Dean Smith
Actor/Actriz
53
Movies
1
TV Shows
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.
As Actor/Actress
El Hombre Nuclear
Major Osterman
Río Bravo
Card-Playing Burdette Henchman (uncredited)
Temple de acero
Minor Role (uncredited)
El Dorado
Charlie Hagan
El Álamo
Bowie's Man (uncredited)
Terremoto
Pool Player (uncredited)
Ejecutor
Patrovita's Double
Rio Lobo
Bide
Cuentos de terror 2
Mr. Cavenaugh
Gigante entre los hombres
Kid Duffy
El ocaso de los Cheyennes
Trooper (uncredited)
Auntie Mame
Puts Mame on her Horse (uncredited)
El forastero
Outlaw
Loca evasion
Russ Berry
La venganza de Ulzana
Horowitz
Rhinestone
Cowboy Doorman
Sometimes a Great Notion
Seven Ways from Sundown
El último atraco de los Dalton
Parker Deputy Sheriff
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
Jess
Mackintosh and T.J.
Bent
La esposa de Sundance Kid
Avery
Seven Alone
Kit Carson
Hickey & Boggs
Bagman
Squares
Carl
Behind the Camera
Christine
Stunts
Río Bravo
Stunts
Temple de acero
Stunts
Oestelandia
Stunts
El golpe
Stunts
Rápida y mortal
Stunts
Dos hombres y un destino
Stunt Double
Maverick
Stunts, Stunt Double
El Dorado
Stunts
El Álamo
Stunts
La conquista del oeste
Stunts
Terremoto
Stunts
Airport
Stunts
Infierno en la torre
Stunts
Lucha de gigantes
Stunts
Rio Lobo
Stunts
Airport 1975
Stunts
McLintock!
Stunt Double
El Concorde...Aeropuerto '79
Stunts
Un gato sobre el tejado caliente
Stunts
Hardcore
Stunts
In Harm's Way
Stunts
El ocaso de los Cheyennes
Stunts, Stunt Double
Auntie Mame
Stunts
El forastero
Stunts
Two Rode Together
Stunts
Los Chacales del Oeste
Stunts
La venganza de Ulzana
Stunts
Rio Conchos
Stunt Double, Stunts
El cuarto deseo
Stunts