* als Enos Edward Canutt

* 29.11.1895, Colfax, WA - † 24.5.1986, North Hollywood, CA

Five-time world champion rodeo rider from 1917 to 1923 and legendary Hollywood stuntman who became an important second-unit director. Canutt also acted (usually as a villain) in many of the western and action films for which he did the stunt work and served as a double for such stars as John Wayne, Clark Gable and Gene Autry. From the late 1930s he also worked as a second unit director of action sequences, most notably on STAGECOACH (1939), the chariot race in BEN-HUR (1959) and SPARTACUS (1960). In the mid-40s he directed four B westerns. Canutt earned a special Oscar in 1966 for "achievements as a stuntman and for developing safety devices to protect stuntmen everywhere."

Filmography Yakima Canutt

1922   THE HEART OF A TEXAN     

1924   BRANDED A BANDIT  

1924   THE DAYS OF '49    

1924   THE DESERT HAWK  

1924   RIDIN' MAD   

1924   ROMANCE AND RUSTLERS   

1925   THE CACTUS CURE  

1925   THE HUMAN TORNADO       

1925   THE RIDIN' COMET   

1925   SCAR HANAN  story, 

1925   SELL 'EM COWBOY   

1925   THE STRANGE RIDER

1925   A TWO-FISTED SHERIFF    

1925   WHITE THUNDER     

1925   WOLVES OF THE ROAD      

1926   DESERT GREED        

1926   THE DEVIL HORSE    

1926   THE FIGHTING STALLION    

1926   HELLHOUNDS OF THE PLAINS        

1926   THE OUTLAW BREAKER       

1927   IRON RIDER   

1928   THE VANISHING WEST       

1929   BAD MEN'S MONEY   

1929   CAPTAIN COWBOY   

1929   RIDERS OF THE STORM      

1929   THE THREE OUTCASTS      

1930   BAR-L RANCH

1930   CANYON HAWKS      

1930   FIREBRAND JORDAN  

1930   THE LONESOME TRAIL       

1930   RIDIN' LAW   

1930   WESTWARD BOUND  

1931   BATTLING WITH BUFFALO BILL      

1931   HURRICANE HORSEMAN      

1931   PUEBLO TERROR      

1931   THE VANISHING LEGION     

1932   CHEYENNE CYCLONE

1932   GUNS FOR HIRE       

1932   THE LAST FRONTIER

1932   THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS       

1932   RIDERS OF THE GOLDEN GULCH      story, performer

1932   THE SHADOW OF THE EAGLE        

1932   TWO FISTED JUSTICE        

1932   WYOMING WHIRLWIND       

1933   THE FIGHTING TEXANS      

1933   LAW AND LAWLESS  

1933   SAGEBRUSH TRAIL   

1933   THE TELEGRAPH TRAIL       

1933   VIA PONY EXPRESS  

1934   'NEATH THE ARIZONA SKIES

1934   BLUE STEEL  

1934   FIGHTING THROUGH 

1934   THE LUCKY TEXAN   

1934   MAN FROM HELL      

1934   THE MAN FROM UTAH        

1934   RANDY RIDES ALONE

1934   THE STAR PACKER   

1934   TEXAS TORNADO     

1934   WEST OF THE DIVIDE        

1935   BRANDED A COWARD

1935   CIRCLE OF DEATH    

1935   CYCLONE OF THE SADDLE  

1935   DANTE'S INFERNO    

1935   THE DAWN RIDER    

1935   THE LAWLESS FRONTIER    

1935   LAWLESS RANGE     

1935   PALS OF THE RANGE

1935   PARADISE CANYON  

1935   ROUGH RIDING RANGER      

1935   TEXAS TERROR       

1935   WESTWARD HO       

1936   THE BLACK COIN     

1936   THE CLUTCHING HAND       

1936   GHOST TOWN GOLD 

1936   KING OF THE PECOS

1936   THE LONELY TRAIL  

1936   THE OREGON TRAIL  

1936   THE VIGILANTES ARE COMING      

1936   WILDCAT TROOPER  

1936   WINDS OF THE WASTELAND

1937   COME ON COWBOYS

1937   GUNSMOKE RANCH   

1937   HEART OF THE ROCKIES     

1937   HIT THE SADDLE     

1937   THE PAINTED STALLION     

1937   PRAIRIE THUNDER    

1937   RANGE DEFENDERS  

1937   RIDERS OF THE ROCKIES    

1937   RIDERS OF THE WHISTLING SKULL 

1937   ROARIN' LEAD

1937   TROUBLE IN TEXAS  

1938   THE MYSTERIOUS PILOT    

1938   THE SECRET OF TREASURE ISLAND

1939   COWBOYS FROM TEXAS     

1939   GONE WITH THE WIND       

1939   THE KANSAS TERRORS       

1939   THE LIGHT THAT FAILED               stunts

1939   ONE MILLION B.C.                       stunts

1939   STAGECOACH 2nd unit                 director, performer

1940   DARK COMMAND                          2nd unit director, performer

1940   FRONTIER VENGEANCE       

1940   GHOST VALLEY RAIDERS    

1940   THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

1940   PIONEERS OF THE WEST    

1940   THE RANGER AND THE LADY

1940   UNDER TEXAS SKIES

1941   GAUCHOS OF ELDORADO    

1941   PRAIRIE PIONEERS   

1942   SHADOWS ON THE SAGE    

1943   FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS         

1943   WAR OF THE WILDCATS/

          IN OLD OKLAHOMA        2nd unit director, performer

1944   HIDDEN VALLEY OUTLAWS  

1944   PRIDE OF THE PLAINS        

1945   CAPTAIN MEPHISTO AND THE TRANSFORMATION

          MACHINE MANHUNT OF MYSTERY ISLAND

1945   FBI 99                                               

1945   FEDERAL OPERATOR 99                         

1945   SHERIFF OF CIMARRON                         

1947   ANGEL AND THE BADMAN                       2nd unit director

1947   G-MEN NEVER FORGET                          

1947   WYOMING                                           2nd unit director

1948   ADVENTURES OF FRANK AND JESSE JAMES        

1948   CARSON CITY RAIDERS                         

1948   CODE 645/G-MEN NEVER FORGET            

1948   OKLAHOMA BADLANDS                          

1948   R.C.M.P. AND THE TREASURE OF GENGHIS KHAN       

          DANGERS OF THE CANADIAN MOUNTED        

1948   SONS OF ADVENTURE                           

1949   THE DOOLINS OF OKLAHOMA                  2nd unit director

1950   ROCKY MOUNTAIN   

1950   THE SHOWDOWN     

1952   IVANHOE                                             2nd unit director

1953   KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE     2nd unit director

1954   THE LAWLESS RIDER                   

1955   THE FAR HORIZONS                     2nd unit director

1955   HELEN OF TROY                          2nd unit director

1957   OLD YELLER                               2nd unit director

1957   ZARAK                                      associate director

1959   BEN-HUR                                   2nd unit director

1960   SPARTACUS                               2nd unit director

1960   SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON             actor

1961   EL CID                                      2nd unit director

1962   HOW THE WEST WAS WON           2nd unit director

1964   THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE   2nd unit director

1965   CAT BALLOU                               2nd unit director

1966   KHARTOUM                                2nd unit director

1967   THE FLIM FLAM MAN                    2nd unit director

1969   WHERE EAGLES DARE                            2nd unit director

1970   A MAN CALLED HORSE                  2nd unit director

1970   RIO LOBO                                  2nd unit director

1970   SONG OF NORWAY                      2nd unit director

1976   BREAKHEART PASS   2nd unit director, stunt coordinator

1977   EQUUS technical consultant— (horses)

1985   HIGH ON THE RANGE