
Dean Smith
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.042 |
Birthday | 1932-01-15 |
Place of Birth | Breckenridge, Texas, USA |
Also Known As | Deane Smith, |

1974

The Sugarland Express
6.6/407
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Je...
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1972

Ulzana's Raid
7/139
A report reaches the US Army Cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, L...
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1964

Cheyenne Autumn
6.7/134
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
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Cheyenne Autumn

1976

The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
1/1
During a Cavalry massacre at an Indian village, two brothers, searching for their captured sister, rescue a white woman long ago kidnapped by the Chey...
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1984

Rhinestone
4.808/112
After a big-time country singer brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star, she's out to prove she can live up to her talk when she...
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1974

Seven Alone
6.6/10
A fictionalized account of the real-life adventure of the Sager family. Travelling with a wagon train from Missouri to Oregon, things are going well f...
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1971

Sometimes a Great Notion
6.9/92
Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue...
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1960

Seven Ways from Sundown
5.8/21
A Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy bounty-hunters on the way back to jail.
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1987

Creepshow 2
6.3/593
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Creepshow 2

1972

Squares
0/0
A Vassar school dropout meets a hard luck rodeo cowboy.
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1969

True Grit
7.3/788
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marsha...
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1972

Hickey & Boggs
5.7/34
Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl.
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1974

Earthquake
6.1/328
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
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1979

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
2.1/4
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1959

Rio Bravo
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Rio Bravo

1971

Big Jake
6.9/230
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.
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1958

Auntie Mame
7.013/113
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues w...
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1972

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
6.4/156
Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving t...
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1974

Mrs. Sundance
7.5/2
The girlfriend of the Sundance Kid is on the run, with a price on her head, when she hears rumors that Sundance may still be alive.
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1986

Raw Deal
5.8/791
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief H...
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Raw Deal

1966

El Dorado
7.352/539
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher...
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1975

Mackintosh and T.J.
5.2/4
Roy is a ranch hand and a drifter. He takes a young man into his care and helps him to grow up.
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1970

Rio Lobo
6.434/264
After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.
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