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Yakima Canutt (1895–1986)

Starting out as a rodeo cowboy and then becoming a stuntman in silent westerns, Yakima Canutt later doubled for such stars as Clark Gable and John Wayne, among others, in such dangerous activities as jumping off the top of a cliff on horseback, leaping from a stagecoach onto its runaway team... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1975 Breakheart Pass (stunt coordinator)
 
1968 Blue (stunts - uncredited)
 
1965 Cat Ballou (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1960 Spartacus (stunt coordinator - uncredited, stunts - uncredited)
 
1959 Rio Bravo (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1959 Zorro Rides Again (stunts - uncredited)
 
1954 The Lawless Rider (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1953 Battle Circus (stunts - uncredited)
 
1951 Only the Valiant (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1951 Spoilers of the Plains (horse-wagon transfer stunt - uncredited)
 
1950 Rocky Mountain (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1949 Red Stallion in the Rockies (stunt coordinator)
 
1948 The Untamed Breed (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1947 Trail to San Antone (stunts - archive footage from "The Devil Horse" - uncredited)
 
1946 Night Train to Memphis (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1945 Dakota (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1945 Sunset in El Dorado (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1945/I Along the Navajo Trail (stunts - uncredited)
 
1945 The Topeka Terror (stunts - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1944 San Fernando Valley (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1944 The San Antonio Kid (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1944 Tucson Raiders (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1944 Hidden Valley Outlaws (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1944 The Fighting Seabees (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1944 Pride of the Plains (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1943 In Old Oklahoma (stunts - uncredited)
 
1943 Silver Spurs (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1943 King of the Cowboys (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1943 Idaho (stunts - uncredited)
 
1943 Thundering Trails (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1942 Gentleman Jim (stunts - uncredited)
 
1942 Flying Tigers (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1942 Bells of Capistrano (stunt double: Morgan Conway - uncredited)
 
1942 Perils of Nyoka (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1942 SOS Coast Guard (stunt coordinator - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1942 Spy Smasher (stunts - uncredited)
 
1942 Heart of the Rio Grande (stunt double: William Haade - uncredited)
 
1942 Code of the Outlaw (stunt double: Tom Tyler - uncredited)
 
1942 Cowboy Serenade (stunts - uncredited)
 
1941 They Died with Their Boots On (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1941 Bad Man of Deadwood (stunts - uncredited)
 
1941 Gangs of Sonora (stunts - uncredited)
 
1941 Jungle Girl (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1941 Nevada City (stunts - uncredited)
 
1941 Saddlemates (stunts - uncredited)
 
1941 Country Fair (stunts - uncredited)
 
1941 Pals of the Pecos (stunts - uncredited)
 
1941 Prairie Pioneers (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1941 Western Union (stunts - uncredited)
 
1941 White Eagle (stunts - uncredited)
 
1940 Lone Star Raiders (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1940 Mysterious Doctor Satan (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1940 The Border Legion (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1940 The Trail Blazers (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1940 Young Bill Hickok (stunt double: stage stunt - uncredited)
 
1940 Frontier Vengeance (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1940 Under Texas Skies (stunt double: Robert Livingston - uncredited)
 
1940 Boom Town (stunts - uncredited)
 
1940 Oklahoma Renegades (stunts - uncredited)
 
1940 The Ranger and the Lady (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1940 When the Daltons Rode (stunts - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1940 Deadwood Dick (stunt double: Don Douglas - uncredited)
 
1940 Three Faces West (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1940 The Carson City Kid (stunts - uncredited)
 
1940 Hi-Yo Silver (stunts - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1940 One Million B.C. (stunts - uncredited)
 
1940 Dark Command (stunt coordinator - uncredited, stunts - uncredited)
 
1940 Virginia City (stunt double: Errol Flynn/Guinn Williams - uncredited)
 
1939 The Light That Failed (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 Zorro's Fighting Legion (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 Gone with the Wind (stunt coordinator - uncredited, stunt double: Clark Gable - uncredited)
 
1939 Cowboys from Texas (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 The Kansas Terrors (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1939 Dust Be My Destiny (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 Desperate Trails (stage driving double: Horace Murphy - uncredited)
 
1939 In Old Monterey (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 New Frontier (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 The Oregon Trail (stunts - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1939 Young Mr. Lincoln (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 Captain Fury (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 Three Texas Steers (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 Man of Conquest (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 The Night Riders (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 Dodge City (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 The Lone Ranger Rides Again (stunts - uncredited)
 
1939 Stagecoach (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1938 Red River Range (stunts - uncredited)
 
1938 Santa Fe Stampede (stunts - uncredited)
 
1938 Storm Over Bengal (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1938 Overland Stage Raiders (stunts - uncredited)
 
1938 The Mexicali Kid (stunts - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1938 Pals of the Saddle (stunts - uncredited)
 
1938 Dick Tracy Returns (stunts - uncredited)
 
1938 Army Girl (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1938 Riders of the Black Hills (stunts - uncredited)
 
1938 The Secret of Treasure Island (stunts - uncredited)
 
1938 Call the Mesquiteers (stunts - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1938 Frontier Town (stunts - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1938 Hollywood Stadium Mystery (stunts - uncredited)
 
1938 The Painted Trail (stunts - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1938 The Lone Ranger (stunts - uncredited)
 
1938 The Painted Stallion (stunts - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1937 The Mysterious Pilot (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1937 Zorro Rides Again (stunt double: John Carroll - uncredited)
 
1937 The Trigger Trio (stunts - uncredited)
 
1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town (stunts - uncredited)
 
1937 Boots and Saddles (stunts - uncredited)
 
1937 Prairie Thunder (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1937 SOS Coast Guard (stunts - uncredited)
 
1937 Riders of the Dawn (stunts - uncredited)
 
1937 Range Defenders (stunts - uncredited)
 
1937 Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (stunts - uncredited)
 
1937 The Painted Stallion (stunt double: Ray Corrigan and LeRoy Mason - uncredited)
 
1937 Come on, Cowboys (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1937 Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm (stunts - uncredited)
 
1937 Trouble in Texas (stunt double - uncredited / archive footage)
 
1937 Hit the Saddle (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1937 The Riders of the Whistling Skull (stunt double: Ray Corrigan - uncredited)
 
1937 In Old Chicago (stunts - uncredited)
 
1936 Roarin' Lead (stunt double: Ray Corrigan - uncredited)
 
1936 Ten Laps to Go (stunts - uncredited)
 
1936 The Bold Caballero (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1936 Ghost-Town Gold (stunts - uncredited)
 
1936 The Charge of the Light Brigade (stunt double: Errol Flynn - uncredited)
 
1936 The Three Mesquiteers (stunts - uncredited)
 
1936 Trailin' West (stunts - uncredited)
 
1936 The Black Coin (stunts - uncredited)
 
1936 The Vigilantes Are Coming (stunt double: Robert Livingston and others - uncredited)
 
1936 Oh, Susanna! (stunts - uncredited)
 
1936 Winds of the Wasteland (stunts - uncredited)
 
1936/I The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (stunts - uncredited)
 
1936 Darkest Africa (stunts - uncredited)
 
1936 The Lawless Nineties (stunt double: John Wayne - uncredited)
 
1936 The Oregon Trail (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1936/I Custer's Last Stand (stunts - uncredited)
 
1935 The Courageous Avenger (stunts - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1935 The Fighting Marines (stunts - uncredited)
 
1935 Lawless Range (stunts - uncredited)
 
1935 Between Men (stunts)
 
1935 The New Frontier (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1935 The Last Days of Pompeii (stunts - uncredited)
 
1935 Welcome Home (stunts - uncredited)
 
1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife (stunts - uncredited)
 
1935 Paradise Canyon (stunts - uncredited)
 
1935 Branded a Coward (stunts - uncredited)
 
1935 The Dawn Rider (stunts - uncredited)
 
1935 The Circle of Death (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1935 The Desert Trail (stunts - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1935 The Miracle Rider (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1935 Cyclone of the Saddle (stunts - uncredited)
 
1935 Pals of the Range (stunts - uncredited)
 
1935 The Cowboy and the Bandit (stunts - uncredited)
 
1935 The Cyclone Ranger (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1935 Big Calibre (stunts - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1935 Outlaw Rule (stunts - uncredited)
 
1935 Texas Terror (stunts - uncredited)
 
1935 Rough Riding Ranger (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 'Neath the Arizona Skies (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 Mystery Mountain (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 The Lawless Frontier (stunt double: John Wayne - uncredited)
 
1934 Elinor Norton (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 The Trail Beyond (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 The Law of the Wild (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 Pals of the West (short) (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1934 Fighting Through (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 The Man from Hell (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 The Desert Man (short) (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 The Star Packer (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 Range Riders (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 Carrying the Mail (short) (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 Randy Rides Alone (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1934/I Burn 'Em Up Barnes (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1934 Wild Gold (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1934 Sundown Trail (short) (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 Monte Carlo Nights (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 The Man from Utah (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 Blue Steel (stunt double: John Wayne - uncredited)
 
1934/I The Lost Jungle (stunts - uncredited)
 
1934 West of the Divide (stunt double: John Wayne - uncredited)
 
1934 The Lucky Texan (stunt double: John Wayne - uncredited)
 
1933 The Mystery Squadron (stunts - uncredited)
 
1933 Sagebrush Trail (stunt double: John Wayne - uncredited)
 
1933 King of the Wild Horses (stunts: horses - uncredited)
 
1933 Riders of Destiny (stunt double: John Wayne - uncredited)
 
1933 The Wolf Dog (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1933 Laughing at Life (stunt double: Victor McLaglen - uncredited)
 
1933 Fighting with Kit Carson (stunts - uncredited)
 
1933 The Fighting Texans (stunts - uncredited)
 
1933 Cross Fire (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1933 Son of the Border (stunt double: Tom Keene - uncredited)
 
1933 The Whispering Shadow (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
 
1933 The Three Musketeers (stunts - uncredited)
 
1933 The Telegraph Trail (stunts - uncredited)
 
1933 Scarlet River (stunt double: Tom Keene and Lon Chaney, Jr. - uncredited)
 
1933 Via Pony Express (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1933 The Cheyenne Kid (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1932 The Wyoming Whirlwind (stunts - uncredited)
 
1932 Law and Lawless (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1932 Renegades of the West (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1932 The Devil Horse (stunts - uncredited)
 
1932 Come on Danger! (stunts - uncredited)
 
1932 The Last Frontier (stunt double: Lon Chaney, Jr. - uncredited)
 
1932 Guns for Hire (stunts - uncredited)
 
1932 The Hurricane Express (stunts - uncredited)
 
1932 Beyond the Rockies (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1932 The Reckless Rider (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1932 Ghost Valley (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1932 Lawless Valley (stunt double: Lane Chandler - uncredited)
 
1932 They Never Come Back (stunt double: Regis Toomey - uncredited)
 
1932 Vanishing Men (stunts - uncredited)
 
1932 Texas Tornado (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1932 The Saddle Buster (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1932 Battling Buckaroo (stunts - uncredited)
 
1932 The Texan (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1932 The Shadow of the Eagle (stunts - uncredited)
 
1932 Partners (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1932 Riders of the Golden Gulch (stunts - uncredited)
 
1931 The Cheyenne Cyclone (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1931 Battling with Buffalo Bill (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1931 The Lightning Warrior (stunt double: George Brent - uncredited)
 
1931 Freighters of Destiny (stunts - uncredited)
 
1931 Two Fisted Justice (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1931 Hurricane Horseman (stunt double: Lane Chandler - uncredited)
 
1931 Sundown Trail (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1931 The Galloping Ghost (stunts - uncredited)
 
1931 The Vanishing Legion (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1931 Pueblo Terror (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1931 The Phantom of the West (stunts - uncredited)
 
1930 Westward Bound (stunts - uncredited)
 
1930 Breed of the West (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1930 Ridin' Law (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1930 The Cheyenne Kid (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1930 Bar-L Ranch (stunts - uncredited)
 
1930 Firebrand Jordan (stunts - uncredited)
 
1929 His First Command (stunt double - uncredited)
 
1929 The King of the Kongo (stunts - uncredited)
 
1929 Bad Men's Money (stunts - uncredited)
 
1927 Hell Hounds of the Plains (stunts - uncredited)
 
1924 Branded a Bandit (stunts - uncredited)
 
1924 Western Grit (stunts - uncredited)
 
1919 Lightning Bryce (stunts - uncredited)
 
1915 Foreman of Bar Z Ranch (short) (stunts - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (186 titles)
1985 Yak's Best Ride (short)
Yakima Canutt
 
1959 Rio Bravo
Gunman on Horse (uncredited)
 
1950 Rocky Mountain
Trooper Ryan (USA) (uncredited)
 
1950 The Showdown
Davis
 
1944 Hidden Valley Outlaws
Vigilante Tracy
 
1944 Pride of the Plains
Henchman Bowman
 
1943 In Old Oklahoma
Brawler (uncredited)
 
1943 For Whom the Bell Tolls
Young Cavalryman (uncredited)
 
1943 Song of Texas
Rodeo Performer (uncredited)
 
1943 Coney Island
Saloon Waiter in Brawl (uncredited)
 
1943 Riders of the Rio Grande
Deputy (uncredited)
 
1943 Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Militiaman (uncredited)
 
1943 Santa Fe Scouts (uncredited)
 
1943 King of the Cowboys
Wilson Henchman (uncredited)
 
1942 Shadows on the Sage
Red Harvey
 
1942 Perils of Nyoka
Tuareg (uncredited)
 
1942 Remember Pearl Harbor
Bar Brawler (uncredited)
 
1942 Spy Smasher
Armored Car Driver [Ch. 9] (uncredited)
 
1942 Heart of the Rio Grande
Wranger (uncredited)
 
1941 Gauchos of El Dorado
Henchman Snakes
 
1941 Bad Man of Deadwood
Stage Driver (uncredited)
 
1941 Citadel of Crime
Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
 
1941 Kansas Cyclone
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
 
1941 Nevada City
2nd Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)
 
1941 Saddlemates
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
 
1941 The Great Train Robbery
Klefner
 
1941 Prairie Pioneers
Henchman Morrison
 
1941 White Eagle
Henchman (uncredited)
 
1940 Mysterious Doctor Satan
Sailor at Winch [Chs. 3-4] (uncredited)
 
1940 Frontier Vengeance
Henchman Zack
 
1940 Under Texas Skies
Talbot
 
1940 Oklahoma Renegades
Rancher (uncredited)
 
1940 Deadwood Dick
Henchman (uncredited)
 
1940 The Carson City Kid
Pete (uncredited)
 
1940 Dark Command
Townsman on Balcony (uncredited)
 
1940 Ghost Valley Raiders
1st Stage Driver
 
1940 Pioneers of the West
Nolan
 
1940 Calling Philo Vance
Sorrento Sailor (uncredited)
 
1939 Zorro's Fighting Legion
Gold Shipment Trooper (uncredited)
 
1939 Gone with the Wind
Renegade
 
1939 Cowboys from Texas
Tex Dawson
 
1939 The Kansas Terrors
The Sergeant
 
1939 Dust Be My Destiny
Ambulance Man (uncredited)
 
1939 Wyoming Outlaw
Henchman Ed Sims
 
1939 Daredevils of the Red Circle
G-Man (uncredited)
 
1939 The Night Riders
Mob Member at Gate (uncredited)
 
1939 Stagecoach
Cavalry Scout (uncredited)
 
1938 Santa Fe Stampede
Ben Carey (uncredited)
 
1938 Storm Over Bengal
Tribesman (uncredited)
 
1938 Overland Stage Raiders
Bus Driver (uncredited)
 
1938 Pals of the Saddle
Henchman (uncredited)
 
1938 The Secret of Treasure Island
Dreer (Mole-Men Leader)
 
1938 Hollywood Stadium Mystery
Photographer (uncredited)
 
1937 The Mysterious Pilot
Indian Luke [Chs.1-2,4-8,15]
 
1937 Conquest
Cossack (uncredited)
 
1937 Prairie Thunder
High Wolf
 
1937 Heart of the Rockies
Charlie Coe
 
1937 SOS Coast Guard
Seaman (uncredited)
 
1937 Riders of the Rockies
Arizona Ranger Sergeant Beef
 
1937 Range Defenders
Henchman Hodge
 
1937 It Could Happen to You!
Truck Driver (uncredited)
 
1937 The Painted Stallion
Tom
 
1937 Come on, Cowboys
Henchman Jake
 
1937 Gunsmoke Ranch
Henchman Spider
 
1937 Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Convict in Prison Break (uncredited)
 
1937 Trouble in Texas
Henchman Squint Palmer
 
1937 Hit the Saddle
Buck - McGowan Henchman
 
1936 Roarin' Lead
Henchman Canary
 
1936 Ten Laps to Go
Barney Smith - Henchman
 
1936 The Bold Caballero
Murdered Peon/Soldier (uncredited)
 
1936 The Big Show
Driver of Cattle Truck (uncredited)
 
1936 Ghost-Town Gold
Buck (Barrington's Henchman)
 
1936 Trailin' West
Gambler (uncredited)
 
1936 The Black Coin
Ed McMahan (thug) [Chs. 3,10-14] (as Yakima Cannutt)
 
1936 The Vigilantes Are Coming
Henchman Barsam [Ch. 1]
 
1936 Winds of the Wasteland
Henchman Smokey (uncredited)
 
1936 Wildcat Trooper
The Raven
 
1936 The Lonely Trail
Bull Horrell
 
1936/I The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Number Eight/Sailor Brawler
 
1936 King of the Pecos
Henchman Pete
 
1936/I Custer's Last Stand
Renegade (uncredited) / Indian (uncredited)
 
1935 Lawless Range
Joe Burns
 
1935 Westward Ho
Henchman Red
 
1935 Dante's Inferno
Stoker (uncredited)
 
1935 Paradise Canyon
Curly Joe Gale
 
1935 Branded a Coward
'The Cat' (original)
 
1935 The Dawn Rider
Saloon Owner
 
1935 The Circle of Death
Indian Brave
 
1935 The Miracle Rider
Indian Chief (uncredited)
 
1935 Cyclone of the Saddle
Snake
 
1935 Pals of the Range
Henchman Brown
 
1935 Outlaw Rule
Blaze Tremaine
 
1935 Rough Riding Ranger
Henchman Draw
 
1934 'Neath the Arizona Skies
Sam Black
 
1934 The Lawless Frontier
Joe - Zanti's Henchman
 
1934 The Law of the Wild
Townsman (uncredited)
 
1934 Pals of the West (short)
Larkin (as 'Yakima' Canutt)
 
1934 Fighting Through
Big Jack Thorne
 
1934 The Man from Hell
Yak (Henchman)
 
1934 The Desert Man (short)
Spade
 
1934 The Star Packer
Yak
 
1934 Carrying the Mail (short)
Spade
 
1934 Monte Carlo Nights
Casino Hood (uncredited)
 
1934 Blue Steel
Danti - the Polka Dot Bandit
 
1934 West of the Divide
Henchman Hank
 
1934 The Lucky Texan
Joe Cole
 
1933 Sagebrush Trail
Ed Walsh
 
1933 Riders of Destiny
Henchman
 
1933 The Wolf Dog
Bill
 
1933 Fighting with Kit Carson
Mystery Rider (uncredited)
 
1933 The Fighting Texans
Henchman Joe
 
1933 Son of the Border
Yak (uncredited)
 
1933 The Whispering Shadow
Detective [Ch. 12] (uncredited)
 
1933 The Three Musketeers
El Shaitan-Masked/Legion Officer [Ch. 8] (uncredited)
 
1933 The Telegraph Trail
High Wolf
 
1933 Scarlet River
Yak, a Wrangler
 
1933 Via Pony Express
Henchman (uncredited)
 
1932 The Wyoming Whirlwind
Henchman Jackson
 
1932 Law and Lawless
Tex Barnes
 
1932 The Devil Horse
Slim [Chs. 3-5, 8]/Henchman [Chs. 11-12] (uncredited)
 
1932 The Last Frontier
Wild Bill [Chs. 1-2] (as Yakina Canutt)
 
1932 Guns for Hire
Sheriff Pete Peterson
 
1932 The Hurricane Express
Henchman (uncredited)
 
1932 The Last of the Mohicans
Black Fox/messenger [Ch.1]/bullion wagon driver [Ch.6]
 
1932 Texas Tornado
Henchman Jackson
 
1932 Battling Buckaroo
Sheriff Rawlins
 
1932 The Shadow of the Eagle
Boyle
 
1932 The Black Ghost
Wild Bill, Indian scout
 
1931 The Cheyenne Cyclone
Henchman Ed Brady
 
1931 Battling with Buffalo Bill
Scout Jack Brady
 
1931 The Lightning Warrior
Ken Davis [Ch. 3]/Deputy [Ch. 8]
 
1931 Two Fisted Justice
Pancho rider Perkins
 
1931 Hurricane Horseman
Sheriff Jones
 
1931 The Galloping Ghost
Henchman (uncredited)
 
1931 The Vanishing Legion
Yak [Chs. 1 & 3]/Bill Peters [Ch. 4]
 
1931 Pueblo Terror
Ballen, crooked Foreman
 
1930 Westward Bound
Gang Leader Jim
 
1930 Breed of the West
Cowhand (uncredited)
 
1930 Canyon Hawks
Jack Benson
 
1930 The Lonesome Trail
Two-Gun
 
1930 Ridin' Law
Buck Lambert
 
1930 The Texan
Cowboy (uncredited)
 
1930 The Cheyenne Kid
Marshal Utah Kane
 
1930 Bar-L Ranch
Steve
 
1930 Firebrand Jordan
Red Carson
 
1929 A Texan's Honor
Bob Morgan
 
1929 Captain Cowboy
 
1929 Bad Men's Money
Jim Donovan
 
1929 The Three Outcasts
Dick Marsh
 
1928 The Vanishing West
Steve Marvin
 
1927 Hell Hounds of the Plains
Deputy Yak Hammond
 
1926 Desert Greed
Yak Carroll
 
1926 The Devil Horse
Dave Carson (as Yakima Cannut)
 
1926 The Fighting Stallion
Yak
 
1926 The Iron Rider
Yak Halliday
 
1926 The Outlaw Breaker
Yak Darnell
 
1925 The Strange Rider
Jim Weston
 
1925 The Human Tornado
Jim Marlow
 
1925 The Mystery Box
Whipping boss
 
1925 White Thunder
Chick Richards
 
1925 Wolves of the Road
The Pronto Kid
 
1925 The Riding Comet
Slim Ranthers
 
1925 A Two-Fisted Sheriff
Jerry O'Connell
 
1925 Scar Hanan
Scar Hanan
 
1925 Romance and Rustlers
Bud Kane
 
1925 The Cactus Cure
Bud Osborne
 
1925 Wild Horse Canyon
Yak Dawson
 
1924 Branded a Bandit
Jess Dean
 
1924 The Desert Hawk
Handy Man
 
1924 Ridin' Mad
Steve Carlson
 
1924 Sell 'Em Cowboy
Luke Strong
 
1924 Days of '49
 
1923 The Forbidden Range
Buck Madison
 
1922 The Heart of a Texan
Link
 
1920 The Girl Who Dared
Bob Purdy
 
1919 Lightning Bryce
Deputy (Episode 15) (uncredited)
 
1975 Breakheart Pass (second unit director)
 
1970 Rio Lobo (second unit director)
 
1970 Song of Norway (second unit director)
 
1970 A Man Called Horse (second unit director)
 
1968 Where Eagles Dare (second unit director)
 
1968 Blue (second unit director)
 
1967 The Flim-Flam Man (second unit director)
 
1966 Khartoum (second unit director)
 
1965 Cat Ballou (second unit director)
 
1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire (second unit director)
 
1962 The Son of Captain Blood (second unit director)
 
1961 El Cid (second unit director)
 
1960 Swiss Family Robinson (second unit director)
 
1960 Spartacus (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1959 Ben-Hur (second unit director)
 
1957 Old Yeller (second unit director)
 
1956 Westward Ho, the Wagons! (second unit director)
 
1956 Zarak (location director)
 
1956 Helen of Troy (second unit director)
 
1954 King Richard and the Crusaders (second unit director)
 
1953 Knights of the Round Table (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1953 Last of the Comanches (second unit director)
 
1952 Hangman's Knot (second unit director)
 
1952 Ivanhoe (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1951 The Great Missouri Raid (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1950 Stage to Tucson (second unit director)
 
1950 Devil's Doorway (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1949 Hellfire (second unit director)
 
1949 The Doolins of Oklahoma (second unit director)
 
1949 Red Stallion in the Rockies (second unit director)
 
1948 Moonrise (second unit director)
 
1947 Wyoming (second unit director)
 
1947 The Trespasser (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1947 Northwest Outpost (second unit director)
 
1947 That's My Man (second unit director)
 
1947 Twilight on the Rio Grande (second unit director)
 
1947 Angel and the Badman (second unit director)
 
1946 Santa Fe Uprising (second unit director)
 
1946 Under Nevada Skies (second unit director)
 
1946 My Pal Trigger (second unit director)
 
1946 Sun Valley Cyclone (second unit director)
 
1945 Dakota (second unit director)
 
1945/I Along the Navajo Trail (second unit director)
 
1945 Man from Oklahoma (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1945 The Topeka Terror (second unit director)
 
1944 Zorro's Black Whip (second unit director)
 
1944 Vigilantes of Dodge City (second unit director)
 
1944 San Fernando Valley (second unit director)
 
1944 Call of the Rockies (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1944 Tucson Raiders (second unit director)
 
1944 The Fighting Seabees (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1943 In Old Oklahoma (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1940 Dark Command (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1939 Stagecoach (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1938 Storm Over Bengal (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1932 The Devil Horse (second unit director - uncredited)
 
1931 Battling with Buffalo Bill (second unit director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (15 titles)
Show ShowProducer (5 titles)
1926 Desert Greed (producer)
 
1926 King of the Rodeo (producer)
 
1926 The Iron Rider (producer)
 
1926 The Outlaw Breaker (producer)
 
1925 Wild Horse Canyon (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
1932 Riders of the Golden Gulch (story)
 
1930 The Cheyenne Kid (story)
 
1925 Scar Hanan (story)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
1977 Equus (technical advisor)
 
1977 That's Action (documentary) (research consultant)
 
1953 Mogambo (director: gorilla footage - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (1 title)
1965 Cat Ballou (executive in charge of production - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1981 This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
Out West (1980) … Himself
Hazard of the Game (1980) … Himself
 
1970 The Art Linkletter Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 May 1970 (1970) … Himself (as Yakima Canute)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1993 Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic (video documentary)
Himself - 2nd Unit Director
 
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Henchman (uncredited)
 
1966 Spy Smasher Returns (TV movie)
Armored Car Driver
 
1950 Fast on the Draw
Rodeo Performer (uncredited)
 
1940 Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood (documentary short)
 
1938 The Lone Ranger
Soldier (uncredited)
 
1938 The Painted Stallion
Tom
 

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Personal Details


Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 2 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Yakima Cannut | Yakima Cannutt | Yakima Canute | 'Yakima' Canutt | Yakina Canutt

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[about Tom Mix] He was the goddamndest liar who ever lived. But never did he lie to hurt anybody. It was always done in showmanship. See more »

Trivia:

Inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the Rodeo Historical Society (a support group of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum) in 1975. See more »

Nickname:

Yak See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius