Yakima Canutt filmography

Yakima Canutt (November 29, 1895 – May 24, 1986) was an American rodeo rider, actor, stuntman and action director who developed many stunt riding techniques while introducing safety measures and devices of his own design; and either directed, coordinated stunts or appeared in over 300 films:

Filmography

Film	Year	Crew	Stunts	Actor
Foreman of Bar Z Ranch	1915		stunts, uncredited
Lightning Bryce	1919			uncredited -Deputy Episode 15
The Girl Who Dared	1920			Bob Purdy
The Heart of a Texan	1922			Link
The Forbidden Range	1923			Buck Madison
Branded, a Bandit	1924		stunts, uncredited	Jess Dean
Days of '49	1924			uncredited
Ridin' Mad	1924			Steve Carlson
Sell 'Em Cowboy	1924			Luke Strong
The Desert Hawk	1924			Handy Man
The Riddle Rider	1924			uncredited
A Two-Fisted Sheriff	1925			Jerry O'Connell
Romance and Rustlers	1925			Bud Kane
Scar Hanan	1925	story		Scar Hanan
The Cactus Cure	1925			Bud Osborne
The Human Tornado	1925			Jim Marlow
The Mystery Box	1925			Whipping boss
The Riding Comet	1925			Slim Ranthers
The Strange Rider	1925			Jim Weston
White Thunder	1925			Chick Richards
Wild Horse Canyon	1925			uncredited
Wolves of the Road	1925			The Pronto Kid
Desert Greed	1926	producer		uncredited
Hell Hounds of the Plains	1926			Yak Hammond
King of the Rodeo	1926	producer		uncredited
The Devil Horse	1926	second unit director	stunts, uncredited	Dave Carson
The Fighting Stallion	1926			Yak
The Iron Rider	1926	producer		Yak Halliday
The Outlaw Breaker	1926	producer; writer		Yak Darnell
Pals of the West	1927			uncredited
The Vanishing West	1928			Steve Marvin
A Texan's Honor	1929			Bob Morgan
Bad Men's Money	1929		stunts, uncredited	uncredited
Captain Cowboy	1929
Riders of the Storm	1929
The King of the Kongo	1929		stunts, uncredited
The Three Outcasts	1929			Dick Marsh
Bar-L Ranch	1930		stunts, uncredited	Steve
Breed of the West	1930		stunt double, uncredited	uncredited -Cowhand
Canyon Hawks	1930			Jack Benson
Firebrand Jordan	1930		stunts, uncredited	Red Carson
Ridin' Law	1930			Buck Lambert
The Cheyenne Kid	1930	story	stunt double, uncredited	Marshal Utah Kane
The Lonesome Trail	1930			Two-Gun
The Texan	1930			uncredited - Cowboy
Westward Bound	1930			Gang leader Jim
Battling with Buffalo Bill	1931	second unit director, uncredited		Scout Jack Brady
Freighters of Destiny	1931		stunts, uncredited
Hurricane Horseman	1931		stunt double: Lane Chandler, uncredited	Sheriff Jones
Pueblo Terror	1931		stunt double, uncredited	Ballen, crooked Foreman
Sundown Trail	1931		stunt double, uncredited
The Cheyenne Cyclone	1931		stunt double uncredited
The Cheyenne Cyclone	1931			Henchman Ed Brady
The Galloping Ghost	1931		stunts, uncredited	uncredited - Henchman
The Lightning Warrior	1931		stunt double: George Brent	uncredited - Ken Davis [Ch. 3]/Deputy [Ch. 8]
The Phantom of the West	1931		stunts, uncredited
The Vanishing Legion	1931		stunt double, uncredited	Yak [Chs. 1 & 3]
Two Fisted Justice	1931		stunt double, uncredited	uncredited - Perkins
Battling Buckaroo	1932		stunts, uncredited	Sheriff Rawlins
Beyond the Rockies	1932		stunt double, uncredited
Come on Danger!	1932		stunts, uncredited
Ghost Valley	1932		stunt double, uncredited
Guns for Hire	1932		stunts, uncredited	Sheriff Pete Peterson
Law and Lawless	1932		stunt double: Tex Barnes, uncredited
Lawless Valley	1932		stunt double: Lane Chandler, uncredited
Partners	1932		stunt double, uncredited
Renegades of the West	1932		stunt double, uncredited
Riders of the Golden Gulch	1932	story	stunts, uncredited	uncredited
Texas Tornado	1932			Henchman Jackson
The Black Ghost	1932			Wild Bill, Indian scout
The Devil Horse	1932			uncredited -Slim [Chs. 3-4, 8]; Henchman [Chs. 11-12]
The Hurricane Express	1932		stunts, uncredited	uncredited,Henchman
The Last Frontier	1932		stunt double: Lon Chaney, Jr, uncredited	Wild Bill Hickok [Chs. 1-2]
The Last of the Mohicans	1932			Black Fox/messenger [Ch.1]/bullion wagon driver [Ch.6]
The Reckless Rider	1932		stunt double, uncredited
The Saddle Buster	1932		stunt double, uncredited
The Shadow of the Eagle	1932		stunts, uncredited	Henchman Boyle
The Texan	1932		stunt double, uncredited
Vanishing Men	1932		stunts, uncredited
Wyoming Whirlwind	1932		stunts, uncredited	Buck Jackson
Cross Fire	1933		stunt double, uncredited
Fighting with Kit Carson	1933		stunts, uncredited	uncredited -Mystery Rider
King of the Wild Horses	1933		stunts: Horses, uncredited
Laughing at Life	1933		stunt double: Victor McLaglen, uncredited
Riders of Destiny	1933		stunt double: John Wayne, uncredited	Henchman
Sagebrush Trail	1933		stunt double: John Wayne, uncredited	Outlaw Gang Leader
Scarlet River	1933		stunt double: Tom Keene and Lon Chaney, Jr.	uncredited -Yak, a Wrangler
Son of the Border	1933		stunt double: Tom Keene, uncredited	uncredited,Yak
The Cheyenne Kid	1933		stunt double, uncredited
The Fighting Texans	1933		stunts, uncredited	Henchman Joe
The Mystery Squadron	1933		stunts, uncredited
The Telegraph Trail	1933		stunts, uncredited	High Wolf
The Three Musketeers	1933		stunts, uncredited	uncredited- El Shaitan, when masked/Legion Officer [Ch. 8]
The Whispering Shadow	1933		stunt coordinator, uncredited	uncredited,Detective [Ch. 12]
The Wolf Dog	1933		stunt coordinator, uncredited	Bill
Via Pony Express	1933		stunt double, uncredited	uncredited
Blue Steel	1934		stunt double: John Wayne	uncredited -Danti, the Polka Dot Bandit
Burn 'Em Up Barnes	1934		stunt coordinator, uncredited
Carrying the Mail	1934		stunts, uncredited	Shank outlaw gang leader
Desert Man	1934		stunts, uncredited	Outlaw Spade
Elinor Norton	1934		stunts, uncredited
Fighting Through	1934		stunts, uncredited	Big Jack Thorne
Law of the Wild	1934		stunts, uncredited	uncredited, Townsman
Monte Carlo Nights	1934		stunts, uncredited	uncredited -Casino Hood
Mystery Mountain	1934		stunts, uncredited
Neath the Arizona Skies	1934		stunts, uncredited
'Neath the Arizona Skies	1934			Sam Black
Pals of the West	1934		stunt double, uncredited	Larkin
Randy Rides Alone	1934		stunt double uncredited
Randy Rides Alone	1934			Henchman Spike
Range Riders	1934		stunts, uncredited
The Lawless Frontier	1934		stunt double: John Wayne, uncredited	Joe, Zanti's Henchman
The Lost Jungle	1934		stunts, uncredited
The Lucky Texan	1934		stunt double: John Wayne, uncredited	Joe Cole
The Man from Hell	1934		stunts, uncredited	Yak Henchman
The Man from Utah	1934		stunts, uncredited	Cheyenne Kent
The Star Packer	1934		stunts, uncredited	Yak, Travers' Indian Sidekick
The Sundown Trail	1934		stunts, uncredited
The Trail Beyond	1934		stunts, uncredited
West of the Divide	1934		stunt double: John Wayne, uncredited	Hank Gentry Henchman
Wild Gold	1934	stunt double	stunt double uncredited
Between Men	1935		stunts
Big Calibre	1935		stunts, uncredited archive footage
Branded a Coward	1935		stunts, uncredited	'The Cat' original
Circle of Death	1935	director, uncredited	stunt coordinator	Young Brave
Cyclone of the Saddle	1935		stunts, uncredited	Snake
Dante's Inferno	1935			uncredited -Stoker on the Paradise
Lawless Range	1935		stunts, uncredited	Joe Burns, chief henchman
Outlaw Rule	1935		stunts, uncredited
Outlaw Rule	1935			Blaze Tremaine
Pals of the Range	1935		stunts, uncredited	Henchman Brown
Paradise Canyon	1935		stunts, uncredited	Curly Joe Gale
Rough Riding Ranger	1935		stunts, uncredited	Henchman Draw
Texas Terror	1935		stunts, uncredited; stunt double, uncredited
The Courageous Avenger	1935		stunts, uncredited archive footage
The Cowboy and the Bandit	1935		stunts, uncredited
The Cyclone Ranger	1935		stunt double, uncredited
The Dawn Rider	1935		stunts, uncredited	Saloon Owner
The Desert Trail	1935		stunts, uncredited archive footage
The Farmer Takes a Wife	1935	stunts, uncredited
The Fighting Marines	1935	second unit director, uncredited	stunts, uncredited
The Last Days of Pompeii	1935		stunts, uncredited
The Miracle Rider	1935		stunt double, uncredited	uncredited -Indian chief
The New Frontier	1935		stunt double	uncredited
Welcome Home	1935		stunts, uncredited
Westward Ho	1935			Red Ballard henchman
Custer's Last Stand	1936		stunts, uncredited	uncredited - Renegade/Indian
Darkest Africa	1936		stunts, uncredited
Ghost-Town Gold	1936		stunts, uncredited	Buck Barrington's Henchman
King of the Pecos	1936			Henchman Pete
Oh, Susanna!	1936		stunts, uncredited
Roarin' Lead	1936		stunt double: Ray Corrigan	uncredited -Henchman Canary
Ten Laps to Go	1936		stunts, uncredited
Ten Laps to Go	1936			Barney Smith - Henchman
The Clutching Hand	1936		stunt double, uncredited,	uncredited Number Eight, garage-owner and chauffeur thug
The Black Coin	1936		stunts, uncredited	Ed McMahan thug [Chs. 3,10-14]
The Bold Caballero	1936		stunt double, uncredited	uncredited -Murdered Peon/Soldier
The Charge of the Light Brigade	1936		stunt double: Errol Flynn, uncredited
The Lawless Nineties	1936		stunt double: John Wayne, uncredited
The Lonely Trail	1936			Trooper Bull Horrell
The Oregon Trail	1936		stunt double, uncredited	Tom Richards
The Three Mesquiteers	1936		stunts, uncredited
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine	1936		stunts, uncredited
The Vigilantes Are Coming	1936		stunt double: Robert Livingston and others, uncredited	Henchman Barsam [Ch. 1]
Trailin' West	1936		stunts, uncredited	Gambler
Wildcat Trooper	1936			The Raven
Winds of the Wasteland	1936		stunts, uncredited	uncredited, Henchman Smokey
Ali Baba Goes to Town	1937		stunts, uncredited
Come On, Cowboys!	1937		stunt coordinator, uncredited	Henchman Jake
Conquest	1937			uncredited -Cossack
Gunsmoke Ranch	1937			Henchman Spider
Heart of the Rockies	1937			Charlie Coe Dawson henchman
Hit the Saddle	1937		stunt double, uncredited	Buck - McGowan Henchman
In Old Chicago	1937		stunts, uncredited
It Could Happen to You!	1937			uncredited - Truck Driver
Nancy Steele Is Missing!	1937			uncredited - Convict in Prison Break
Prairie Thunder	1937			Chief High Wolf
Range Defenders	1937			Henchman
Riders of the Dawn	1937		stunts, uncredited
Riders of the Rockies	1937			Arizona Ranger Sergeant Beef
Riders of the Whistling Skull	1937		stunt double: Ray Corrigan, uncredited	Otah
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm	1937		stunts, uncredited
S.O.S. Coast Guard	1937		stunts, uncredited	uncredited - Seaman
The Mysterious Pilot	1937		stunt double, uncredited	Indian Luke [Chs.1-2,4-8,15]
The Painted Stallion	1937		stunt double: Ray Corrigan and LeRoy Mason, uncredited	Tom
Trouble in Texas	1937		stunt double, uncredited archive footage	Henchman Squint Palmer
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge	1937		stunts, uncredited
Zorro Rides Again	1937		stunt double: John Carroll, uncredited
Army Girl	1938		stunt coordinator	uncredited
Call the Mesquiteers	1938		stunts, uncredited archive footage
Dick Tracy Returns	1938		stunts, uncredited
Frontier Town	1938		stunts, uncredited archive footage
Hollywood Stadium Mystery	1938		stunts, uncredited	uncredited -Photographer
Overland Stage Raiders	1938		stunts, uncredited	uncredited -Bus Driver
Pals of the Saddle	1938		stunts, uncredited	uncredited -Henchman
Red River Range	1938		stunts, uncredited
Riders of the Black Hills	1938		stunts, uncredited
Santa Fe Stampede	1938		stunts, uncredited	uncredited -Ben Carey
The Lone Ranger	1938		stunts, uncredited
The Mexicali Kid	1938		stunts, uncredited archive footage
The Painted Stallion	1938		stunt double	uncredited -Tom
The Painted Trail	1938		stunts, uncredited archive footage
The Secret of Treasure Island	1938		stunts, uncredited	Dreer Mole-Men Leader
Captain Fury	1939		stunts, uncredited
Cowboys from Texas	1939		stunts, uncredited	Tex Dawson
Daredevils of the Red Circle	1939			uncredited -G-man [Chs. 10, 12]
Desperate Trails	1939		stage driving double: Horace Murphy, uncredited
Dodge City	1939		stunts, uncredited
Dust Be My Destiny	1939			uncredited -Ambulance Man
Gone with the Wind	1939		stunt coordinator, uncredited; stunt double: Clark Gable, uncredited	Renegade
Man of Conquest	1939		stunts, uncredited
New Frontier	1939		stunts, uncredited
Stagecoach	1939	second unit director, uncredited	stunt coordinator, uncredited	uncredited -Cavalry scout
The Kansas Terrors	1939		stunt double, uncredited	The Sergeant
The Light That Failed	1939		stunts, uncredited
The Lone Ranger Rides Again	1939		stunts, uncredited
The Night Riders	1939		stunts, uncredited	Mob Member
The Oregon Trail	1939		stunts, uncredited archive footage
Three Texas Steers	1939		stunts, uncredited
Wyoming Outlaw	1939			Henchman Ed Sims
Young Mr. Lincoln	1939		stunts, uncredited
Zorro's Fighting Legion	1939		stunts, uncredited	uncredited, Trooper
Boom Town	1940		stunts, uncredited
Calling Philo Vance	1940			uncredited -Sailor on the Sorrento
Dark Command	1940	second unit director, uncredited	stunt coordinator, uncredited	uncredited Townsman on balcony
Deadwood Dick	1940		stunt double: Don Douglas, uncredited	uncredited Henchman [ch. 5]
Frontier Vengeance	1940			Henchman Zack
Ghost Valley Raiders	1940			Marty Owens, Stagedriver
Lone Star Raiders	1940		stunt coordinator, uncredited
Mysterious Doctor Satan	1940			uncredited -Sailor at Winch [Chs. 3-4]
One Million B.C.	1940		stunts, uncredited
Pioneers of the West	1940			Nolan
The Border Legion	1940		stunt coordinator, uncredited
The Carson City Kid	1940			uncredited -Bartender
The Ranger and the Lady	1940		stunt coordinator, uncredited	Mack
The Trail Blazers	1940		stunt double, uncredited
Three Faces West	1940		stunt coordinator, uncredited
Under Texas Skies	1940			Henchman Talbot
Virginia City	1940		stunt double: Errol Flynn/Guinn Williams, uncredited
When the Daltons Rode	1940		stunts, uncredited
Young Bill Hickok	1940		stunt double: stagestunt, uncredited
Bad Man of Deadwood	1941		stunts, uncredited	uncredited Stage Driver
Country Fair	1941		stunts, uncredited
Gangs of Sonora	1941		stunts, uncredited
Gauchos of El Dorado	1941			Henchman Snakes
Jungle Girl	1941		stunt coordinator, uncredited
Kansas Cyclone	1941			uncredited - Wagon Driver
Nevada City	1941		stunts, uncredited	uncredited -second Stagecoach Driver
Pals of the Pecos	1941		stunts, uncredited
Prairie Pioneers	1941		stunt coordinator, uncredited	Henchman Morrison
Saddlemates	1941		stunts, uncredited	uncredited -Wagon driver
The Great Train Robbery	1941			Klefner
They Died with Their Boots On	1941		stunt coordinator, uncredited
Western Union	1941		stunts, uncredited
White Eagle	1941		stunts, uncredited	uncredited Henchman [Ch. 4]
Code of the Outlaw	1942		stunt double: Tom Tyler
Flying Tigers	1942		stunt coordinator, uncredited
Gentleman Jim	1942		stunts, uncredited
Perils of Nyoka	1942			uncredited -Tuareg
Shadows on the Sage	1942			Red Harvey, a Henchman
Spy Smasher	1942		stunts, uncredited	uncredited Armored Car Driver [Ch. 9]
Calling Wild Bill Elliott	1943			uncredited -Militiaman
For Whom the Bell Tolls	1943			uncredited -Young cavalryman
Idaho	1943		stunts, uncredited
In Old Oklahoma	1943	second unit director, uncredited	stunts, uncredited	uncredited
King of the Cowboys	1943			uncredited - Duke Wilson Henchman
Riders of the Rio Grande	1943			uncredited - Deputy
Santa Fe Scouts	1943			uncredited
Song of Texas	1943			uncredited - Rodeo performer
Thundering Trails	1943		stunt coordinator, uncredited
Call of the Rockies	1944	second unit director, uncredited
Hidden Valley Outlaws	1944		stunt coordinator, uncredited	Vigilante Tracy
Pride of the Plains	1944			Henchman Bowman
San Fernando Valley	1944	second unit director
The Fighting Seabees	1944	second unit director, uncredited	stunts, uncredited
The San Antonio Kid	1944		stunt coordinator, uncredited
Tucson Raiders	1944	second unit director
Vigilantes of Dodge City	1944	second unit director
Zorro's Black Whip	1944	second unit director
Along the Navajo Trail	1945	second unit director		stunts, uncredited
Dakota	1945	second unit director	stunt double, uncredited
Federal Operator 99	1945	director
Man from Oklahoma	1945	second unit director, uncredited
Manhunt of Mystery Island	1945	director
Sheriff of Cimarron	1945	director
Sunset in El Dorado	1945		stunt double: Roy Rogers, uncredited
The Topeka Terror	1945	second unit director	stunts, uncredited archive footage
My Pal Trigger	1946	second unit director; uncredited director
Santa Fe Uprising	1946	second unit director
Sun Valley Cyclone	1946	second unit director
Under Nevada Skies	1946	second unit director
Angel and the Badman	1947	second unit director
Northwest Outpost	1947	second unit director
That's My Man	1947	second unit director
Trail to San Antone	1947		stunts, uncredited archive footage
Twilight on the Rio Grande	1947	second unit director
Wyoming	1947	second unit director
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James	1948	director
Carson City Raiders	1948	director
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted	1948	director
G-Men Never Forget	1948	director
Moonrise	1948	second unit director
Oklahoma Badlands	1948	director	stunts, uncredited	uncredited -Rancher
Sons of Adventure	1948	director
The Untamed Breed	1948		stunt coordinator, uncredited
Hellfire	1949	second unit director
Red Stallion in the Rockies	1949	second unit director	stunt coordinator
The Doolins of Oklahoma	1949	second unit director
Devil's Doorway	1950	second unit director, uncredited
Fast on the Draw	1950			uncredited -Rodeo Scene Stock Footage
Rocky Mountain	1950		stunt coordinator, uncredited	uncredite -Trooper Ryan
Stage to Tucson	1950	second unit director
The Showdown	1950			Davis
Only the Valiant	1951		stunt coordinator, uncredited
Spoilers of the Plains	1951		horse-wagon transfer stunt, uncredited
Hangman's Knot	1952	second unit director
Ivanhoe	1952	second unit director, uncredited
Battle Circus	1953		stunts, uncredited
Knights of the Round Table	1953	second unit director	uncredited
Last of the Comanches	1953	second unit director
King Richard and the Crusaders	1954	second unit director
The Lawless Rider	1954	director
Helen of Troy	1956	second unit director
Westward Ho, The Wagons!	1956	second unit director
Zarak	1956	assistant director
Old Yeller	1957	second unit director
Ben-Hur	1959	second unit director
Rio Bravo	1959		stunt coordinator, uncredited	uncredited - Gunman on horse
Zorro Rides Again	1959		stunts, uncredited
Spartacus	1960	second unit director	stunt coordinator;stunts, uncredited
Swiss Family Robinson	1960	second unit director
El Cid	1961	second unit director
The Fall of the Roman Empire	1964	second unit director
Cat Ballou	1965	second unit director; executive in charge of production uncredited	stunt coordinator, uncredited
Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine (TV)	1966	director
Code 645	1966	director
Khartoum	1966	second unit director
R.C.M.P. and the Treasure of Genghis Khan (TV)	1966	director
The Flim-Flam Man	1967	second unit director
Blue	1968	second unit director; uncredited director	stunts, uncredited
Where Eagles Dare	1968	second unit director
A Man Called Horse	1970	second unit director
Rio Lobo	1970	second unit director
Song of Norway	1970	second unit director
Breakheart Pass	1975	second unit director	stunt coordinator
Equus	1977	technical advisor

References

• Baxter, John O. (1974). Stunt; the story of the great movie stunt men. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-06520-5.
• Drake, Oliver; Canutt, Yakima (1979). Stunt man: the autobiography of Yakima Canutt. New York: Walker. ISBN 0-8027-0613-4.
• Glut, Donald F.; Harmon, Jim (1973). The great movie serials: their sound and fury. London: Woburn Press. ISBN 0-7130-0097-X.
• Goldstein, Alan (May 26, 1986). "Yakima Canutt, Rodeo Rider Who Became Film Stunt Man, Dies". Los Angeles Times.
• Kazanjian,Howard; Chris Enss (2007). The young Duke: the early life of John Wayne. Guilford, Conn: TwoDot. ISBN 0-7627-3898-7.
• Richards, Jeffrey H. (1977). Swordsmen of the screen, from Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. ISBN 0-7100-8478-1.