Dean Smith
Dean Smith was raised in Eliasville, Texas, and later lived in Breckenridge, Texas, where he raised horses and longhorn cattle. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he competed in track and football. He won an Olympic gold medal for the 400-meter relay in the 1952 Helsinki games and finished fourth in the 100 dash in the closest race in Olympic history. He was the lead-off man on the University of Texas world record relay team, 1954-55, and AAU national champion in the 100-meter dash. He played with the Los Angeles Rams during exhibition season and was traded to the Pittsburg Steelers at which time he decided to enter the movie business. He also won amateur rodeo championships for bareback bronco riding and calf roping.
He was an honorary member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame (2006), the Texas Sports Hall of Fame (1985), Stuntman's Hall of Fame (1980), and the University of Texas Hall of Fame (1980). He was awarded the American Culture Award for Western Movies and Television (2000), the Golden Boot Award in 1998, the Ben Johnson Award in 1993, the All-American Cowboy Award in 1997, and the Head of the Class Alvin Davis Award in 2002.
In 2002, he organized the Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo benefiting the Cowboy Cancer Crusade tribute to Ben Johnson, the Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute honoring John Wayne, and, in 2006, the Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute honoring The Singing Cowboys in Abilene, Texas, the third weekend in October. On April 8, 2006, the John Wayne Cancer Institute honored him with the "Duke Award" for his contributions to cancer research.
In 2023, Dean Smith died of cancer, aged 91, in Breckenridge, Texas.
Fotos
Películas (55)
John Wayne: Working with a Western Legend
2005 · Self
Keys to Tulsa
1997 · Stunts
The Quick and the Dead
1995 · Stunts
Maverick
1994 · Stunts, Stunt Double
Creepshow 2
1987 · Mr. Cavenaugh
Raw Deal
1986 · Patrovita's Double
Rhinestone
1984 · Cowboy Doorman
Christine
1983 · Stunts
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979 · Parker Deputy Sheriff
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979 · Stunts
The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979 · Stunts
Hardcore
1979 · Stunts
FM
1978 · Stunts
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
1976 · Jess
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975 · Bent, Stunt Double
Hearts of the West
1975 · Stunts
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975 · Stunts
Seven Alone
1974 · Kit Carson
The Towering Inferno
1974 · Stunts
Earthquake
1974 · Pool Player (uncredited), Stunts
Airport 1975
1974 · Stunts
The Sugarland Express
1974 · Russ Berry
Mrs. Sundance
1974 · Avery
The Sting
1973 · Stunts
Westworld
1973 · Stunts
The Train Robbers
1973 · Stunts
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972 · Outlaw, Stunts
Ulzana's Raid
1972 · Horowitz, Stunts
Hickey & Boggs
1972 · Bagman, Stunts
Squares
1972 · Carl
Sometimes a Great Notion
1971
Big Jake
1971 · Kid Duffy
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970 · The Bannister Gang, Stunts
Rio Lobo
1970 · Bide, Stunts
Airport
1970 · Stunts
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · Stunt Double
True Grit
1969 · Minor Role (uncredited), Stunts
The Stalking Moon
1968 · Stunts
The Scalphunters
1968 · Stunt Double
The War Wagon
1967 · Stunts
El Dorado
1966 · Charlie Hagan, Stunts
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966 · Stunts
In Harm's Way
1965 · Stunts
Rio Conchos
1964 · Stunt Double, Stunts
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Trooper (uncredited), Stunts, Stunt Double
McLintock!
1963 · Stunt Double
PT 109
1963 · Stunts
How the West Was Won
1962 · Stunts
Two Rode Together
1961 · Stunts
The Alamo
1960 · Bowie's Man (uncredited), Stunts
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959 · Stunts
Rio Bravo
1959 · Card-Playing Burdette Henchman (uncredited), Stunts
Auntie Mame
1958 · Puts Mame on her Horse (uncredited), Stunts
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958 · Stunts
