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Article: Obituary: Ben Johnson
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 10, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Some Hollywood actors are so naturally saddle-happy that it's
odd to see them wearing a suit. Ben Johnson was pre-eminent among
these; he had been a cowboy and all but a few of his films were
westerns. One that wasn't was The Last Picture Show (1971), in
which he was Sam the Lion, who ran the town's movie house, its pool
hall, garage and cafe. It was a tank town deep in the heart of
Texas in the early 1950s, ironically enough allowing Johnson to
wear the cowboy duds of that era. He brought to the role his
customary understated benevolence, a quality needed as he advised
the young bloods - Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms - on that prime
concern of all movie youth, sex.
Johnson had originally ...
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