What is Ben Johnson (actor)?
[[File:Ben Johnson The Wild Bunch publicity photo.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Ben Johnson in a publicity photo for ''The Wild Bunch'']] '''Ben Johnson, Jr.''' (June 13, 1918 &ndash; April 8, 1996), or '''Son Johnson''', was an [[Americans|American]] actor. He was mostly known for being in Western movies such as ''[[Hang 'Em High]]''. He was also a world champion rodeo cowboy, stuntman, and rancher. Johnson won an Academy Award for his role on ''The Last Picture Show''. Johnson was born on June 13, 1918 in [[Foraker, Oklahoma|Foraker]], [[Oklahoma]]. He was of Irish descent. Johnson was married to Carol Elaine Jones from 1941 until her death in 1991. They had no children. Johnson died on April 8, 1996 in [[Mesa, Arizona]] from a heart attack, aged 77.<ref>{{Citation | title = Actor Ben Johnson dies at 77 | newspaper = The Press of Atlantic City | location = Atlantic City, NJ | date = 9 April 1996 | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AC&p_theme=ac&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAEAC23EBC095A0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | access-date = 31 August 2012 | archive-date = 5 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305110138/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AC&p_theme=ac&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAEAC23EBC095A0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | url-status = dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons cat|Ben Johnson (actor)|Ben Johnson}} * {{IMDb name|424565|Ben Johnson}} * {{Find a Grave|id=2252|name=Ben Johnson}} * [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/J/JO004.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Johnson, Ben, Jr.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229180359/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/J/JO004.html |date=2014-12-29 }} {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Ben (actor)}} [[Category:1918 birt