Yakima Canutt

He has been inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame. Clift has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6104 Hollywood Blvd. His autobiography "Stuntman" was published in 1979. He is interred in the Quaker Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. His sons Joe Canutt and Tap Canutt also worked as stuntmen. Montgomery Clift died at the age of 45 of heart problems brought on by his drug and alcohol addictions. He staged some of the most memorable action scenes ever committed to film, including the heart-stopping chariot race segment in the 1959 film Ben-Hur. He turned down the starring roles in East of Eden and Sunset Blvd..

He had some success as an actor, primarily playing "heavies," but his real talent was as a stuntman and stunt coordinator. He needed reconstructive surgery on his face, but returned to acting and to stardom. He met actor Tom Mix at a rodeo in Los Angeles, and was persuaded to work as a cowboy in films. In 1956, while filming Raintree County, he smashed his car into a tree, and only quick thinking by co-star Elizabeth Taylor, who pulled two teeth out of his throat to keep him from choking, saved his life. There he gained fame as a very successful rodeo rider. But the public never knew until after his death that he was a bisexual, and his guilt over this led to his continuing alcoholism and drug use. Born Enos Edward Canutt in the rough ranchlands near Colfax, Washington, "Yak" Canutt moved as a young man to Yakima, Washington (the town from which he borrowed his nickname). Amazingly, Clift was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for Judgement At Nuremberg in a role that only took up seven minutes of screen time.

Yakima Canutt (November 29, 1896 - May 24, 1986) was an actor and stunt man in Hollywood movies of the 1920s through the 1950s. He had a highly successful film career, performing in many Oscar-nominated roles and becoming a matinee idol for his good looks. Clift was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor that same year for The Search. He achieved success on the stage and starred there for ten years before moving to Hollywood, debuting in 1948's Red River opposite John Wayne. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Clift appeared on Broadway at the age of thirteen.

Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American actor. The Defector. Freud. Judgment at Nuremberg.

The Misfits. Wild River. Suddenly, Last Summer. Lonelyhearts.

The Young Lions. Raintree County. From Here to Eternity. Indescretion of an American Wife.

I Confess. A Place in the Sun. The Big Lift. The Heiress.

Red River. The Search. 1949 - Best Actor in a Leading Role - The Search. 1952 - Best Actor in a Leading Role - A Place in the Sun.

1954 - Best Actor in a Leading Role - From Here to Eternity. 1962 - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Judgment at Nuremberg.