Casey Tibbs
Encyclopedia
Casey Duane Tibbs was an American
cowboy
, rodeo
performer, and actor.
He was born northwest of Fort Pierre, South Dakota
. Tibbs held the "World All-Around Rodeo Champion
" title twice, in 1951 and 1955. He also won in 1949, 1951–1954, and 1959, the world saddle bronc riding championship and in 1951 world bareback
bronc riding championship. He was featured on a 1951 cover of LIFE
magazine.
He moved to Ramona, California
in 1976 to raise and breed horses.
After battling bone cancer and then lung cancer for about a year, he died at his home in Ramona, while watching the 1990 Super Bowl. He is buried in Scotty Philip Cemetery, Fort Pierre, South Dakota.
United States
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cowboy
Cowboy
A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of...
, rodeo
Rodeo
Rodeo is a competitive sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia. It was based on the skills required of the working vaqueros and later, cowboys, in what today is the western United States,...
performer, and actor.
He was born northwest of Fort Pierre, South Dakota
Fort Pierre, South Dakota
Fort Pierre is a city in Stanley County, South Dakota, United States. It is part of the Pierre, South Dakota Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,078 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Stanley County. Lily Park, in Fort Pierre, is situated at the mouth of the Bad River. The...
. Tibbs held the "World All-Around Rodeo Champion
World All-Around Rodeo Champion
This is a list of PRCA World All-Around Champions. The championship is awarded at the National Finals Rodeo by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association to the top All-Around Cowboy....
" title twice, in 1951 and 1955. He also won in 1949, 1951–1954, and 1959, the world saddle bronc riding championship and in 1951 world bareback
Equestrianism
Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...
bronc riding championship. He was featured on a 1951 cover of LIFE
Life
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magazine.
He moved to Ramona, California
Ramona, California
Ramona is a census-designated place in San Diego County, California. The population was 20,292 at the 2010 census.The term Ramona also refers to an unincorporated community that includes both the Ramona CDP and the adjacent CDP of San Diego Country Estates CDP...
in 1976 to raise and breed horses.
After battling bone cancer and then lung cancer for about a year, he died at his home in Ramona, while watching the 1990 Super Bowl. He is buried in Scotty Philip Cemetery, Fort Pierre, South Dakota.
Selected filmography
After his successful rodeo career, Tibbs became a stunt man, stunt coordinator, technical director, livestock consultant, wrangler, and actor for the film industry. He wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the film Born to Buck.- Actor:
- Bronco Buster (1952) as Rodeo Rider
- Wild Heritage (1958) as Rusty (trail boss)
- Tales of Wells FargoTales of Wells FargoTales of Wells Fargo is an American Western television series that ran from March 18, 1957 to June 2, 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until its final season when it expanded to an hour.-Synopsis:...
(1 episode: "Town Against a Man" 1961) as Sheriff Jim Hogan - Tomboy and the Champ (1961) as himself
- A Thunder of Drums (1961) as Trooper Baker
- Stoney Burke as Rodeo Judge (1 episode: "Point of Honor" 1962)
- The RoundersThe Rounders (1965 film)The Rounders is a lighthearted 1965 film starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda. The comedy was based on the novel of the same name by Max Evans.-Plot:...
(1965) as Rafe - Branded (2 episodes: "Romany Roundup": Part 1 and 2 1965)
- The Young Rounders (1966)
- The Rounders (TV series) as Folliat (1 episode: "Four Alarm Wing Ding" 1966)
- The Monroes (1 episode: "To Break a Colt" 1967)
- Junior BonnerJunior BonnerJunior Bonner is a film released in 1972 directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen, Joe Don Baker, Robert Preston and Ida Lupino. The film focuses on a veteran rodeo rider as he returns to his hometown of Prescott, Arizona to participate in an annual rodeo competition and reunite with...
(1972) (uncredited actor and rodeo coordinator) as Parade Grand Marshal - Climb an Angry Mountain (1972) (TV) as Buck Moto
- The WaltonsThe WaltonsThe Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show centered on a family growing up in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II. The series pilot was a television...
as Flagman (1 episode: "The Conflict" 1974) - Breakheart Pass (1975) as Jackson
- More Wild Wild West (1980) (TV) as Juanita's brother
- Stunts:
- A Thunder of DrumsA Thunder of DrumsA Thunder of Drums is a 1961 Western directed by Joseph M. Newman, starring Richard Boone, George Hamilton and Luana Patten.-Plot:1st Lieutenant Curtis McQuade , a cavalry officer without field experience, is assigned to a remote, understaffed post where he attempts to adjust to this new life...
(1961) (stunts) (uncredited) - The RoundersThe Rounders (1965 film)The Rounders is a lighthearted 1965 film starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda. The comedy was based on the novel of the same name by Max Evans.-Plot:...
(1965) (stunts) - GunpointGunpointGunpoint is the direction that a gun is pointing. It may also refer to:*Gunpoint , a 1966 movie Western starring Audie Murphy*"At gunpoint", under threat from a gun: see Coercion#Physical...
(1966) (stunts) (uncredited) - The PlainsmanThe PlainsmanThe Plainsman is a 1936 American Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. The film presents a highly fictionalized account of the adventures and relationships between Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill Cody, and General George Custer, with a...
(1966) (stunts) (uncredited) - Texas Across the RiverTexas Across the RiverTexas Across The River is a 1966 western film comedy with Dean Martin and Joey Bishop. The film was directed by Michael Gordon.-Plot:Phoebe Ann Naylor is about to be wed to Don Andrea Baldazar, El Duce de la Casala in Louisiana. The festivities are broken up with the arrival of Yancey Cottle ...
(1966) (stunt coordinator) (uncredited) - FirecreekFirecreekFirecreek is a 1968 western movie directed by Vincent McEveety and starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda in his second role as an antagonist that year. The film is similar to High Noon in that it features an entire town refusing to help a peace officer against outlaws, showing no backbone...
(1968) (stunts) (uncredited) - Heaven with a GunHeaven with a GunHeaven with a Gun is a 1969 western film starring Glenn Ford as Jim Killian, a preacher who arrives in a town divided between cattlemen and sheep herders. But Killian isn't just any preacher. He is a former fast gun who has set upon a different path...
(1969) (stunts) (uncredited) - The CowboysThe CowboysThe Cowboys is a 1972 Western motion picture starring John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Slim Pickens, A Martinez and Bruce Dern. Robert Carradine makes his film debut with fellow child actor Stephen R. Hudis. It was filmed at various locations in New Mexico, Colorado and at Warner Brothers Studio in...
(1972) (stunts) (uncredited) - Once Upon a Texas TrainOnce Upon a Texas TrainOnce Upon a Texas Train is 1988 made-for-TV movie directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Willie Nelson as John Henry Lee and Richard Widmark as Captain Oren Hayes....
(1988) (TV) (stunt coordinator)
- A Thunder of Drums
- Director:
- The Young Rounders (1966)
- Born to Buck (1966; and producer)
Tributes
- Annual Casey Tibbs Ramona Roundup in Ramona, California
- 28-foot-tall bronze likeness, ProRodeo Hall of FameProRodeo Hall of FameThe ProRodeo Hall of Fame is dedicated to the preservation of rodeo artifacts and continued interest in the sport. It is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and run by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's board. It claims to be the "only museum in the world devoted exclusively to the...
, Colorado Springs, ColoradoColorado Springs, ColoradoColorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado... - Ian TysonIan TysonIan Tyson CM, AOE is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for his song "Four Strong Winds". He was also one half of the duo Ian & Sylvia.-Career:Tyson was born to British immigrants in Victoria in 1933, and grew up in Duncan B.C...
wrote a song about Tibbs for the album I Outgrew the Wagon - Mentioned in the film Smokey and the BanditSmokey and the BanditSmokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams, and Mike Henry. It inspired several other trucking films, including two sequels, Smokey and the Bandit II, and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3...