Cowboy

A Story of Yakima Canutt

He was the greatest cowboy and stuntman who ever lived. He worked with John Wayne, Charlton Heston, Roy Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks, and many more, but Yakima Canutt was so much more than that. He served in World War I, starred in more than a dozen silent movies, won an Academy Award, and grew to design and direct actions scenes for legendary movies like Ben Hur, El Cid, Khartoum, Spartacus, and Rio Lobo. And, then there was the complicated man. The father of two boys who wanted to be stuntmen and tested his patience every day. A husband for over forty years to the love of his life, Audrea, and a man who carried the weight of never being sure of exactly who he was. From a small ranch in Washington to four rodeo championships to Hollywood’s elite, he never bowed his head and never left his spurs.