 (Courtesy of Donn & Nancy Moyer) Above, Yak dressed as Roy Rogers and doing one of his famous jumps onto the team of horses ... and below are Yak's notes on the back of the picture.  (Courtesy of Donn & Nancy Moyer)  (Courtesy of Les Adams)  Above - transferring to the rear of the stage is probably stuntman Cliff Lyons, doubling for Johnny Mack Brown, in a scene from Brown's first series oater at Universal, DESPERATE TRAILS (Universal, 1939). Does the moustached stage driver look familiar? Take a gander at the crop/blowup of that driver's face ... and think Yakima Canutt whose many talents included handling the reins of a wagon or stage.
 (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above from L-to-R are Jack Kirk (driving the wagon) while Roy Rogers has Yakima Canutt and Pascale Perry under his six-gun in this crop from a lobby card from BAD MAN OF DEADWOOD (Republic, 1941).  (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above is Canutt stunting for Tom Tyler in the Three Mesquiteers adventure, CODE OF THE OUTLAW (Republic, 1942). Canutt was around 46-47 years of age when this oater was filmed. |
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