Dean Smith
- Recitazione
- 15 gennaio 1932 · Breckenridge, Texas, USA
- 24 giugno 2023
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- John Wayne: Working with a Western Legend · In persona
- Keys to Tulsa · Stunts
- Pronti a morire · Stunts
- Maverick · Stunts, Stunt Double
- Creepshow 2 · Mr. Cavenaugh
- Codice Magnum · Patrovita's Double
- Nick lo scatenato · Cowboy Doorman
- Christine - La macchina infernale · Stunts
- The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang · Parker Deputy Sheriff
- Airport '80 · Stunts
- The Legend of the Golden Gun · Stunts
- Hardcore · Stunts
- FM · Stunts
- The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 · Jess
- Mackintosh and T.J. · Bent, Stunt Double
- Pazzo pazzo West! · Stunts
- Il temerario · Stunts
- Seven Alone · Kit Carson
- L'inferno di cristallo · Stunts
- Terremoto · Pool Player (uncredited), Stunts
- Airport '75 · Stunts
- Sugarland Express · Russ Berry
- L'uomo da sei milioni di dollari · Major Osterman
- La signora Sundance · Avery
- La stangata · Stunts
- Il mondo dei robot · Stunts
- Quel maledetto colpo al Rio Grande Express · Stunts
- L'uomo dai 7 capestri · Outlaw, Stunts
- Nessuna pietà per Ulzana · Horowitz, Stunts
- La morte arriva con la valigia bianca · Bagman, Stunts
- Squares · Carl
- Sfida senza paura
- Il grande Jake · Kid Duffy
- Non stuzzicate i cowboys che dormono · The Bannister Gang, Stunts
- Rio Lobo · Bide, Stunts
- Airport · Stunts
- Butch Cassidy · Stunt Double
- Il Grinta · Minor Role (uncredited), Stunts
- La notte dell'agguato · Stunts
- Joe Bass l'implacabile · Stunt Double
- Carovana di fuoco · Stunts
- El Dorado · Charlie Hagan, Stunts
- Papà, ma che cosa hai fatto in guerra? · Stunts
- Prima vittoria · Stunts
- Rio Conchos · Stunt Double, Stunts
- Il grande sentiero · Trooper (uncredited), Stunts
- McLintock! · Stunt Double
- Pt 109 posto di combattimento · Stunts
- La conquista del West · Stunts
- Cavalcarono insieme · Stunts
- La battaglia di Alamo · Bowie's Man (uncredited), Stunts
- Sette strade al tramonto
- Darby O'Gill e il re dei folletti · Stunts
- Un dollaro d'onore · Card-Playing Burdette Henchman (uncredited), Stunts
- La signora mia zia · Puts Mame on her Horse (uncredited), Stunts
- La gatta sul tetto che scotta · Stunts