An elegiac portrayal of a former cowboy theater owner in the 1950s coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Show won Johnson the 1971 Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Actor: The Last Picture Show. Born in Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was a ranch hand and rodeo performer when, in 1940, Howard Hughes hired him to take a load of horses to California. He decided to stick around (the pay was good), and for some years was a stunt man, horse wrangler, and double for such stars as John Wayne, Gary Cooper and James Stewart.

The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and co-written by Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry, adapted from the 1966 semi-autobiographical novel by McMurtry. The film's ensemble cast includes Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, and Cybill Shepherd.

1996年4月8日 · Actor. He is best remembered for his role of Sam the Lion in "The Last Picture Show" (1971), for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Born in Foraker, Oklahoma, his father, Ben Johnson, Sr., was a cattleman and rancher in Osage County, Oklahoma, as well as a champion rodeo steer roper.

Richard Harris and Sally Kellerman presenting Ben Johnson with the Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "Last Picture Show" at the 44th Ac...

1996年4月9日 · Ben Johnson, rugged Western actor of about 300 films who won an Academy Award as the movie theater owner in “The Last Picture Show,” died Monday He was 75. The actor died of a heart...

1996年4月9日 · Ben Johnson, whose past as a rodeo champion lent realism to his portrayal of western characters and his Oscar-winning depiction of Sam the Lion, an aging pool-hall manager in the elegiac 1971...

1996年4月8日 · In 1971, Johnson delivered the performance of a lifetime in Peter Bogdanovich’s The Last Picture Show. His portrayal of Sam the Lion, a wise and kindhearted small-town businessman, earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Johnson’s breakthrough role came in 1962 when he starred in “The Last Picture Show,” directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The film, which explored the lives of teenagers in a small Texas town during the 1950s, showcased Johnson’s range as an actor.

1996年4月9日 · Western actor Ben Johnson, who appeared in more than 300 movies and won a best supporting Oscar for "The Last Picture Show," was one of America's favorite old-time movie cowboys. But unlike most of his peers on the screen, Johnson was a cowboy before he was an actor. Johnson died Monday in Mesa, Ariz., of an apparent heart attack.