Won the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), with Aaron Tsinigine. Team Roping: 1991 (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal), A nice sign: Big Rockies snowpack may boost Lake Mead, Raiders, Aces stars to tie the knot in Las Vegas this weekend, North Las Vegas man targeted Blacks after losing job, police say, Snow closes US 93 at Arizona line, briefly closes I-15 southbound at Primm, 5 new and upcoming Las Vegas Valley restaurants, Norovirus outbreak grows to 71 at Las Vegas school, Legendary rockers raise millions at Power of Love, New Las Vegas Events president starts job with a bang, Rock legend Carlos Santana extends run at House of Blues, Super Bowl MVP bettors hope for historic result, Chicagos drummer rose from Las Vegas lounges. In addition to being an award-winning actor, Johnson also was a champion team roper who often competed in non-sanctioned jackpots organized by O'Brien Cooper's father. Team Roping: 1981, 1983, 1988, Cheyenne Frontier Days / Cheyenne, WY Rather than kill him outright, Dan cuts the reins so the horse can get up and Cimarron spooks it with a shot, sending Watts to be dragged to death. Only 13 episodes were filmed before the series was cancelled. With his second wife, the former Tina Marissa Silva (born October 5, 1970), a native of Oklahoma [4] whom he married in 1999, he established Clay Cooper's Country Express in 2005. Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old? Team Roping: 1986, Rowell Ranch Rodeo / Hayward, CA Your IP: Born Clay O'Brien Cooper on May 6, 1961, and best-known as the pint- sized "Hardy Fimps" in the western coming-of-age film, The Cowboys (1972); Clay O'Brien became a favorite with John Wayne, who appreciated a real cowboy when he met one. She married Clay Cooper on May 28, 1982, in Las Vegas, Nev. She was a member of the Silverado Cowboy Church in Weatherford. Born Clay O'Brien Cooper on May 6, 1961, and best-known as the pint- sized "Hardy Fimps" in the western coming-of-age film, The Cowboys (1972); Clay O'Brien became a favorite with John Wayne, who appreciated a real cowboy when he met one. About. Im a good listener and hes got a lot of knowledge, so the two go together pretty good.. Clay has the respect of cowboys everywhere, holding more Team-Roping championships than anyone and is the holder of Seven World titles in Team-Roping. Clay O' shares a team roping tip in this bonus episode of "The Short Score," brought to you by the WCRA. And vice versa. 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Long before Clay OBrien Cooper won seven team roping heeler world titles and narrowly missed winning a record-tying eighth last year at age 51 the Gardnerville resident enjoyed a colorful career as a child actor. He presented himself off camera exactly as he did on camera. We all look up to him.. He's content to rope as long as I have a desire to compete.. Clay OBrien Cooper Andersen reluctantly tests their ability to stay on a bucking horse, and as they successively take turns, Cimarron, a boy slightly older than the others, rides up. Andersen instructs Nightlinger to take the boys home and in his final moments tells the boys how proud he is of them. O'Brien Cooper, who turned 10 during the shooting of the movie, played a boy named Hardy Fimps and relished the opportunity to work with Wayne. By continuing to browse or by clicking I Accept Cookies you agree to the storing of first-party and third-party cookies on your device and consent to the disclosure of your personal information to our third party service providers or advertising partners to optimize your experience, analyze traffic and personalize content. If you're trying to make a living at it, it's a top priority to make sure you're teamed up adequately and putting yourself in a position to . Won the Wrangler Champions Challenge (Logandale, Nev.), with Aaron Tsinigine Joined PRCA: 1979 World Titles Won: 7 (1985-89,1992, 1994) Wrangler NFR Qualifications: 29 (1981-95, 1997-98, 2000-04, 2006-08, 2012-15) By the age of seven, Clay started Junior Rodeo and has been competing and winning ever since. Jade was . Performance & security by Cloudflare. Clay O'Brien Cooper of Gardnerville, Nev., (left) and Chad Masters of Cedar Hill, Tenn., compete in the team roping event during Thursday's action at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. Photos by Edward A. Ornelas / San Antonio Express-News. Born Clay O'Brien Cooper on May 6, 1961, and best-known as the pint- sized "Hardy Fimps" in the western coming-of-age film, The Cowboys (1972); Clay O'Brien became a favorite with John Wayne, who appreciated a real cowboy when he met one. to Salt Lake City after a roping school. A busy wedding weekend is looming for the Raiders, and it includes the surprise revelation that two of Las Vegas biggest sports stars are tying the knot. When Slim slips off his horse while crossing a river and Cimarron appears and saves him, however, Andersen decides to let Cimarron join the drive. Team Roping: 1983, 1991 PRCA Career Earnings: $2,912,435.00 You've probably heard by now that there was an incident on a plane on May 2, when Jake (Barnes) and I were headed home on a flight from Helena, Mont. Originally from Arizona, Cooper now lives in Gardnerville, Nevada with his wife and has three kids. Much like Cooper looked up to Wayne, Justin Van Davis has the utmost respect and admiration for Cooper, his team roping partner at the National Finals Rodeo. . Amy O'Hara Hearn 1 episode, 1974 Victor Mohica . 2012: (Partner Chad Masters) Placed in five rounds en route to winning the Wrangler NFR average title in 73.4 seconds on 10 head; it was his fourth NFR average title, tying him for third on the all-time list. Born Clay O'Brien Cooper on May 6, 1961, and best-known as the pint- sized "Hardy Fimps" in the western coming-of-age film, The Cowboys (1972); Clay O'Brien became a favorite with John Wayne, who appreciated a real cowboy when he met one. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Hi! Early Years I wanted to see if I could still compete at the top level, he said. Hes a seven-time World Champion in Team Roping, earning more than 2-million dollars during his career. Team Roping: 1981, 2006, 2012, Deadwood Days of 76 Rodeo / Deadwood, SD The best thing is being able to make a living for me and my family doing what I always wanted, Cooper said. 24,612 people follow this. Biography. Jake, roping with Clay O'Brien Cooper, has won seven world titles, and each year he sets out to do it again. Standing a respectable 6 feet, Clay and his wife, Beth, have two daughters, Bailey and Quinn. After a great school up in Helena, all I was thinking about was making my connection in Salt Lake, so . Watts wings Andersen in both arms and a leg before shooting him twice in the torso. Clay O'Brien Cooper was born May 6, 1961, in Ray, Arizona. He was inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1997. Remaining pint-sized for several years, Clay could be found . Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Once Coopers voice changed and he couldnt land child roles anymore, he turned his attention to rodeo and never looked back. Other beats include the Rampage hockey team, Missions minor-league baseball and horse racing at Retama Park, as well as general assignment. The answer was evident last year, when he won his fourth NFR average title (73.4 seconds on 10 head) and placed second in the world standings with $189,666 just $1,131 behind Fallons Jade Corkill 18 years after his last world title. He was the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo team roping winner in 1987, 1989 and 1995. Mrs. Cooper was a wonderful mother and loving wife, friend and. In all three films, an adult takes a group of youngsters and initiates them into manhood by instructing them the "right" skills and values. He tells the boys to get ready to leave and starts to walk away, ignoring Watts' calls to stop. Clay O'Brien was born on 6 May, 1961 in Ray, Arizona, USA, is an Actor. World Titles Won: 7 (1985-89,1992, 1994) Please let us know how we can help. The boys remain passive as instructed, and the rustlers steal the herd. Clay, who dropped his last name for film work, was a real cowboy, brought up on a California ranch. One day Dan, a boy who wears glasses, is chasing a stray horse when he stumbles upon Watts and his gang of cattle rustlers. When I started back last year on the road to try and qualify for the NFR, I didnt really know where I stacked up competition-wise, because I havent traveled very hard for several years. Since I was a kid, I always wanted to rope for a living. Clay qualified for his first WNFR in 1981. It seems like my life has been a fairy tale the whole way along, he said. Jake was the first person to be named to the list of "Legends of ProRodeo" by the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in which he was inducted in 1997. Youd pinch yourself and wonder if its really you and its really happening. Going At It with Focus, Fire and Intensity. Clay O'Brien Cooper, 7-time World Champion Team Roper, has competed professionally since 1981. Cooper is a well-known cowboy in the rodeo industry. He stayed in show biz until 1976, but his main interest from the age of five: rodeo. Native of South Bend, Ind., graduated from Indiana University in 1977 with a degree in journalism. Team Roping: 1990 (tie), 1992 (tie), West of the Pecos / Pecos, TX So they will not be harmed, he tells them to act like boys rather than the men they are becoming when the rustlers approach that evening. Cooper made his acting debut alongside none other than John Wayne in the 1972 film The Cowboys which follows a rancher, played by The Duke, who is forced to train a group of young boys for a 400-mile cattle drive. Team Roping: 1985, 1988, California Rodeo Salinas / Salinas, CA Clay O'Brien Cooper talks about breaking up with your team roping partner. Support ProRodeo Hall Of Fame And Museum Of The American Cowboy. The elder O'Brien wrangled horses for such TV shows as Bonanza and Gunsmoke.. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a15bdcba894713c Thats why he was such a legend, for who he was and the things he stood for.. Who Is Clay O'Brien's Wife? The ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy educates the public about rodeo, its history and impact on Western American culture, and provides recognition to rodeo notables of the past and present and serves as an inspiration for the future. Slowly, the boys become good cowhands, impressing both Andersen and Nightlinger. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal), Heeler Clay O'Brien Cooper competes in the team roping event on the third night of the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. Riding in among a stampede of horses, the boys kill all of the rustlers except Watts, whom they find pinned beneath his horse with a foot entangled in a rope. His wife is Beth O'Brien (? This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Jake married his wife Toni in 1989, and they have five children. In addition to seven world titles, O'Brien Cooper has appeared in 27 Wrangler National Finals Rodeos with total career earnings of $2.5 million. Follow him on Twitter: @tdewey33. Won Rounds 2 and 4 and split the win in Round 5 at the Wrangler NFR, placing in five total rounds Won Rodeo Austin (Texas), with Derrick Begay He was the same guy, he said. While the others continue on, Nightlinger and a boy named Homer hang back to handle the repairs. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Whisler has been a reporter and copy editor at the Express-News since 1995. When they catch up to the rustlers, Nightlinger offers to help the boys make a plan. The interview was conducted on August 30, 2018 But when I first met him, I didn . Events: Team Roping (Heeling), Steer Roping Born: 5/6/1961 Ray, Ariz. Clay's rodeo achievements are impressive by any standard and this mini-bio can not even begin to cover them. The Coopers have two sons, Colton (born 2003) and Caden (born 2005). Team Roping: 1985, 1986, 1992, Worlds Oldest Rodeo Prescott Frontier Days / Prescott, AZ Watts, who reveals he has been trailing the herd, releases Dan but threatens to slit the boy's throat if he says anything to Andersen. I was just blessed to be in the right spot at the right time. He is a member of famous Actor with the age 61 years old group. He was the same off camera as he was on it, O'Brien Cooper said. He and his wife, Alisa, who is from the Reno area, moved to Gardnerville after their two adult daughters, Bailey and Quinn, left home. We get along really good. Horse Supai Drifter (nicknamed Ike) finished second in the PRCA/AQHA Team Roping Heel Horse of the Year voting in 2004 With no other options and somewhat impressed, Andersen hires all of the boys, though he sends Cimarron away after the older boy pulls a knife on Slim during another fight. Orin Larsen of Goodwell, Okla., hangs on tight during bareback riding action at the AT&T Center. I was grateful to have the opportunity and be able to compete at a high level against the best in the world. This article is about the 1972 film. The Cowboys is a 1972 American Western film starring John Wayne,[3] Roscoe Lee Browne, and Bruce Dern, and featuring Colleen Dewhurst and Slim Pickens. Has covered numerous world title fights over the years in Las Vegas, New York and Los Angeles. Cooper, who turned 10 years old during the shooting of the film, played a boy named Hardy Fimps and relished the chance to work with Wayne. Once the boys complete the drive to Belle Fourche, South Dakota, and sell the cattle, they have a stonemason carve a gravestone with Andersen's name and the inscription "Beloved Husband and Father", a reference to the paternal role Andersen came to hold in their lives. When his ranch hands abandon him to join a gold rush, aging rancher Wil Andersen is forced to find replacement drovers for his upcoming 400-mile (640km) cattle drive. In the morning, Nightlinger and Homer rejoin to the group and find the boys tending to Andersen, who is near death. It was cool to be able to do that.. setTimeout(function(){var t=document.createElement("script");t.setAttribute("src","https://sample.dragonforms.com/getEmbeddedClientScript.do?embeddedsite=TW_dispatch_nl"),t.setAttribute("type","text/javascript"),document.body.appendChild(t)},5); Become a subscriber today and youll recieve a new issue every month plus unlimited access to our full archive of backlogged issues. We have estimated As a child actor, . Ben Johnson, who won an Academy Award for his role in The Last Picture Show, lived down the street from the O'Briens in Southern California. All Rights Reserved. World Championships: 7 (1985-89, 1992, 1994) Born May 6, 1961 in Ray, Arizona At about the same time, Cooper decided to give rodeo. Don't miss the big stories. Clay has the respect of cowboys everywhere, holding more Team-Roping championships than anyone and is the holder of Seven World titles in Team-Roping. Home. Joined PRCA: 1979 Team Roping: 1999, Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo / Ogden, UT Albums. ProRodeo Hall of Fame & Museum of the American Cowboy, 103 Pro Rodeo Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80919, Copyright 2021 ProRodeo Hall of Fame & Museum of the American Cowboy. Ive always roped since I was a little kid. Remaining pint-sized for several years, Clay could be found in pleasant but typical Disneyesque fare throughout the 1970s before he left acting and returned to cowboying full-time, where his undisputed talent truly lies. He was a good guy.. I was blessed to have the opportunity to work with some really cool people, (including) John Wayne and James Garner. His stepfather, Gene OBrien, worked as a wrangler on western movies and television shows like Gunsmoke and Bonanza. WNFR Qualifications: 29 (1981-95, 1997-98, 2000-04, 2006-08, 2012-15) Current Residence: Gardnerville, Nev. He rides into deserted Bozeman, Montana, where his friend Anse Peterson suggests hiring local schoolboys. He made his first movie debut with John Wayne in The Cowboys and went on to appear in numerous Western movies and television shows. Cooper was introduced to the movie business by his stepfather, Gene OBrien, who wrangled horses for TV shows such as Bonanza and Gunsmoke, which Cooper also appeared in. Long before Clay O'Brien won seven team roping heeler world titles, he was an accomplished child actor, appearing in two John Wayne movies and such television shows as Gunsmoke, Little House on the Prairie and Marcus Welby, M.D., among other roles. [4] It was the feature film debut of Robert Carradine. It takes two to tango, as they say, and the same goes for team roping. All-Around: 1991 The next morning, the boys show up at Andersen's ranch to volunteer for the drive. He has also been NFR average champion four times (1985, 1994, 2007, 2012). O'Brien Cooper, who is competing through Saturday with partner Chad Masters in the opening bracket of the San Antonio rodeo, was introduced to the movie business by stepfather Gene O'Brien. Cooper spends time in Morgan Mill, Texas, in the winter but has called Gardnerville home for the last three years. The arrival of Jebediah Nightlinger, a black cook, completes Andersen's crew. Team Roping: 1988, 1990, 2000 He scored an 85 on this ride. Masters said it's an adventure traveling with his famous partner. All-Around: 1989, Greeley Stampede / Greeley, CO All-Around: 1991 7 talking about this. 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Wayne did not hesitate to appear in The Cowboys, despite the fact that "no actor in his right mind, would try to match the antics of eleven kids on screen," but for him it became "the greatest experience of my life."[8]. Standing a respectable 6 feet, Clay and his wife, Beth, have two daughters, Bailey and Quinn. Colorado Springs, CO. 80919. The boys silently kill three of the outlaws and then use Nightlinger to draw Watts and the rest of his gang into an ambush. Contact reporter Todd Dewey at tdewey@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0354. , money, salary, income, and assets. Click to reveal |. All-Around: 1992 Cooper, born May 6, 1961, in Ray, Ariz., started roping at age 6. Top titles Latest Filmography 1987 1975 1974 1973 1972 1969 1954 Connections Waylon Jennings Joan Hackett Billy Green Bush Genres New Releases Cooper joined the PRCA in 1979, and by 1981 had qualified for the National Finals Rodeo the first of 29 times (1981-95, 1997-98, 2000-04, 2006-08, 2012-2015). Clay O'Brien Actor | The Cowboys Born Clay O'Brien Cooper on May 6, 1961, and best-known as the pint- sized "Hardy Fimps" in the western coming-of-age film, The Cowboys (1972); Clay O'Brien became a favorite with John Wayne, who appreciated a real cowboy when he met one. Thats how I got to try out for The Cowboys, he said. Dan drops his glasses off a cliff overlooking the cattle, and Charlie, another one of the boys, falls off his horse and is trampled to death when he goes to get them. Tie-Down Roping: 1987, Redding Rodeo / Redding, CA Clay O'Brien Cooper Team Roping Inducted 1997 Movie star, television actor, accomplished tie-down roper, premier team roping heeler, multiple world champion - Clay O'Brien Cooper has led a charmed life. Clay is a seasoned PRCA competitor, having won titles at the NFR 4 times, it's no surprise this Clay is in the number 2 spot. 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