Yakima Canutt (November 29, 1896 - May 24, 1986) was an American actor and stuntman in Hollywood movies from the 1920s through the 1950s. He was born Enos Edward Canutt in the Snake River Hills, near Colfax, Washington. As a young man, he gained fame as a very successful rodeo rider. He got his nickname when he was caught fraternizing with several rival rodeo performers from Yakima, Washington. His friends never let him forget and the name stuck. Wikipedia
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 fr www.imdb.com/name/nm0134831/
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