Cast & creator
Dean Smith
Best known for The Six Million Dollar Man, The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Dean Smith was raised in Eliasville, Texas, and later lived in Breckenridge, Texas, where he raised horses and longhorn cattle. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he competed in track and football. He won an Olympic gold medal for the 400-meter relay in the 1952 Helsinki games and finished fourth in the 100 dash in the closest race in Olympic history. He was the lead-off man on the University of Texas world record relay team, 1954-55, and AAU national champion in the 100-meter dash. He played with the Los Angeles Rams during exhibition season and was traded to the Pittsburg Steelers at which time he decided to enter the movie business. He also won amateur rodeo championships for bareback bronco riding and calf roping. He was an honorary member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame (2006), the Texas Sports Hall of Fame (1985), Stuntman's Hall of Fame (1980), and the University of Texas Hall of Fame (1980). He was awarded the American Culture Award for Western Movies and Television (2000), the Golden Boot Award in 1998, the Ben Johnson Award in 1993, the All-American Cowboy Award in 1997, and the Head of the Class Alvin Davis Award in 2002. In 2002, he organized the Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo benefiting the Cowboy Cancer Crusade tribute to Ben Johnson, the Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute honoring John Wayne, and, in 2006, the Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute honoring The Singing Cowboys in Abilene, Texas, the third weekend in October. On April 8, 2006, the John Wayne Cancer Institute honored him with the "Duke Award" for his contributions to cancer research. In 2023, Dean Smith died of cancer, aged 91, in Breckenridge, Texas.
Also known as: Deane Smith
71
film credits
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television credits
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1958–2005 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (72)
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The Six Million Dollar Man
Major Osterman
1974
The Sting
Stunts
1973
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Stunt Double
1969
The Quick and the Dead
Stunts
1995
Christine
Stunts
1983
Rio Bravo
Card-Playing Burdette Henchman (uncredited)
1959Rio Bravo
Stunts
1959
True Grit
Minor Role (uncredited)
1969True Grit
Stunts
1969
How the West Was Won
Stunts
1962
Maverick
Stunts
1994Maverick
Stunt Double
1994
Westworld
Stunts
1973
Raw Deal
Patrovita's Double
1986
The Towering Inferno
Stunts
1974
The Alamo
Bowie's Man (uncredited)
1960The Alamo
Stunts
1960
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Stunts
1958
Earthquake
Pool Player (uncredited)
1974Earthquake
Stunts
1974
Creepshow 2
Mr. Cavenaugh
1987
The War Wagon
Stunts
1967
The Concorde... Airport '79
Stunts
1979
McLintock!
Stunt Double
1963
In Harm's Way
Stunts
1965
Rio Lobo
Bide
1970Rio Lobo
Stunts
1970
Airport
Stunts
1970
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Stunts
1959
El Dorado
Charlie Hagan
1966El Dorado
Stunts
1966
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Outlaw
1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Stunts
1972
Ulzana's Raid
Horowitz
1972Ulzana's Raid
Stunts
1972
Airport 1975
Stunts
1974
The Great Waldo Pepper
Stunts
1975
The Sugarland Express
Russ Berry
1974
Cheyenne Autumn
Trooper (uncredited)
1964Cheyenne Autumn
Stunts
1964Cheyenne Autumn
Stunt Double
1964
Rhinestone
Cowboy Doorman
1984
Hardcore
Stunts
1979
The Cheyenne Social Club
The Bannister Gang
1970The Cheyenne Social Club
Stunts
1970
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Stunts
1966
Big Jake
Kid Duffy
1971
Sometimes a Great Notion
1971
The Scalphunters
Stunt Double
1968
The Stalking Moon
Stunts
1968
Auntie Mame
Puts Mame on her Horse (uncredited)
1958Auntie Mame
Stunts
1958
Hearts of the West
Stunts
1975
The Train Robbers
Stunts
1973
Two Rode Together
Stunts
1961
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
Jess
1976
Seven Alone
Kit Carson
1974
Mackintosh and T.J.
Bent
1975Mackintosh and T.J.
Stunt Double
1975
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Parker Deputy Sheriff
1979
Rio Conchos
Stunt Double
1964Rio Conchos
Stunts
1964
Keys to Tulsa
Stunts
1997
PT 109
Stunts
1963
The Legend of the Golden Gun
Stunts
1979
Hickey & Boggs
Bagman
1972Hickey & Boggs
Stunts
1972
Squares
Carl
1972
FM
Stunts
1978
Mrs. Sundance
Avery
1974John Wayne: Working with a Western Legend
Self
2005