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Gordon Tootoosis
Actor
Died July 5, 2011 (69 years)
Gordon Tootoosis first acting role was in the film Alien Thunder (1974), with Chief Dan George and Donald Sutherland.
He portrayed Albert Golo in 52 episodes of North of 60 in the 1990s. He is best known to British audiences for playing the Native American Joe Saugus, who negotiates the purchase of the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet series 3 (2002). Gordon appeared in the CBC Television mini-series By Way of the Stars with Eric Schweig as Black Thunder and Tantoo Cardinal as Franoise.
He appeared in the award-winning movie Legends of the Fall (1994), and starred with Russell Means in Disney's Pocahontas (1995) and Song of Hiawatha (1997). In 1999, he and Tantoo Cardinal became founding members of the board of directors of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company. In 2011, he appeared in Gordon Winter at the Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon and Prairie Scene in Ottawa, his first stage role in 15 years.
Tootoosis won a Gemini Award for his work on the animated show Wapos Bay: The Series and was nominated twice for his work on North of 60.
Filmography
| 2012 | Guns, Girls and Gambling · as The Chief |
| 2011 | Doomsday Prophecy · as John |
| 2011 | Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes · as Mushom |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Blackstone (TV Series) · as Cecil Delaronde |
| 2008 | Fear Itself (TV Series) · as Eddie Bear |
| 2008 | The Border (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee · as Chief Red Cloud |
| 2007 | Hybrid · as Grandpa |
| 2006 | Open Season · as Gordy (voice) |
| 2006 | That Beautiful Somewhere · as Harold |
| 2006 | Boog & Elliot's Midnight Bun Run · as Gordy |
| 2005 | Shania: A Life in Eight Albums · as Greey Twain |
| 2005 | Fugitives Run · as Dan John |
| 2005 | Into the West (TV Series) · as Growling Bear |
| 2005 | Wapos Bay (TV Series) · as Mushom |
| 2004 | Seven Times Lucky · as Mr. Five Wounds |
| 2004 | Shoebox Zoo (TV Series) · as Nathaniel Stone |
| 2003 | DreamKeeper · as Kills Enemy |
| 2003 | Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story · as James Harper |
| 2002 | Now & Forever · as Ghost Fox |
| 2001 | Nobody's Baby · as Dog Havasu |
| 2001 | Smallville (TV Series) · as Prof. Joseph Willowbrook |
| 2000 | Bear with Me · as John Ours |
| 2000 | Reindeer Games · as Old Governor |
| 2000 | Canada: A People's History (TV Series) · as Saukamapee |
| 1998 | Let There Be Light · as Dieu l'indien |
| 1998 | Big Bear · as Chief Big Bear |
| 1998 | The Magnificent Seven (TV Series) · as Chief Ko-Je |
| 1997 | Song of Hiawatha · as Iagoo |
| 1997 | Keeping the Promise · as Sakniss |
| 1997 | The Edge · as Jack Hawk |
| 1997 | Dead Man's Gun (TV Series) · as Charlie Three Claws |
| 1997 | Forgotten Warriors · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1996 | Lone Star · as Wesley Birdsong |
| 1996 | Coyote Summer · as Mopeah |
| 1996 | Crazy Horse · as Akicita |
| 1996 | My Mother's Ghost · as actor |
| 1996 | Alaska · as Ben |
| 1995 | Pocahontas: The Legend · as Chief Powhatan |
| 1995 | Pocahontas · as Kekata (voice) |
| 1994 | Legends of the Fall · as One Stab |
| 1994 | Due South (TV Series) · as Tom Quinn |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | Spirit Rider · as Joe Moon |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as Shaman |
| 1992 | Leaving Normal · as Hank Amaruk |
| 1992 | Call of the Wild · as Unknown |
| 1992 | North of 60 (TV Series) · as Albert Golo |
| 1992 | By Way of the Stars (TV Series) · as The Cree Chief |
| 1991 | Black Robe · as Old Aenons |
| 1991 | Blood River · as Smiling Knife |
| 1990 | Northern Exposure (TV Series) · as Pete |
| 1989 | Magic Hour: Tom Alone · as Poundmaker |
| 1989 | Bordertown (TV Series) · as Chief Wild Eagle |
| 1988 | Higher Ground · as Willingham |
| 1987 | Stone Fox · as Stone Fox |
| 1987 | Friday the 13th: The Series (TV Series) · as Spotted Owl |
| 1985 | MacGyver (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Danger Bay (TV Series) · as Warden Bill Bragg |
| 1984 | Airwolf (TV Series) · as Charlie Rising Moon |
| 1983 | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series) · as Joe Saugus |
| 1979 | Matt and Jenny (TV Series) · as Chief of the Indian tribe |
| 1978 | Marie Ann · as Chief Many Horses |
| 1977 | Amisk · as Unknown |
| 1974 | Alien Thunder · as Almighty Voice |