Joe Canutt

Biography

Career Overview

Joe Canutt has 40 screen credits in a career dating back to 1954. Their work spans 10 cinematic universes — most prominently Lew Harper Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey, The Drowning Pool, Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

40

Birth Date

1937-01-19 00:00:00

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For

• 

  Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
• 

  The Drowning Pool
• 

  Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
• 

  Ben-Hur
• 

  The Alamo
• 

  Spartacus

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 10 universes

• Lew Harper Collection (1 titles)
• Ben-Hur (1 titles)
• Mandingo Collection (1 titles)
• Airport (1 titles)
• Soylent Green Series (1 titles)
• Patton Collection (1 titles)
• Butch Cassidy Series (1 titles)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Cliff Lyons (3 collaborations)
• Catherine Wyler (2 collaborations)
• Charlton Heston (2 collaborations)
• Jerry Brown (2 collaborations)
• Chuck Roberson (2 collaborations)
• Chuck Hayward (2 collaborations)
• Bob Morgan (2 collaborations)
• Gil Perkins (2 collaborations)
• Jack Williams (2 collaborations)
• Kay Stewart (2 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (7 credits)

  • Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

    Self - Stunt Man

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Drowning Pool

    Glo

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • The Dick Cavett Show

    - Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, Joe Canutt, Yakima Canutt (1972) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1968
  • The Alamo

    Bowie's Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Spartacus

    Soldier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Ben-Hur

    Sportsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1959

• directing (2 credits)

  • The Mountain Men

    second unit director

    directing
    1980
  • Julius Caesar

    second unit director

    directing
    1970

• crew (31 credits)

  • MacArthur

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1977
  • The Last Hard Men

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1976
  • Breakheart Pass

    stunts

    crew
    1975
  • Mandingo

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1975
  • Earthquake

    stunt double

    crew
    1974
  • Airport 1975

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1974
  • 99 and 44/100% Dead

    stunts

    crew
    1974
  • Soylent Green

    stunt double

    crew
    1973
  • When the Legends Die

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1972
  • The Cheyenne Social Club

    stunts

    crew
    1970
  • Rio Lobo

    stunts

    crew
    1970
  • Patton

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1969
  • The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

    stunts

    crew
    1969
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    stunts

    crew
    1969
  • The Wild Bunch

    stunt double

    crew
    1969
  • Mackenna's Gold

    stunts

    crew
    1969
  • The Scalphunters

    stunts

    crew
    1968
  • Planet of the Apes

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1968
  • Camelot

    stunts

    crew
    1967
  • El Dorado

    stunts

    crew
    1966
  • The Rare Breed

    stunts

    crew
    1966
  • The War Lord

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1965
  • Major Dundee

    stunts

    crew
    1965
  • Lost in Space

    - The Anti-Matter Man (1967) ... stunt double crew
    1965
  • McLintock!

    stunts

    crew
    1963
  • Hatari!

    stunts

    crew
    1962
  • El Cid

    stunts

    crew
    1961
  • The Alamo

    stunts

    crew
    1960
  • The King's Thief

    stunts

    crew
    1955
  • The Adventures of Hajji Baba

    stunts

    crew
    1954
  • King Richard and the Crusaders

    stunts

    crew
    1954