Iron Eyes Cody
Born in Gueydan, Louisiana, USA — Apr 03 1907• Died Jan 03 1999
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Iron Eyes Cody (born Espera Oscar de Corti), was an Italian American actor. He portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films, famously as Chief Iron Eyes in Bob Hope's The Paleface. He also played a Native American shedding a tear about litter in one of the country's most well-known television public service announcements, "Keep America Beautiful". Cody began acting in the early 1930s. He worked in film and television until his death. Cody claimed his father was Cherokee (and his mother Cree), also naming several different tribes, and frequently changin…
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The A-Team
Chief Watashi
Maverick
Indian (uncredited)
The Virginian
Chief Black Feather
Medical Center
Chanter
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Nemanna
The F.B.I.
Medicine Man
Lawman
Rawhide
Medicine Man (uncredited)
Cheyenne
Here's Lucy
Medicine Man
Mister Ed
Chief Thundercloud
Gunsmoke
Indian
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Tall Man
Sugarfoot
Joe White Cloud
Branded
The Rebel
Sammy Hart
The Cisco Kid
Chief Big Cloud
Outlaws
Then Came Bronson
Chief John Carbona
Hondo
The Thin Man
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Immortal
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Eskimo Pilot (uncredited)
Hollywood
Self
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Guestward, Ho!
Stagecoach
Crew
Broken Arrow
Teese (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Indian (uncredited)
Ace in the Hole
Indian Copy Boy (uncredited)
Blood on the Moon
Toma (uncredited)
Alias Jesse James
2nd Indian on Train (uncredited)
Son of Paleface
Chief Yellow Cloud
Nevada Smith
Taka-Ta (uncredited)
Unconquered
Red Corn
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Indian (uncredited)
Apache Ambush
North West Mounted Police
Indian Brave (Uncredited)
Ernest Goes to Camp
Old Indian Chief
The Cowboy and the Lady
Rodeo Indian (uncredited)
Lost in Alaska
Canook (uncredited)
Green Hell
Indian (uncredited)
Arizona
Indian (uncredited)
The Spirit of '76
Iron Eyes Cody
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self
Scouts to the Rescue
Indian
The Oregon Trail
Crow Foot
A Man Called Horse
Medicine Man
Too Many Girls
Indian
El Condor
Santana
Western Union
Indian Who Drinks Chemical Solution
Fort Osage
Osage Brave - Blue Shirt
Colorado
Indian Henchman
The Hypocrite
Crying Indian (archival footage)
The Paleface
Chief Iron Eyes
Young Buffalo Bill
Acuna's Aide
Ellis in Freedomland
Male Model
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Indian (uncredited)
Untamed
Indian (uncredited)
Rose Marie
Indian Dancer (uncredited)
Train to Alcatraz
Geronimo
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Indian
The Quest
Old Indian
The Omaha Trail
1st Friendly Indian
Grayeagle
Standing Bear
Mrs. Mike
Chief Iron Eyes (uncredited)
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Indian at Sideshow (uncredited)
The Great Sioux Massacre
Crazy Horse
The Iroquois Trail
Perils of Nyoka
Arab
Massacre
Indian (uncredited)
The Gallant Legion
Indian Warrior
Wild Girl
Indian (uncredited)
Valley of the Sun
Indian (uncredited)
Don Winslow of the Navy
Native Henchman at Mill [Ch. 5]
The Light in the Forest
Cuyloga's Counsellor
Ride Out for Revenge
Cheyenne Indian (uncredited)
Westward Ho, The Wagons!
Many Stars
King of the Texas Rangers
Carlos
Red Mountain
Ute Indian
Pierre of the Plains
Indian (uncredited
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Indian
Sand
Indian (uncredited)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Crazy Foot
Gun for a Coward
Chief
Winners of the West
indian
The Phantom
Native (uncredited)
The Bold Caballero
Indian (uncredited)
Prairie Thunder
Indian (uncredited)
The Wild Dakotas
Red Rock
Fort Defiance
Brave Bear (as Iron Eyes)
Hudson's Bay
Indian (uncredited)
Fighting With Kit Carson
Cheyenne Rider
In Old Cheyenne
Indian
The Cowboy and the Indians
Indian Farmer (uncredited)
Young Bill Hickok
Big Bear
Overland Mail
Indian
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Gun Fever
1st Indian Chief
My Gal Sal
Indian (uncredited)
Ride, Ranger, Ride
Comanche War Party Leader (uncredited)
California Passage
Indian
The Lone Ranger
Bullet-Bringer
Night Raiders
Henchman Cherokee
Dawn on the Great Divide
Indian
Pony Post
Indian
Apache Country
Indian with Pat (uncredited)
The Viking
Indian (uncredited)
Can't Help Singing
Indian Scaring Caroline (uncredited)
King of the Arena
Circus Indian
Overland with Kit Carson
Running Wolf
This Woman Is Mine
Hostile Indian
Fast Company
Ben Iron Mountain
Massacre River
Chief Yellowstone
Arrow In The Dust
Chief Rasacura (uncredited)
The Last Round-up
Lawless Plainsmen
Indian
Kit Carson
Indian
Johnny Moccasin
Mountain Cloud
Fighting Mad
2nd Indian at Post
The Rainbow Trail
John Tom
Treachery Rides the Range
Little Deer
The Return of Chandu
Cat Man
Apache War Smoke
Apache with Major Dekker's Hat
Black Gold
Charlie Two-Bits
Cody of the Pony Express
Indian Who Slugs Cody (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Kid From Texas
Wild West Show Indian
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
Chandu on the Magic Island
Cat Man
Indian Agent
Wovoka
Something for a Lonely Man
Chief
Texas Pioneers
Little Eagle
Custer's Last Stand
Chief Brown Fox
Bowery Buckaroos
Indian Joe
Oklahoma Jim
War Eagle
Maintain the Right
Killer
Springtime in the Rockies
White Cloud (uncredited)
Saddlemates
Black Eagle
Across the Plains
Brave
Fighting Caravans
Indian After Firewater (uncredited)
Crashing Thru
Indian Joe - Harrington's Henchman
Cherokee Uprising
Longknife
Overland Mail
Indian Chief
Custer's Last Stand
Chief Brown Fox
Young Eagles
Temple Guard
King of the Stallions
The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890