- Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957.
- In his westerns, his horse was named Rebel.
- There is a film festival every year in his honor in Dothan, Alabama.
- Inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 2000.
- Inducted into the World Cowboy Gunspinning Hall of Fame in 2003.
- Interred at Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA, in the Court of Freedom, Columbarium of Heavenly Peace.
- Inducted into the State of Alabama Stage & Screen Hall of Fame in 2004.
- Inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Hall of Great Western Performers in 2008.
- Received the Motion Picture & Television Fund's Golden Boot Award in 2004 (in memoriam award).
- Inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1969.
- Daughters: Jane Harriet (died 1997), Cynthia, Sally and son John Lachlan (Locky).
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