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H o l l y w o o d ’ s L e g e n d a r y G u n C o a c h

Arvo Ojala Western

Heritage Museum

Located in Downtown

Pendleton, Oregon Opening 2012

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The Secrets of the Fast Draw - training

booklet- original printing back in 1958. paperback –

inside is black and white. Cover is color. Inside step

by step of *Note these books now been embossed with

our seal.

How to Spin a Six Gun

This is a copy of one of Arvo original training books

which came out in 1960. Front cover has a photo of

Jon Ojala spinning a six shooter. 14 pages 5.5 x 8

black & white *Note these books now been embossed

with our seal.

The Secrets of the Fast Draw-DVD– new revised 2012

This DVD has been revised. This has step by step on the secrets of the

fast draw based from the training booklet. Illustrations are of Arvo Ojala.

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Jack Linkerman, an interview which was done with Arvo and his family.

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Ho l l ywo o d ’ s Le g e n d a r y Gun Coa c h A R V O O JA L A

ARVO OJALA

During the last half

of the 1950’s, you

couldn’t turn on your

Television without

being aware of the

popularity of what

was called “Adult

Westerns”. Every

channel filled their

prime time schedule

with Western shows,

and you could not

flip your dial without

being overwhelmed

with the number and

variety of these

shows. Some people

called this a “Fad” that would soon pass, but we were all to

learn that this surge lasted more than a decade, and some of

the more popular shows lasted twenty years, this was longer

than any shows to that date. Some of these shows are still

shown in re-runs today.

In the Early part of the 1950’s, a young man moved to Holly-

wood, and became a major force in this new wave of Western

TV shows and movies. His name was Arvo Ojala. Arvo was

born of Finnish parents and raised in Washington State.

Growing up in Washington State, Arvo learned to shoot at an

early age, and during this time he studied and perfected the

shills of spinning, twirling, and tossing the pistols with the

dexterity of a professional juggler. When he moved to Holly-

wood, he worked as a gun coach in Western movies. One of

these early jobs was working with Robert Michum and

Marilyn Monroe in the Movie “River of No Return”. Arvo’s

skill with a Colt Single Action Revolver was nothing short of

incredible, and this led to more and more work for him. As it

turned out, Arvo arrived on the scene at just the right time to

take advantage of the incredible interest in Western shows on

TV as well as in the Movies.

Arvo also created, patented and sold a beautiful buscadero

style belt and holster that helped even an average person draw

his six-shooter faster than he thought possible. Not as fast as

Arvo, of course, but faster than anything he had done before.

This holster was used by almost every TV show for the next

30 years. Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Maverick, Cheyenne, Sugar-

foot, Wyatt Earp, The Lawman, Colt .45, and Have Gun Will

Travel, are just a few of the TV shows that used Arvo’s hol-

ster. These shows and more also hired Arvo to be their Gun

Coach and technical advisor. Movies from the 1950’s “River

of No Return’, the “Big Country”, and “Rio Bravo”, all the

way through more recent movies like “Rustler’s Rhapsody”,

“Silverado”, “Back to the Future III”, and even “The Three

Amigo’s”, all relied on coaching from Arvo, and used his

holsters. If you saw in a movie a fast draw or twirling, you

may not have realized it was not the star you were watching.

They would zoom in for a close-up, and it was actually

Arvo’s hands doing their thing with the six-gun.

It would be hard to name a movie or TV or Movie Star that

had not had some coaching from Arvo. Some of these stars

loved the training so much, they continued to practice what

Arvo taught them until they became quite good. Two some-

what unlikely Stars that come to mind are Sammy Davis Jr.

and Jerry Lewis. Each of them demonstrated their gun han-

dling skills on shows like Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show.

Another Star that practiced diligently was Kirk Douglass. If

you saw the movie “Draw”, you saw Kirk demonstrate some

of these skills he leaned from Arvo, and of course he was

wearing an Arvo Ojala Holster.

You would probably have to look long and hard to find any-

one in America who has not seen “Gunsmoke”, the longest

running series ever on TV. If you have seen this show, you

have also seen Arvo. Remember the opening sequence of

every show where Matt Dillon (James Arness) steps out on

the street of Dodge City to face a gunslinger? That gun-

slinger was Arvo Ojala, and if you watched closely, he actu-

ally beat Matt to the draw.

Arvo’s impact on Movie and TV Westerns is still being felt

today. This is true not only in reruns, but if you go to any

museum that honors the West, they probably have more than

one of Arvo’s holsters on display. You only need to walk

through the Gene Autry’s Western Heritage Museum in Los

Angeles to see evidence of Arvo’s legacy. There is a display

from “Bonanza” and “Gunsmoke” that both show Arvo’s

holsters that were used by the stars. Collectors today will pay

top dollar for an Arvo Holster in good condition. Topping

the list of these “sought after holsters” are copies of the Black

Single Holster with the Silver Knight Chess Piece, made fa-

mous in the TV show “Have Gun Will Travel”, which starred

Richard Boone as Wire Paladin.

See more on the website or Visit us at the

Arvo Ojala Western Heritage Museum

339 S Main Street

Pendleton Oregon.

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