05-24 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Colfax, Washington, U.S.A.
Yakima Canutt
Biography
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Yakima Canutt (November 29, 1895 – May 24, 1986), also known as Yak Canutt, was an American rodeo rider, actor, stuntman and action director.
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Known For
Acting
(2000)
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage)
(1993)
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
as Self - 2nd Unit Director (archive footage)
(1988)
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen
as Self (archive footage)
(1966)
Spy Smasher Returns
as Armored Car Driver (uncredited)
(1959)
Rio Bravo
as Gunman on Horse (uncredited)
(1950)
The Showdown
as Davis
(1950)
Rocky Mountain
as Trooper Ryan (USA) (uncredited)
(1944)
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Vigilante Tracy
(1943)
Coney Island
as Saloon Waiter in Brawl
(1943)
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Deputy
(1943)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Young Cavalryman
(1943)
King of the Cowboys
as Wilson Henchman
(1943)
Song of Texas
as Rodeo Performer
(1943)
Calling Wild Bill Elliott
as Militiaman
(1942)
Heart of the Rio Grande
as Wranger (uncredited)
(1942)
Spy Smasher
as Armored Car Driver (uncredited)
(1941)
Kansas Cyclone
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
(1941)
Prairie Pioneers
as Morrison - Henchman
(1941)
The Great Train Robbery
as Klefner
(1941)
Nevada City
as 2nd Stagecoach Driver
(1941)
Gauchos of El Dorado
as Henchman Snakes
(1941)
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Stage Driver
(1940)
Mysterious Doctor Satan
as Sailor at Winch
(1940)
Calling Philo Vance
as Sorrento Sailor (uncredited)
(1940)
Ghost Valley Raiders
as 1st Stage Driver
(1940)
Dark Command
as Townsman on Balcony
(1940)
The Ranger and the Lady
as Mack
(1940)
Frontier Vengeance
as Henchman Zack
(1940)
Pioneers of the West
as Henchman Nolan
(1940)
Deadwood Dick
as Henchman
(1939)
Gone with the Wind
as Renegade
(1939)
Stagecoach
as Cavalry Scout / Indian Attacking Stagecoach (uncredited)
(1939)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Gold Shipment Trooper
(1939)
Daredevils of the Red Circle
as G-Man
(1939)
Wyoming Outlaw
as (uncredited)
(1939)
Dust Be My Destiny
as Ambulance Man (uncredited)
(1939)
The Night Riders
as (uncredited)
(1939)
Cowboys from Texas
as Tex Dawson
(1939)
The Kansas Terrors
as The Sergeant
(1938)
Santa Fe Stampede
as Ben Carey (uncredited)
(1938)
Overland Stage Raiders
as Bus Driver (uncredited)
(1938)
Storm Over Bengal
as Tribesman
(1938)
The Secret of Treasure Island
as Dreer (Mole-Men Leader)
(1937)
Heart of the Rockies
as Charlie Coe
(1937)
Prairie Thunder
as High Wolf
(1937)
(1937)
The Mysterious Pilot
as Indian Luke
(1937)
The Painted Stallion
as Tom
(1937)
Riders of the Rockies
as Arizona Ranger Sergeant Beef
(1937)
Trouble in Texas
as Squint Palmer
(1936)
The Lonely Trail
as Bull Horrell
(1936)
Custer's Last Stand
as Renegade / Indian
(1936)
The Vigilantes Are Coming
as Henchman Barsam [Ch. 1]
(1936)
Winds of the Wasteland
as (uncredited)
(1936)
King of the Pecos
as Pete
(1936)
Wildcat Trooper
as The Raven
(1936)
Ghost Town Gold
as Buck, Barrington's Henchman
(1936)
Ten Laps to Go
as Barney Smith - Henchman
(1936)
Trailin' West
as Gambler (uncredited)
(1936)
The Bold Caballero
as Murdered Peon / Soldier (uncredited)
(1936)
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Number Eight / Sailor Brawler
(1936)
The Black Coin
as Ed McMahan
(1936)
The Oregon Trail
as Tom Richards
(1935)
Lawless Range
as Joe Burns
(1935)
Cyclone of the Saddle
as Snake
(1935)
Branded a Coward
as 'The Cat' (original)
(1935)
Westward Ho
as (uncredited)
(1935)
Outlaw Rule
as Blaze Tremaine
(1935)
Pals of the Range
as Henchman Brown
(1935)
Paradise Canyon
as Curly Joe Gale
(1935)
Avenging Angel
as Saloon owner
(1935)
The Dawn Rider
as (uncredited)
(1935)
Rough Riding Ranger
as Henchman Draw
(1935)
Cowboy G-Man
as Curly Joe
(1934)
Bandits of the Badlands
as Danti, the Polka Dot Bandit
(1934)
Blue Steel
as Danti, the Polka Dot Bandit
(1934)
The Lucky Texan
as Joe Cole
(1934)
West of the Divide
as Hank
(1934)
Carrying the Mail
as Spade
(1934)
The Man from Hell
as Yak (Henchman)
(1934)
'Neath the Arizona Skies
as Sam Black
(1934)
Fighting Thru
as Big Jack Thorne
(1934)
The Man from Utah
as Cheyenne Kent
(1934)
Claim Jumpers
as Joe Cole
(1934)
(1934)
The Star Packer
as Yak
(1934)
The Drifter
as Henchman
(1934)
The Lawless Frontier
as (uncredited)
(1934)
Rodeo Rocketeers
as Cheyanne Kent
(1934)
The Shadow Gang
as Yak
(1934)
Next Of Kin
as Hank
(1934)
Pals of the West
as Larkin
(1933)
The Telegraph Trail
as High Wolf
(1933)
Scarlet River
as Yak, a Wrangler
(1933)
Fighting Texans
as Joe
(1933)
The Wolf Dog
as Bill
(1933)
Riders of Destiny
as (uncredited)
(1933)
Son of the Border
as Yak
(1933)
Sagebrush Trail
as (uncredited)
(1932)
The Hurricane Express
as Henchman
(1932)
The Shadow of the Eagle
as Boyle
(1932)
The Devil Horse
as Slim [Chs. 3-5, 8] / Henchman [Chs. 11-12] (uncredited)
(1932)
The Last Frontier
as Wild Bill
(1932)
Law and Lawless
as Tex Barnes
(1932)
The Wyoming Whirlwind
as Henchman Jackson
(1932)
Texas Tornado
as Jackson - Henchman
(1931)
Two Fisted Justice
as Pancho Rider Perkins
(1931)
Pueblo Terror
as Ballen
(1931)
The Lightning Warrior
as Ken Davis [Ch. 3] / Deputy [Ch. 8]
(1931)
Battling with Buffalo Bill
as Scout Jack Brady
(1931)
The Hurricane Horseman
as Sheriff Jones
(1931)
The Vanishing Legion
as Yak
(1931)
The Galloping Ghost
as Henchman
(1930)
The Cheyenne Kid
as Marshal Utah Kane
(1930)
Bar-L Ranch
as Steve
(1930)
Canyon Hawks
as Jack Benson
(1930)
Westward Bound
as Gang Leader Jim
(1930)
The Texan
as Cowboy (uncredited)
(1930)
Firebrand Jordan
as Red Carson
(1929)
(1928)
The Vanishing West
as Steve Marvin
(1927)
Hell Hounds of the Plains
as Deputy Yak Hammond
(1926)
Rex the Devil Horse
as Dave Carson
(1926)
Desert Greed
as Yak Carroll
(1926)
The Fighting Stallion
as Yak
(1926)
The Iron Rider
as Yak Halliday
(1925)
White Thunder
as Chick Richards
(1925)
Wild Horse Canyon
as Yak Dawson
(1925)
The Mystery Box
as Whipping boss
(1925)
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Jerry O'Connell
(1924)
Branded a Bandit
as Jess Dean
(1924)
The Desert Hawk
as Handy Man
(1922)
The Heart of a Texan
as Link
(1920)
The Girl Who Dared
as Bob Purdy
(1919)
Lightning Bryce
as Deputy (Episode #15)
(1919)
Lightning Bryce
as Deputy
Crew
(1975)
Breakheart Pass
Stunt Coordinator
(1970)
Rio Lobo
Second Unit Director
(1968)
Where Eagles Dare
Second Unit Director
(1966)
Khartoum
Second Unit Director
(1965)
Cat Ballou
Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
(1964)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
(1962)
The Son of Captain Blood
Second Unit Director
(1961)
El Cid
Second Unit Director
(1960)
Spartacus
Stunts Coordinator, Second Unit
(1959)
Rio Bravo
Stunt Coordinator
(1955)
The King's Thief
Second Unit Director
(1954)
King Richard and the Crusaders
Second Unit Director
(1954)
The Lawless Rider
Director
(1953)
Mogambo
Second Unit Director
(1952)
Hangman's Knot
Second Unit Director
(1950)
The Showdown
Stunt Coordinator
(1950)
Stage to Tucson
Second Unit Director
(1950)
Devil's Doorway
Second Unit Director
(1949)
Hellfire
Second Unit Director
(1948)
Oklahoma Badlands
Director
(1948)
Carson City Raiders
Director
(1948)
G-Men Never Forget
Director
(1948)
(1948)
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
Director
(1948)
Sons of Adventure
Director
(1947)
That's My Man
Second Unit Director
(1947)
Angel and the Badman
Second Unit Director
(1946)
My Pal Trigger
Director
(1945)
Sheriff of Cimarron
Director
(1945)
Federal Operator 99
Director
(1945)
Manhunt of Mystery Island
Director
(1944)
San Fernando Valley
Stunt Coordinator
(1944)
Call of the Rockies
Second Unit
(1943)
Coney Island
Stunts
(1943)
Song of Texas
Stunts
(1943)
Idaho
Stunts
(1943)
King of the Cowboys
Stunt Coordinator
(1943)
Riders of the Rio Grande
Stunts
(1943)
Silver Spurs
Stunt Coordinator
(1942)
Flying Tigers
Stunt Coordinator
(1942)
Spy Smasher
Stunts
(1942)
Gentleman Jim
Stunts
(1942)
Cowboy Serenade
Stunts
(1942)
Heart of the Rio Grande
Stunt Double
(1942)
Code of the Outlaw
Stunts
(1941)
Bad Man of Deadwood
Stunts
(1941)
Citadel of Crime
Stunts
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
Stunt Coordinator
(1941)
Nevada City
Stunts
(1941)
Jungle Girl
Stunt Coordinator
(1941)
Western Union
Stunts
(1941)
Gauchos of El Dorado
Stunt Coordinator
(1941)
Gangs of Sonora
Stunts
(1940)
The Border Legion
Stunt Coordinator
(1940)
Virginia City
Stunt Double
(1940)
Three Faces West
Stunt Coordinator
(1940)
Melody Ranch
Stunts
(1939)
New Frontier
Stunts
(1939)
In Old Monterey
Stunts
(1939)
Stagecoach
Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director, Stunt Double
(1939)
(1939)
Dodge City
Stunts
(1939)
Dust Be My Destiny
Stunts
(1939)
Young Mr. Lincoln
Stunts
(1939)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
Stunts
(1939)
Three Texas Steers
Stunts
(1939)
The Light That Failed
Stunt Coordinator
(1939)
Wyoming Outlaw
Stunt Coordinator
(1938)
Army Girl
Stunt Coordinator
(1938)
Outlaws of Sonora
Stunt Coordinator
(1938)
Storm Over Bengal
Stunts
(1938)
In Old Chicago
Stunts
(1938)
(1938)
The Lone Ranger
Stunts
(1938)
Santa Fe Stampede
Stunts
(1937)
Riders of the Dawn
Stunt Double
(1937)
Zorro Rides Again
Stunt Double
(1937)
Gunsmoke Ranch
Stunts
(1937)
It Could Happen to You
Stunts
(1936)
Custer's Last Stand
Stunts
(1936)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Stunts, Stunt Double
(1936)
The Bold Caballero
Stunt Double
(1936)
Roarin' Lead
Stunt Double
(1936)
Ghost Town Gold
Stunts
(1936)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Stunt Double
(1935)
The Miracle Rider
Stunts
(1935)
The New Frontier
Stunts
(1935)
Texas Terror
Stunts
(1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Stunt Double
(1935)
The Last Days of Pompeii
Stunts
(1934)
Randy Rides Alone
Stunts
(1934)
The Man from Utah
Stunts
(1934)
Monte Carlo Nights
Stunts
(1934)
The Lucky Texan
Stunts
(1933)
Fighting With Kit Carson
Stunts
(1933)
The Three Musketeers
Stunts
(1933)
The Mystery Squadron
Stunts
(1933)
The Wolf Dog
Stunts
(1933)
Scarlet River
Stunts
(1933)
Riders of Destiny
Stunt Double
(1933)
The Cheyenne Kid
Stunt Double
(1933)
Laughing at Life
Stunt Double
(1933)
Cross Fire
Stunts
(1932)
The Devil Horse
Stunts
(1932)
Renegades of the West
Stunts
(1932)
The Hurricane Express
Stunts
(1931)
The Vanishing Legion
Stunts
(1931)
The Galloping Ghost
Stunts
(1931)
Pueblo Terror
Stunts
(1930)
The Cheyenne Kid
Writer
(1929)
The King of the Kongo
Stunts
(1926)
The Iron Rider
Producer