Cowboy Stuntman: From Olympic Gold to the Silver Screen

Illustrations

Illustrations Photographs James Garner and Dean Smith on set of Maverick xii Dean Smith doubling Steve Martin in The Lonely Guy 2 Ollie and Pink Smith 11 George Finis, Georgie Bell, and Dean Smith 14 Ollie and Dean Smith 16 Dean Smith at Fort Worth Fat Stock Show 28 Dean Smith at Graham Rodeo and Fair Grounds 30 Gene Autry and Dean Smith 32 Dean Smith’s Graham High School football photo 38 Possum Kingdom Relays All-American 100-yard Dash 39 John E. Little and Dean Smith 40 Dean Smith at a state high school football championship 41 Dean Smith at track practice 54 Dean Smith at the National AAU championships 55 Dean Smith’s Olympic gold medal 64 USA 1952 Olympic relay team 65 Dean Smith in the Coliseum Relays 72 Dean Smith in the Sugar Bowl 100-yard dash 77 University of Texas relay team 78 John Wayne and Dean Smith on set of The Alamo 111 Bill Williams and Dean Smith in The Alamo 114 John Ford and Dean Smith on set of The Alamo 116 Dean Smith and Bear Hudkins in The Alamo 117 Chill Wills and Dean Smith on set of The Alamo 128 Dean Smith in character in The Alamo 129 Monty Montana, Jimmy Stewart, and Dean Smith on set of Two Rode Together 132 x Illustrations Monty Montana, Dean Smith, Red Morgan, Andy Devine, and Chuck Roberson on set of Two Rode Together 133 Dean Smith in the Comancheros 135 Dean Smith doubling Maureen O’Hara in McLintock! 139 Dean Smith doubling Strother Martin in McLintock! 140 Dean Smith on the cover of Parade magazine 150 Dean Smith on the Art Linkletter television show 152 Dean Smith in character in Rio Lobo 164 Dean Smith doubling Robert Redford in Jeremiah Johnson 171 Teddy Grossman and Dean Smith in The Sugarland Express 176 Dale Robertson, Glenn Randall, and Dean Smith 182 Dean Smith outrunning Nat Moore 184 Dean Smith doubling Roy Rogers in The Fall Guy 192 Ben Johnson and Dean Smith 194 Dean Smith and horse Hollywood 196 Dale Evans and Dean Smith 200 Mary, Paul, Dean, Debby, and Ash Smith 204 Dean and Finis Smith 205 Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo 205 Trevor Brazil, Roy Cooper, Dean Smith, August Long, and Buck Taylor 206 Plate section, following page 110 Dean Smith playing football Doug McClure and Dean Smith on set of Overland Trail Headshot of Dean Smith Dean Smith as a working cowboy Dean Smith doing a stunt in Dean Smith, Hollywood Stuntman Dean Smith on horse Sox Bob Hinkle, Darrell Royal, Clyde Littlefield, and Dean Smith Jorge Rivero, Mike Henry, Howard Hawks, and Dean Smith on set of Rio Lobo Gary Davis and Dean Smith in Evel Knievel Dean Smith in Ulzana’s Raid Earl Bellamy, James Griffith, and Dean Smith on set of Seven Alone Dean Smith on horse Sunday Illustrations xi Dean Smith at Vasquez Rocks National Monument Dale Robertson and Dean Smith Larry Mahan, Dean Smith, and Larry Mahan Dean Smith and horse Hollywood Ernie Taylor, Wilford Brimley, Mike Baily, and Dean Smith Dean Smith at 2006 Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo Nancy Reagan, Patrick Wayne, Debby Smith, Dean Smith, and Finis Smith Dean and Debby Smith Dean Smith at Alamo Village, Brackettville, Texas Dean and Charles Smith Dean and Finis Smith Bob Lilly, Dean Smith, and Walt Garrison Jimmy Rane, Terry Bradshaw, Dale Robertson, Tony Rane, and Dean Smith Dean and James Garner on the set of the TV series Maverick, c. 1978. ...