Ben Johnson, 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.
Besides his Academy Award for best supporting actor, Mr. Johnson won a New York Film Critics award for his performance in "The Last Picture Show," adapted from the Larry McMurtry novel about life in a shabby Texas town.
Ben Johnson, 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.
Besides his Academy Award for best supporting actor, Mr. Johnson won a New York Film Critics award for his performance in "The Last Picture Show," adapted from the Larry McMurtry novel about life in a shabby Texas town.
