Finis Dean Smith, a stuntman regular in John Wayne Westerns who turned to Hollywood after becoming an Olympic gold medalist, died Saturday. He was 91. Smith was born in Breckenridge, Texas and beg…
, a stuntman regular in John Wayne Westerns who turned to Hollywood after becoming an Olympic gold medalist, died Saturday. He was 91.
He went on to win varying athletic championships, culminating in his inclusion on Team U.S.A. as a member of the 4×100-meter relay team at the Helsinki Olympics, where he would win the gold medal. Following his graduation from University of Texas at Austin, Smith would play for the Los Angeles Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers for a few years ahead of his career in the entertainment industry.
Some of his most impressive stunts include falling out of the two-story building into a hay wagon for Maureen O’Hara in “McLintock!” Smith was noticed by John Ford when working on the Rosalind Russell film “Auntie Mame,” and went on to be featured in many of Ford’s films.
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