BEN JOHNSON - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 71852

BEN JOHNSON
The Academy Award winning actor is shown alongside Warren Oates, William Holden and Ernest Borgnine in a scene from the 1969 film The Wild Bunch in this black and white photograph.
Photograph signed: "Ben Johnson/'The Wild Bunch'". B/w, 10x8 overall, image 9x6¼ (one surface). Shown with Warren Oates, William Holden and Ernest Borgnine in movie still from The Wild Bunch (1969). The winner of the 1971 Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Sam the Lion in The Last Picture Show, Ben Johnson (1918-1996) was a former ranch hand and rodeo performer before starting in films as a wrangler, stuntman and double for such stars as John Wayne, Gary Cooper and James Stewart. After being cast in such features as Mighty Joe Young (1949), Rio Grande (1950) and Wagon Master (1950), Johnson left Hollywood to return to the rodeo in 1953, but soon returned to movies, appearing in more than 300 films over his career. The star of such films as Shane (1953), Cheyenne Autumn (1964), The Wild Bunch (1969), Chisum (1970), The Sugarland Express (1974) and Radio Flyer (1992), Johnson was also an early TV performer, appearing on shows, primarily Westerns, from 1956-1986. In 1996 he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame. Minor flaws in original negative have reproduced on image. Faint nail head-sized spot in lower right background. Otherwise, fine condition.