Iron Eyes Cody

ActorCrew Apr 3 (died age 91) Gueydan, Louisiana, USA 1928–2024 (96 year career)

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Biography

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), …

Known For

Film

Stagecoach

Stunts

Film

Ace in the Hole

Indian Copy Boy (uncredited)

Film

Broken Arrow

Teese (uncredited)

Film

Nevada Smith

Taka-Ta (uncredited)

Film

A Man Called Horse

Medicine Man

Film

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Indian at Sideshow (uncredited)

Film

Union Pacific

Indian (uncredited)

Film

Unconquered

Red Corn

Filmography

Acting (151)

Movies (120)

The Hypocrite

2024

as Crying Indian (archival footage)

The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890

The Spirit of '76

as Iron Eyes Cody

Ernest Goes to Camp

as Old Indian Chief

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979

as Self

Grayeagle

as Standing Bear

The Quest

as Old Indian

A Man Called Horse

as Medicine Man

El Condor

as Santana

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

1970

as Crazy Foot

6.2

Something for a Lonely Man

1968

as Chief

7.4

Nevada Smith

1966

as Taka-Ta (uncredited)

6.7

The Great Sioux Massacre

as Crazy Horse

Black Gold

as Charlie Two-Bits

Alias Jesse James

as 2nd Indian on Train (uncredited)

6.0

The Light in the Forest

1958

as Cuyloga's Counsellor

Gun Fever

as 1st Indian Chief

Ride Out for Revenge

as Cheyenne Indian (uncredited)

5.7

Johnny Moccasin

1956

as Mountain Cloud

Gun for a Coward

1956

as Chief

6.0

Westward Ho, The Wagons!

1956

as Many Stars

5.8

The Wild Dakotas

1956

as Red Rock

Apache Ambush

Sitting Bull

as Crazy Horse

Arrow In The Dust

as Chief Rasacura (uncredited)

Fast Company

as Ben Iron Mountain

Apache War Smoke

as Apache with Major Dekker's Hat

3.0

Ellis in Freedomland

1952

as Male Model

Night Raiders

1952

as Henchman Cherokee

4.7

Son of Paleface

1952

as Chief Yellow Cloud

6.4

Fort Osage

1952

as Osage Brave - Blue Shirt

6.0

Lost in Alaska

1952

as Canook (uncredited)

6.1

Apache Country

1952

as Indian with Pat (uncredited)

Ace in the Hole

1951

as Indian Copy Boy (uncredited)

Red Mountain

as Ute Indian

Fort Defiance

as Brave Bear (as Iron Eyes)

6.5

Broken Arrow

1950

as Teese (uncredited)

6.7

Cody of the Pony Express

1950

as Indian Who Slugs Cody (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Iroquois Trail

California Passage

as Indian

Cherokee Uprising

as Longknife

Massacre River

1949

as Chief Yellowstone

6.2

Mrs. Mike

1949

as Chief Iron Eyes (uncredited)

2.0

Sand

1949

as Indian (uncredited)

4.5

The Cowboy and the Indians

1949

as Indian Farmer (uncredited)

The Gallant Legion

as Indian Warrior

The Paleface

as Chief Iron Eyes

Train to Alcatraz

as Geronimo

Blood on the Moon

as Toma (uncredited)

Indian Agent

as Wovoka

Unconquered

as Red Corn

Bowery Buckaroos

as Indian Joe

The Last Round-up

The Senator Was Indiscreet

1947

as Indian

6.2

Can't Help Singing

1944

as Indian Scaring Caroline (uncredited)

5.4

The Phantom

1943

as Native (uncredited)

6.2

Dawn on the Great Divide

1942

as Indian

4.8

Perils of Nyoka

1942

as Arab

My Gal Sal

1942

as Indian (uncredited)

5.6

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

1942

as Indian (uncredited)

5.8

Lawless Plainsmen

1942

as Indian

Valley of the Sun

1942

as Indian (uncredited)

6.2

The Omaha Trail

1942

as 1st Friendly Indian

7.0

Pierre of the Plains

1942

as Indian

4.0

Springtime in the Rockies

1942

as White Cloud (uncredited)

6.9

Don Winslow of the Navy

1942

as Native Henchman at Mill [Ch. 5]

Overland Mail

1942

as Indian

King of the Stallions

1942

6.5

Western Union

1941

as Indian Who Drinks Chemical Solution

6.0

Ride 'Em Cowboy

1941

as Indian (uncredited)

5.9

In Old Cheyenne

1941

as Indian

4.1

King of the Texas Rangers

1941

as Carlos

7.0

Saddlemates

1941

as Black Eagle

This Woman Is Mine

1941

as Hostile Indian

4.5

Green Hell

1940

as Indian (uncredited)

4.0

Arizona

1940

as Indian (uncredited)

6.4

North West Mounted Police

1940

as Indian Brave (Uncredited)

Colorado

as Indian Henchman

Kit Carson

as Indian

Hudson's Bay

as Indian (uncredited)

Young Buffalo Bill

as Acuna's Aide

Too Many Girls

as Indian

Untamed

as Indian (uncredited)

Young Bill Hickok

as Big Bear

Winners of the West

as indian

Pony Post

1940

as Indian

Maintain the Right

1940

as Killer

The Oregon Trail

as Crow Foot

Across the Plains

as Brave

Scouts to the Rescue

as Indian

Union Pacific

1939

as Indian (uncredited)

6.7

The Kid From Texas

1939

as Wild West Show Indian

6.5

Crashing Thru

1939

as Indian Joe - Harrington's Henchman

Overland Mail

as Indian Chief

Fighting Mad

as 2nd Indian at Post

3.0

Overland with Kit Carson

1939

as Running Wolf

0.5

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938

as Rodeo Indian (uncredited)

The Lone Ranger

as Bullet-Bringer

Prairie Thunder

as Indian (uncredited)

3.0

Ride, Ranger, Ride

1936

as Comanche War Party Leader (uncredited)

4.7

Custer's Last Stand

1936

as Chief Brown Fox

4.5

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek

1936

6.0

Rose Marie

1936

as Indian Dancer (uncredited)

6.4

The Bold Caballero

1936

as Indian (uncredited)

5.7

Treachery Rides the Range

1936

as Little Deer

1.0

Custer's Last Stand

1936

as Chief Brown Fox

Chandu on the Magic Island

1935

as Cat Man

4.8

The Farmer Takes a Wife

as Indian

The Return of Chandu

as Cat Man

Massacre

as Indian (uncredited)

5.5

Young Eagles

1934

as Temple Guard

5.0

Fighting With Kit Carson

1933

as Cheyenne Rider

6.0

King of the Arena

1933

as Circus Indian

Texas Pioneers

1932

as Little Eagle

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1932

as Indian at Sideshow (uncredited)

6.1

Wild Girl

1932

as Indian (uncredited)

6.0

The Rainbow Trail

1932

as John Tom

Fighting Caravans

1931

as Indian After Firewater (uncredited)

4.8

Oklahoma Jim

1931

as War Eagle

The Viking

1928

as Indian (uncredited)

6.4

Television (31)

The A-Team

as Chief Watashi

Hollywood

as Self

The Immortal

Medical Center

as Chanter

Then Came Bronson

as Chief John Carbona

Here's Lucy

as Medicine Man

Hondo

The F.B.I.

as Medicine Man

Branded

The Virginian

as Chief Black Feather

6.5

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.8

Mister Ed

1961

as Chief Thundercloud

The Tall Man

Outlaws

Guestward, Ho!

Bonanza

as Long Bear

Rawhide

as John Redcloud

The Rebel

as Sammy Hart

Lawman

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.8

Maverick

1957

as Indian (uncredited)

Sugarfoot

as Joe White Cloud

The Thin Man

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957

as Eskimo Pilot (uncredited)

8.7

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Nemanna

Cheyenne

Gunsmoke

as Indian

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

6.8

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

1955

6.8

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Cisco Kid

as Chief Big Cloud

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Green Hell

Stunts

Stagecoach

Stunts