Tommy Lee Jones: Inducted into Hall of Fame

Better known for portraying on-screen cowboys, Tommy Lee Jones inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame on Thursday night. Tommy and Barry Corbin were among six people who have received the honor.

Sources have thrown more light on the news of Tommy Lee Jones. "By God, y'all are cowboys too." Gov. Rick Perry has made the comment while a crowd of nearly 600 laughed.

Tommy Lee Jones, an eighth-generation Texan who raises cattle and polo ponies on his 3,000-acre ranch, added that he won quite a number of awards but had never felt that they were about him.

He continued, "This might be the first time that I've taken an award personally." "This is the first time in all my long years of award-winning that I wish my granddad could be here."

Sixty two year old Tommy Jones won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for best supporting actor in 1993's "The Fugitive." Other awards include an Emmy for the 1982 made-for-TV movie "The Executioner's Song." His films include "Coal Miner's Daughter," "JFK," "Batman Forever" and "Men in Black."

Corbin, a Lamesa native who now resides and ranches in Fort Worth, was getting the Rick Smith Spirit of Texas Award of the year 2009.

Sixty eight year old Corbin got the nomination for an Emmy award twice for his work on the early 1990s TV series "Northern Exposure" role and has appeared in numerous TV series, including "Dallas," "Reba," "The Closer" and "One Tree Hill." Corbin's films include "Urban Cowboy" and "WarGames."


Both Tommy Lee Jones and Corbin acted in the best-picture Oscar winner films namely "No Country for Old Men" and "In the Valley of Elah," as well as the TV miniseries "Lonesome Dove."

Other Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame inductees of the year 2009 are Rope Myers, a former Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world champion steer wrestler; Ken Welch, a former champion saddle bronc rider; Tyler Magnus, a nine-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier and former winner in team roping who stars in his own TV show; and the late Jim Bob Altizer, a former Rodeo Cowboy Association calf-roping champion and Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame and National Cowboy Hall of Fame member.