Joe Canutt(1937-2018)

Stunts
Actor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Joe Canutt was born on 19 January 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Omega Man (1971), Soylent Green (1973) and Patton (1970). He was married to Gail. He died on 16 March 2018 in Goleta, California, USA.

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Awards
- 1 win total

Photos1

Known for

The Omega Man

6.4

Stunts(uncredited)

1971

Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Joseph Cotten, Chuck Connors, Richard Fleischer, Paula Kelly, Brock Peters, Walter Seltzer, Leigh Taylor-Young, and Russell Thacher in Soylent Green (1973)

Soylent Green

7.0

Stunts(uncredited)

1973

Patton

7.9

Stunts(uncredited)

1970

Papillon

8.0

Stunts

1973

Credits

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Stunts

MacArthur
6.5
- stunt coordinator
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1977
The Last Hard Men
6.2
- stunt coordinator
- stunt double: Charlton Heston
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1976
Breakheart Pass
6.7
- stunts
- 1975
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
5.4
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1975
The Drowning Pool
6.5
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1975
Mandingo
6.5
- stunt coordinator
- 1975
Earthquake
6.0
- stunt double: Charlton Heston (uncredited)
- 1974
Airport 1975
5.8
- stunt coordinator
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1974
99 and 44/100% Dead!
5.6
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1974
Papillon
8.0
- stunt gaffer
- 1973
Soylent Green
7.0
- stunt coordinator
- stunt double: Charlton Heston (uncredited, uncredited)
- 1973
Across 110th Street
7.0
- stunts
- 1972
When the Legends Die
6.3
- stunt coordinator
- 1972
Skyjacked
5.7
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1972
Jeremiah Johnson
7.6
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1972

Actor

Breakheart Pass
6.7
- Soldier on Horse (uncredited)
- 1975
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
5.4
- Sailor (uncredited)
- 1975
The Drowning Pool
6.5
- Glo
- 1975
Skyjacked
5.7
- Hunter
- 1972
Planet of the Apes
8.0
- Primitive Human (uncredited)
- 1968
Daniel Boone
7.3
TV Series
- Settler #2
- Pushmataha
- 1965–1967
The Alamo
6.8
- Bowie's Man (uncredited)
- 1960
Spartacus
7.9
- Soldier (uncredited)
- 1960
Ben-Hur
8.1
- Sportsman (uncredited)
- 1959
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
7.0
TV Series
- Brave
- 1957
The Swan
6.4
- Mounted Hussar (uncredited)
- 1956
The Far Horizons
6.1
- Joe (uncredited)
- 1955

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Personal details

Height
- 6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
Born
- January 19, 1937
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
- March 16, 2018
- Goleta, California, USA(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Gail(3 children)
Parents
- Yakima Canutt
Other works
Wrote the foreword for "Yakima Canutt - My Rodeo Years - Memoir Of A Bronc Rider's Path To Hollywood Fame".

Did you know

Trivia
Joe doubled for Charlton Heston in the famous chariot race in Ben-Hur (1959). Joe was driving in the sequence in which Heston's chariot is launched over the wreck of another chariot and the driver is seen falling almost under the horses. Joe suffered a four-stitch cut to his chin while filming that sequence .The sequence looked so dynamic that it was kept in the film.