He was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2006, the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame in 2009 and later the Hollywood Stuntman’s Hall of Fame. Smith also worked as a professional rodeo cowboy and he would go on to join the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. 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. Working as a stuntman, Smith was a part of several Oscar-winning Western films, including “True Grit” and “How the West Was Won,” in addition to “The Quick and the Dead,” “El Dorado” and “Rio Lobo.” He would serve as a stuntman in several television series including “Tales of Wells Fargo,” “Maverick,” “Gunsmoke,” “Law Man, “Have Gun Will Travel,” “Walker, Texas Ranger” and ”The Outer Limits.”
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