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Yakima Canutt (November 29, 1895 β May 24, 1986), also known as Yak Canutt, was an American rodeo rider, actor, stuntman and action director.
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Filmography
all 216
Movies 215
Director 26
self 4
TV Shows 1
(archive footage)

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen (1988)
Movie
Stunt Coordinator

Breakheart Pass (1975)
Movie
Second Unit Director

Rio Lobo (1970)
Movie
4.33
Second Unit Director

Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Movie
4.33
Self - Guest

The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Second Unit Director

Khartoum (1966)
Movie
Armored Car Driver (uncredited)

Spy Smasher Returns (1966)
Movie
Second Unit Director / Stunt Coordinator

Cat Ballou (1965)
Movie
4
Stunt Coordinator / Second Unit Director

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Movie
Second Unit Director

The Son of Captain Blood (1962)
Movie
Second Unit Director

El Cid (1961)
Movie
2
Stunts Coordinator / Second Unit

Spartacus (1960)
Movie
4
Gunman on Horse (uncredited) / Stunt Coordinator

Rio Bravo (1959)
Movie
4.33
Second Unit Director

The King's Thief (1955)
Movie
Second Unit Director

King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
Movie
Director

The Lawless Rider (1954)
Movie
Second Unit Director

Mogambo (1953)
Movie
Second Unit Director

Hangman's Knot (1952)
Movie
Second Unit Director

Stage to Tucson (1950)
Movie
Trooper Ryan (USA) (uncredited)

Rocky Mountain (1950)
Movie
Davis / Stunt Coordinator

The Showdown (1950)
Movie
Director

Sons of Adventure (1948)
Movie
Director

Carson City Raiders (1948)
Movie
Director

Oklahoma Badlands (1948)
Movie
Director

G-Men Never Forget (1948)
Movie
Second Unit Director

That's My Man (1947)
Movie
Second Unit Director

Angel and the Badman (1947)
Movie
6
Director

My Pal Trigger (1946)
Movie
Director

Federal Operator 99 (1945)
Movie
Director

Sheriff of Cimarron (1945)
Movie
Stunt Coordinator

San Fernando Valley (1944)
Movie
Second Unit

Call of the Rockies (1944)
Movie
Vigilante Tracy

Hidden Valley Outlaws (1944)
Movie
Bowman - Henchman

Pride of the Plains (1944)
Movie
Stunt Coordinator

Silver Spurs (1943)
Movie
Young Cavalryman

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Movie
Saloon Waiter in Brawl / Stunts

Coney Island (1943)
Movie
Rodeo Performer / Stunts

Song of Texas (1943)
Movie
Deputy / Stunts

Riders of the Rio Grande (1943)
Movie
Militiaman

Calling Wild Bill Elliott (1943)
Movie
Wilson Henchman / Stunt Coordinator

King of the Cowboys (1943)
Movie
Stunts

Idaho (1943)
Movie
Stunt Coordinator

Flying Tigers (1942)
Movie
Red Harvey

Shadows on the Sage (1942)
Movie
Armored Car Driver (uncredited) / Stunts

Spy Smasher (1942)
Movie
Wranger (uncredited) / Stunt Double

Heart of the Rio Grande (1942)
Movie
Stunt Coordinator

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Movie
Henchman Snakes / Stunt Coordinator

Gauchos of El Dorado (1941)
Movie
Stage Driver / Stunts

Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
Movie
Wagon Driver

Kansas Cyclone (1941)
Movie
Stunt Coordinator

Jungle Girl (1941)
Movie
2nd Stagecoach Driver / Stunts

Nevada City (1941)
Movie
Morrison - Henchman

Prairie Pioneers (1941)
Movie
Sailor at Winch

Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940)
Movie
Stunt Coordinator

The Border Legion (1940)
Movie
Henchman Zack

Frontier Vengeance (1940)
Movie
Stunts

Melody Ranch (1940)
Movie
Henchman

Deadwood Dick (1940)
Movie
Stunt Coordinator

Three Faces West (1940)
Movie
6
Townsman on Balcony

Dark Command (1940)
Movie
Stunt Double

Virginia City (1940)
Movie
1st Stage Driver

Ghost Valley Raiders (1940)
Movie
Henchman Nolan

Pioneers of the West (1940)
Movie
Sorrento Sailor (uncredited)

Calling Philo Vance (1940)
Movie
4.4
Stunt Coordinator

The Light That Failed (1939)
Movie
Gold Shipment Trooper / Stunts

Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
Movie
Tex Dawson

Cowboys from Texas (1939)
Movie
The Sergeant

The Kansas Terrors (1939)
Movie
Ambulance Man (uncredited) / Stunts

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
Movie
4.25
(uncredited) / Stunt Coordinator

Wyoming Outlaw (1939)
Movie
4
(uncredited)

The Night Riders (1939)
Movie
Stunts

Dodge City (1939)
Movie
Cavalry Scout (uncredited) / Second Unit / Stunt Coordinator

Stagecoach (1939)
Movie
4.33
Ben Carey (uncredited) / Stunts

Santa Fe Stampede (1938)
Movie
3.5
Tribesman / Stunts

Storm Over Bengal (1938)
Movie
Bus Driver (uncredited)

Overland Stage Raiders (1938)
Movie
4
Stunt Coordinator

Army Girl (1938)
Movie
Stunt Coordinator

Outlaws of Sonora (1938)
Movie
Dreer (Mole-Men Leader)

The Secret of Treasure Island (1938)
Movie
Indian Luke [Chs.1-2,4-8,15]

The Mysterious Pilot (1937)
Movie
Stunt Double

Zorro Rides Again (1937)
Movie
High Wolf

Prairie Thunder (1937)
Movie
Charlie Coe

Heart of the Rockies (1937)
Movie
Stunt Double

Riders of the Dawn (1937)
Movie
Arizona Ranger Sergeant Beef

Riders of the Rockies (1937)
Movie
Hodge - Henchman

Range Defenders (1937)
Movie
Squint Palmer - Henchman

Trouble in Texas (1937)
Movie
Buck - McGowan Henchman

Hit the Saddle (1937)
Movie
Henchman Canary

Roarin' Lead (1936)
Movie
Barney Smith - Henchman

Ten Laps to Go (1936)
Movie
Murdered Peon / Soldier (uncredited) / Stunt Double

The Bold Caballero (1936)
Movie
Stunt Double

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Movie
Gambler (uncredited)

Trailin' West (1936)
Movie
Ed McMahan

The Black Coin (1936)
Movie
Henchman Barsam [Ch. 1]

The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
Movie
(uncredited)

Winds of the Wasteland (1936)
Movie
6
The Raven

Wildcat Trooper (1936)
Movie
Bull Horrell

The Lonely Trail (1936)
Movie
Number Eight / Sailor Brawler

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936)
Movie
Stunts / Stunt Double

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
Movie
Tom Richards

The Oregon Trail (1936)
Movie
Renegade / Indian / Stunts

Custer's Last Stand (1936)
Movie
Joe Burns

Lawless Range (1935)
Movie
Stunts

Texas Terror (1935)
Movie
(uncredited)

Westward Ho (1935)
Movie
Curly Joe Gale

Paradise Canyon (1935)
Movie
Stunt Double

The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
Movie
The Original Cat

Branded a Coward (1935)
Movie
Saloon Owner

The Dawn Rider (1935)
Movie
Saloon owner

Avenging Angel (1935)
Movie
Henchman Draw

Rough Riding Ranger (1935)
Movie
Henchman Brown

Pals of the Range (1935)
Movie
Blaze Tremaine

Outlaw Rule (1935)
Movie
Sam Black

'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)
Movie
Joe - Zanti's Henchman

The Lawless Frontier (1934)
Movie
6
Big Jack Thorne

Fighting Thru (1934)
Movie
Yak (Henchman)

The Man from Hell (1934)
Movie
Henchman Spike

Randy Rides Alone (1934)
Movie
6
Danti, the Polka Dot Bandit

Bandits of the Badlands (1934)
Movie
Cheyenne Kent

The Man from Utah (1934)
Movie
6
Henchman Hank

West of the Divide (1934)
Movie
2
Joe Cole

Claim Jumpers (1934)
Movie
Joe Cole

The Lucky Texan (1934)
Movie
Ed Walsh

Sagebrush Trail (1933)
Movie
4
Henchman

Riders of Destiny (1933)
Movie
6
Stunt Double

Laughing at Life (1933)
Movie
Stunts

Cross Fire (1933)
Movie
High Wolf

The Telegraph Trail (1933)
Movie
6.5
Yak, a Wrangler / Stunts

Scarlet River (1933)
Movie
Stunt Double

The Cheyenne Kid (1933)
Movie
Henchman Jackson

The Wyoming Whirlwind (1932)
Movie
Tex Barnes

Law and Lawless (1932)
Movie
Slim [Chs. 3-5, 8] / Henchman [Chs. 11-12] (uncredited) / Stunts

The Devil Horse (1932)
Movie
Wild Bill (Ch's. 1 & 2)

The Last Frontier (1932)
Movie
Henchman / Stunts

The Hurricane Express (1932)
Movie
Jackson - Henchman

Texas Tornado (1932)
Movie
Jack Brady

Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931)
Movie
Ken Davis [Ch. 3] / Deputy [Ch. 8]

The Lightning Warrior (1931)
Movie
Pancho Rider Perkins

Two Fisted Justice (1931)
Movie
Sheriff Jones

The Hurricane Horseman (1931)
Movie
Henchman / Stunts

The Galloping Ghost (1931)
Movie
Yak [Chs. 1 & 3]

The Vanishing Legion (1931)
Movie
Jim - Gang Leader

Westward Bound (1930)
Movie
Jack Benson

Canyon Hawks (1930)
Movie
Buck Lambert

Ridin' Law (1930)
Movie
Cowboy (uncredited)

The Texan (1930)
Movie
Marshal Utah Kane

The Cheyenne Kid (1930)
Movie
Red Carson

Firebrand Jordan (1930)
Movie
Steve Marvin

The Vanishing West (1928)
Movie
Deputy Yak Hammond

Hell Hounds of the Plains (1927)
Movie
Yak Carroll

Desert Greed (1926)
Movie
Dave Carson

Rex the Devil Horse (1926)
Movie
Yak Halliday

The Iron Rider (1926)
Movie
Yak Dawson

Wild Horse Canyon (1925)
Movie
Chick Richards

White Thunder (1925)
Movie
Jerry O'Connell

Two-Fisted Sheriff (1925)
Movie
Jess Dean

Branded a Bandit (1924)
Movie
Handy Man

The Desert Hawk (1924)
Movie
Deputy - Ep. 15

Lightning Bryce (1919)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1895-11-29
Deathday1986-05-24 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceColfax, United States
RelationshipsKitty Canutt (1917 - 1922)
ChildrenTap Canutt
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsEnos Edward "Yakima" Canutt, Enos Edward Canutt
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Honorary Award, National Rodeo Hall of Fame
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