Iron Eyes Cody

Ator

3 de abril de 1907 — 3 de janeiro de 1999 (91 anos)
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 changing his claimed place of birth. To those unfamiliar with Indigenous American or First Nations cultures and people, he gave the appearance of living "as if" he were Native American, fulfilling the stereotypical expectations by wearing his film wardrobe as daily clothing—including braided wig, fringed leathers and beaded moccasins—at least when photographers were visiting, and in other ways continuing to play the same Hollywood-scripted roles off-screen as well as on.

He appeared in more than 200 films, including The Big Trail with John Wayne; The Scarlet Letter, with Colleen Moore; Sitting Bull, as Crazy Horse; The Light in the Forest as Cuyloga; The Great Sioux Massacre, with Joseph Cotten; Nevada Smith, with Steve McQueen; A Man Called Horse, with Richard Harris; and Ernest Goes to Camp as Chief St. Cloud, with Jim Varney.

In 1953, he appeared twice in Duncan Renaldo's syndicated television series, The Cisco Kid as Chief Sky Eagle. He guest starred on the NBC western series, The Restless Gun, starring John Payne, and The Tall Man, with Barry Sullivan and Clu Gulager. In 1961, he played the title role in "The Burying of Sammy Hart" on the ABC western series, The Rebel, starring Nick Adams. A close friend of Walt Disney, Cody appeared in a Disney studio serial titled The First Americans, and in episodes of The Mountain Man, Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. In 1964 Cody appeared as Chief Black Feather on The Virginian in the episode "The Intruders." He also appeared in a 1968 episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood featuring Native American dancers.

Cody was widely seen as the "Crying Indian" in the "Keep America Beautiful" public service announcements (PSA) in the early 1970s.The environmental commercial showed Cody in costume, shedding a tear after trash is thrown from the window of a car and it lands at his feet. The announcer, William Conrad, says: "People start pollution; people can stop it."

The Joni Mitchell song "Lakota", from the 1988 album, Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm, features Cody's chanting. He made a cameo appearance in the 1990 film Spirit of '76.

Living in Hollywood, he began to insist, even in his private life, that he was Native American, over time claiming membership in several different tribes. In 1996, Cody's half-sister said that he was of Italian ancestry, but he denied it. After his death, it was revealed that he was of Sicilian parentage, and not Native American at all.

Cody, at age 94, died of mesothelioma at his home in Los Angeles on January 4, 1999.

Filmes e Séries no Plex

  • O Grande Carnaval
    O Grande Carnaval1951
  • Bonanza
    Bonanza2 temporadas
  • Um Homem Chamado Cavalo
    Um Homem Chamado Cavalo1970
  • Cheyenne
    Cheyenne7 temporadas
  • Escândalo na Sociedade
    Escândalo na Sociedade1938
  • Tulsa - Ouro Negro
    Tulsa - Ouro Negro1949
  • Death Valley Days
    Death Valley Days18 temporadas
  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp6 temporadas
  • O Último Guerreiro
    O Último Guerreiro1954
  • Primavera nas Montanhas
    Primavera nas Montanhas1942
  • Até ao Último Homem
    Até ao Último Homem1956
  • Os Civilizadores
    Os Civilizadores1931
  • The Rebel
    The Rebel2 temporadas
  • Carga de Cavalaria
    Carga de Cavalaria1951
  • Aventuras de Kit Carson
    Aventuras de Kit Carson1940
  • The Cisco Kid
    The Cisco Kid2 temporadas
  • Corrida da Vingança
    Corrida da Vingança1957
  • Colorado
    Colorado1940
  • Aconteceu em Cheyenne
    Aconteceu em Cheyenne1940
  • A Marca de Zorro
    A Marca de Zorro1936

Conhecido Por

  • Barafunda no Acampamento
    Barafunda no Acampamento1987
  • Grayeagle, o bravo
    Grayeagle, o bravo1977
  • O Filho do Valentão
    O Filho do Valentão1952
  • O Tesouro de El Condor
    O Tesouro de El Condor1970
  • O Último Guerreiro
    O Último Guerreiro1954
  • A Decisão de Um Cobarde
    A Decisão de Um Cobarde1956
  • Fort Defiance
    Fort Defiance1951
  • Fast Company
    Fast Company1953
  • Chandu on the Magic Island
    Chandu on the Magic Island1935
  • Black Gold
    Black Gold1962
  • King of the Stallions
    King of the Stallions1942

Filmografia

2004
Hit Celebrity TV Commercials · as Native American - For Psa For 'keep America Beautiful' Campaign
1991
1987
Ernest Goes to Camp · as Old Indian Chief
1983
The A-Team · as Chief Watashi
1982
Newhart · as American Indian
1979
Matt and Jenny · as Shaman
1977
Grayeagle · as Standing Bear
1977
Fantasy Island · as Chief Daniel Tenquot
1976
The Quest · as Old Indian
1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch · as Indian Henchman
1976
How the West Was Won · as Medicine Man
1973
Dusty's Trail · as Full Moon
1970
El Condor · as Santana
1970
1970
A Man Called Horse · as Medicine ManNo Plex
1969
1969
The Governor & J.J. · as Chief Running Bear
1969
Medical Center · as Chanter
1969
Then Came Bronson · as Chief John Carbona
1968
1968
Here's Lucy · as Medicine Man
1967
1967
The Fastest Guitar Alive · as 1st Indian
1966
Nevada Smith · as Taka-Ta (uncredited)
1965
The F.B.I. · as Medicine Man
1965
The Great Sioux Massacre · as Crazy Horse
1965
1964
Daniel Boone · as Medicine Man
1964
Destry · as Iron Eyes
1963
The Great Adventure · as Iron Eyes
1962
The Virginian · as Chief Black Feather
1962
Black Gold · as Charlie Two-Bits
1961
Frontier Circus · as The Indian
1961
Mister Ed · as Chief Thundercloud
1960
1960
1960
1960
1959
The Rebel · as Sammy HartNo Plex
1959
Bonanza · as Long BearNo Plex
1959
Alias Jesse James · as 2nd Indian On Train (uncredited)
1959
Rawhide · as John Redcloud
1958
U.S. Marshal · as Ken Maple
1958
1958
1958
Mackenzie's Raiders · as Old Indian
1958
The Light in the Forest · as Cuyloga's Counsellor
1958
Gun Fever · as 1st Indian Chief
1957
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour · as Eskimo Pilot (uncredited)
1957
Ride Out for Revenge · as Cheyenne Indian (uncredited)No Plex
1957
The Restless Gun · as George Washington Smith
1957
Maverick · as Indian (uncredited)
1957
1957
Wagon Train · as Seeba
1957
Sugarfoot · as Joe White Cloud
1957
Tales of Wells Fargo · as The Medicine Man
1956
Gun for a Coward · as Chief
1956
Westward Ho, the Wagons! · as Many Stars
1956
Zane Grey Theatre · as Nemanna
1956
Comanche · as Medicine Arrow - The Medicine ManNo Plex
1956
The Wild Dakotas · as Red Rock
1955
1955
CheyenneNo Plex
1955
Gunsmoke · as Indian
1955
1955
1955
White Feather · as Indian Chief
1954
Disneyland · as Mad Wolf
1954
1954
Sitting Bull · as Crazy HorseNo Plex
1954
Arrow in the Dust · as Chief Rasacura (uncredited)
1953
Fast Company · as Ben Iron Mountain
1953
Meet Me at the Fair · as Chief Rain-In-The-Face
1952
Montana Belle · as Cherokee
1952
The Big Sky · as Blackfoot Subchief
1952
1952
Apache War Smoke · as Apache With Major Dekker's Hat
1952
The Savage · as Warrior
1952
Lost in Alaska · as Canook (uncredited)
1952
Son of Paleface · as Chief Yellow Cloud
1952
Apache Country · as Indian With Pat (uncredited)No Plex
1952
Death Valley Days · as ChiefNo Plex
1952
Fort Osage · as Osage Brave - Blue Shirt
1952
Night Raiders · as Henchman Cherokee
1951
Red Mountain · as Ute Indian
1951
Fort Defiance · as Brave Bear (as Iron Eyes)
1951
The Redhead and the Cowboy · as Loukai - Lamartine's Indian Scout
1951
Ace in the Hole · as Indian Copy Boy (uncredited)No Plex
1951
1951
The Last Outpost · as Mangas ColoradasNo Plex
1950
California Passage · as IndianNo Plex
1950
North of the Great Divide · as Headdress Presenter
1950
Broken Arrow · as Teese (uncredited)
1950
1950
Comanche Territory · as Comanche
1950
The Cisco Kid · as Chief Big CloudNo Plex
1950
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout · as Lone Eagle's Brave
1949
Mrs. Mike · as Chief Iron Eyes (uncredited)
1949
The Cowboy and the Indians · as Indian Farmer (uncredited)No Plex
1949
Sand · as Indian (uncredited)
1949
Massacre River · as Chief Yellowstone
1949
Tulsa · as Osage IndianNo Plex
1948
The Paleface · as Chief Iron Eyes
1948
Indian Agent · as Wovoka
1948
Blood on the Moon · as Toma (uncredited)
1948
Train to Alcatraz · as Geronimo
1948
The Dude Goes West · as Pipe-Smoking Indian
1948
The Gallant Legion · as Indian Warrior
1947
1947
Bowery Buckaroos · as Indian Joe
1947
1947
Unconquered · as Red Corn
1946
1946
Under Nevada Skies · as IndianNo Plex
1944
Can't Help Singing · as Indian Scaring Caroline (uncredited)
1943
The Phantom · as Native (uncredited)
1942
1942
1942
Springtime in the Rockies · as White Cloud (uncredited)No Plex
1942
Here We Go Again · as Indian
1942
My Gal Sal · as Indian (uncredited)
1942
Overland Mail · as Indian
1942
1942
The Omaha Trail · as 1st Friendly Indian
1942
1942
Perils of Nyoka · as Arab
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point · as Indian (uncredited)
1942
Klondike Fury · as Trading Post Indian
1942
Shut My Big Mouth · as Indian
1942
Ride 'Em Cowboy · as Indian (uncredited)
1942
Valley of the Sun · as Indian (uncredited)
1942
Don Winslow of the Navy · as Native Henchman At Mill [ch. 5]
1941
1941
This Woman Is Mine · as Hostile Indian
1941
Jungle Girl · as Native
1941
Saddlemates · as Black Eagle
1941
In Old Cheyenne · as IndianNo Plex
1941
The Round Up · as Indian
1941
Western Union · as Indian Who Drinks Chemical Solution
1940
Arizona · as Indian (uncredited)
1940
Hudson's Bay · as Indian (uncredited)
1940
Pony Post · as Indian
1940
North West Mounted Police · as Indian Brave (uncredited)
1940
Young Bill Hickok · as Big BearNo Plex
1940
Too Many Girls · as Indian
1940
Colorado · as Indian HenchmanNo Plex
1940
Kit Carson · as IndianNo Plex
1940
Untamed · as Indian (uncredited)
1940
Winners of the West · as Indian
1940
Young Buffalo Bill · as Acuna's AideNo Plex
1940
Hi-Yo Silver · as White Feather
1940
Northwest Passage · as Scout
1940
Green Hell · as Indian (uncredited)
1939
Crashing Thru · as Indian Joe - Harrington's Henchman
1939
Geronimo! · as Indian
1939
Overland Mail · as Indian Chief
1939
Fighting Mad · as 2nd Indian At PostNo Plex
1939
The Oregon Trail · as Crow Foot
1939
Across the Plains · as Brave
1939
Man of Conquest · as Indian
1939
Union Pacific · as Indian (uncredited)
1939
The Kid from Texas · as Wild West Show Indian
1939
1938
Hawk of the Wilderness · as Storm Cloud
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady · as Rodeo Indian (uncredited)No Plex
1938
Flaming Frontiers · as Indian Raider
1938
1938
The Lone Ranger · as Bullet-Bringer
1937
Prairie Thunder · as Indian (uncredited)
1937
Old Louisiana · as Indian Driving Coach
1937
Join the Marines · as Native
1937
Riders of the Whistling Skull · as IndianNo Plex
1936
The Bold Caballero · as Indian (uncredited)No Plex
1936
Ride, Ranger, Ride · as Comanche War Party Leader (uncredited)
1936
The Phantom Rider · as Indian (ch. 9-11)
1936
Treachery Rides the Range · as Little Deer
1936
Custer's Last Stand · as Chief Brown Fox
1936
Rose-Marie · as Indian Dancer (uncredited)
1936
Custer's Last Stand · as Chief Brown Fox
1935
Annie Oakley · as Indian In Show
1935
1935
The Miracle Rider · as Indian
1935
Rustlers of Red Dog · as Indian
1935
1934
The Return of Chandu · as Cat Man
1934
The Scarlet Letter · as Indian
1934
Young Eagles · as Temple Guard
1934
Massacre · as Indian (uncredited)
1933
Fighting with Kit Carson · as Cheyenne Rider
1932
Wild Girl · as Indian (uncredited)
1932
The Big Stampede · as Crew's Indian Servant
1932
1932
Murders in the Rue Morgue · as Indian At Sideshow (uncredited)
1931
Fighting Caravans · as Indian After Firewater (uncredited)No Plex
1928
The Viking · as Indian (uncredited)
1926
The Scarlet Letter · as Young Indian At Dunking
1925