Born in Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was a ranch hand and rodeo performer when, in 1940, Howard Hughes hired him to take a load of horses to California. He decided to stick around (the pay was good), and for some years was a stunt man, horse wrangler, and double for such stars as John Wayne, Gary Cooper and James Stewart. His break came when John Ford noticed him and gave him a part in an upcoming film, and eventually a star part in Wagon Master (1950). He left Hollywood in 1953 to return to rodeo, where he won a world roping championship, but at the end of the year he had barely cleared expenses. The movies paid better, and were less risky, so he returned to the west coast and a career that saw him in over 300 movies.
生于得克萨斯州沃思堡，曾在西北大学、帕萨迪纳剧院学习进修。1946年进入电影界，在《欲海春光》等影片中出演角色。50、60年代，这位好莱坞金发女郎出演了许多影片，并于1957年被评为该年十大“明日明星”之一。1959年，在米高梅摄制的影片《有人跑过来》中的出色表演，曾获得最佳女配角...
