Chief Yowlachie

Actor Aug 15 (died age 74) Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington, USA 1923–1962 (39 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

Chief Yowlachie was born in Kitsap County, Washington, and later lived with his family on the Yakima Indian Reservation. Although he was not enrolled in the Yakima Nation, his parents John W. Simmons and Lucy Riddle both had Puyallup heritage and owned allotted land on the Yakima reservation. Yowlatchie's real name was Daniel Simmons and he began his show-business career as--believe it or not--an opera singer and spent many years in that profession. In the 1920s he switched to films, and over th…

Known For

Film

Red River

Quo

Film

Winchester '73

Indian at Rifle Shoot (uncredited)

Film

Yellow Sky

Colorado (uncredited)

Film

The Spirit of St. Louis

Indian (uncredited)

Film

Annie Get Your Gun

Little Horse (uncredited)

Film

Canyon Passage

Indian Spokesman (uncredited)

Film

Hollywood or Bust

Chief Running Water

Film

The Paleface

Chief Yellow Feather

Filmography

Acting (60)

Movies (56)

Yellowstone Kelly

1959

as Medicine Man (uncredited)

6.2

The FBI Story

1959

as Harry Willowtree (uncredited)

6.2

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957

as Indian (uncredited)

6.7

Hollywood or Bust

1956

as Chief Running Water

6.2

Rose Marie

1954

as Black Eagle

4.0

Gunfighters of the Northwest

1954

as Chief Running Elk

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory

1952

as Chief White Cloud

4.8

The Half-Breed

1952

as Apache Chief (uncredited)

The Pathfinder

as Eagle Feather

Son of Geronimo

as Geronimo [ch 15]

Warpath

as Chief

The Painted Hills

as Bald Eagle

Winchester '73

as Indian at Rifle Shoot (uncredited)

A Ticket to Tomahawk

as Pawnee

Annie Get Your Gun

as Little Horse (uncredited)

6.7

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

1950

as Crowbar (uncredited)

6.6

Kill the Umpire

1950

as Indian (uncredited)

6.3

Cherokee Uprising

1950

as Gray Eagle

My Friend Irma

1949

as Indian (uncredited)

6.8

Canadian Pacific

1949

as Indian Chief (uncredited)

Mrs. Mike

as Atenou

El Paso

The Cowboy and the Indians

1949

as Chief Long Arrow (uncredited)

7.0

Yellow Sky

1948

as Colorado (uncredited)

Red River

as Quo

The Paleface

as Chief Yellow Feather

6.1

The Gallant Legion

1948

as Indian Medicine Man

7.2

You Gotta Stay Happy

1948

as Native American Man (Uncredited)

6.7

The Hucksters

1947

as Indian (uncredited)

The Prairie

as Matoreeh

Bowery Buckaroos

as Big Chief Hi-Octane

6.5

The Senator Was Indiscreet

1947

as Indian

6.2

The Strange Woman

1946

as Guide (uncredited)

6.2

Canyon Passage

1946

as Indian Spokesman (uncredited)

Wild West

as Chief Black Fox

Frontier Fury

as Captured Indian (uncredited)

Dawn on the Great Divide

1942

as Indian

4.8

Ride 'Em Cowboy

1942

as Chief Tomahawk (uncredited)

6.0

White Eagle

1941

as Chief Running Deer

6.0

This Woman Is Mine

1941

as Chief One-Eye Comcomly

4.5

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

1940

as King of the Rock People (uncredited)

5.8

North West Mounted Police

1940

as Indian

6.4

Winners of the West

1940

as Chief War Eagle

The Girl of the Golden West

1930

as Billy Jackrabbit

The Santa Fe Trail

as Brown Beaver

Hawk of the Hills

as Chief White Wolf

The Invaders

Tiger Rose

as Indian

The Glorious Trail

as High Wolf

The Red Raiders

as Lone Wolf

With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre

1927

as Sitting Bull

War Paint

1926

as Iron Eyes

Forlorn River

as Modoc Joe

Moran of the Mounted

as Biting Wolf

Ella Cinders

as Indian with Cigar (uncredited)

7.0

Kentucky Days

1923

as Indian Scout

9.0

Television (4)

The Virginian

as Indian Brave

Buffalo Bill Jr.

Stories of the Century

as Geronimo

The Lone Ranger

as Lame Bear