follow his father's advice to hook himself to the chariot when Judah Ben-Hur's chariot bounced over the wreck of another chariot. Other films Walt Disney brought Canutt in to do second unit work for Westward Ho, the Wagons! in 1956. He followed this first live action Western feature film with Old Yeller the next year. In 1960 Canutt worked with Disney on Swiss Family Robinson, which involved transporting many exotic animals to a remote island in the West Indies. Anthony Mann specifically requested Canutt for the second unit for his El Cid (1961), where Canutt directed sons Joe and Tap, doubling for Charlton Heston and Christopher Rhodes, in a stunning tournament joust. "Canutt was surely the most active stager of tournaments since the Middle Ages" – from Swordsmen of the Screen. He was determined to make the combat scenes in El Cid the best that had been filmed. Mann again requested him for The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964). Over the next 10 years, Canutt continued to work, bringing his talents to Cat Ballou, Khartoum, Where Eagles Dare and A Man Called Horse (1970). In 1985, Yakima appeared as himself in Yak's Best Ride, directed by John Crawford. His final screen credit was as a consultant for the stunts in Equus. Death On May 24, 1986, Yakima Canutt died of cardiac arrest at the age of 90 at the North Hollywood Medical Center in North Hollywood, California. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Garden of Remembrance at the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. Canutt has a memorial plaque in the cemetery's Portal of Folded Wings. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Yakima Canutt has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street. In 1967, he was given an Academy Honorary Award for achievements as a stunt man and for "developing safety devices to protect all stunt men everywhere". Honors 1969 Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon Hall of Fame 1975 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Rodeo Hall of Fame Stuntmen's Hall of Fame 1985 Hollywood Walk of Fame 2001 Texas Trail of Fame Filmography Selected filmography Lightning Bryce (1919) as the Deputy The Desert Hawk (1924) The Riddle Rider (1924) Branded a Bandit (1924) Romance and Rustlers (1925) A Two-Fisted Sheriff (1925) The Riding Comet (1925) White Thunder (1925) Scar Hanan (1925) The Human Tornado (1925) Wild Horse Canyon (1925)