Iron Eyes Cody

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 ...

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Don Winslow of the Navy (1942)

A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island, near Pearl Harbor, where a ring of saboteurs is trying to destroy ships carrying supplies to the troops stationed in the islands and sabotage the war effort under ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ford Beebe
CAST:  Don Terry  •  Claire Dodd  •  John Litel  •  Walter Sande

A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island, near Pearl Harbor, where a ring of saboteurs is trying to destroy ships carrying supplies to the troops stationed in the islands and sabotage the war effort under ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ford Beebe
CAST:  Don Terry  •  Claire Dodd  •  John Litel  •  Walter Sande

King of the Stallions (1942)

Both Indians and cowboys are after a beautiful stallion, the leader of a pack of wild horses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Finney
CAST:  Chief Thunderbird  •  Dave O'Brien  •  Rick Vallin  •  Iron Eyes Cody

Both Indians and cowboys are after a beautiful stallion, the leader of a pack of wild horses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Finney
CAST:  Chief Thunderbird  •  Dave O'Brien  •  Rick Vallin  •  Iron Eyes Cody

Overland Mail (1942)

Two investigators for a stagecoach company are assigned to find out why the company's stages keep being ambushed. They discover that the culprits are white men disguised as Indians, and they set out to discover who is behind the plot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Rawlins  •  Ford Beebe
CAST:  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Helen Parrish  •  Noah Beery Jr.  •  Don Terry

Two investigators for a stagecoach company are assigned to find out why the company's stages keep being ambushed. They discover that the culprits are white men disguised as Indians, and they set out to discover who is behind the plot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Rawlins  •  Ford Beebe
CAST:  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Helen Parrish  •  Noah Beery Jr.  •  Don Terry

Cherokee Uprising (1950)

The title insurrection in this low-budget Whip Wilson Western consists mainly of Iron Eyes Cody, who is conspiring to raid the wagon trains with crooked sheriff Marshall Reed and nefarious Indian agent Forrest Taylor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis D. Collins
CAST:  Whip Wilson  •  Andy Clyde  •  Lois Hall  •  Sam Flint

The title insurrection in this low-budget Whip Wilson Western consists mainly of Iron Eyes Cody, who is conspiring to raid the wagon trains with crooked sheriff Marshall Reed and nefarious Indian agent Forrest Taylor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis D. Collins
CAST:  Whip Wilson  •  Andy Clyde  •  Lois Hall  •  Sam Flint

Fort Osage (1952)

Rod Cameron stars as frontier scout Tim Clay, assigned to guide a wagon train through Indian territory. Clay knows that he's in for a lot of trouble because of the treaty-violating activities of white criminals Pickett and Keane. Fortunately for the hero, Pickett ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  Rod Cameron  •  Jane Nigh  •  Morris Ankrum  •  Douglas Kennedy

Rod Cameron stars as frontier scout Tim Clay, assigned to guide a wagon train through Indian territory. Clay knows that he's in for a lot of trouble because of the treaty-violating activities of white criminals Pickett and Keane. Fortunately for the hero, Pickett ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  Rod Cameron  •  Jane Nigh  •  Morris Ankrum  •  Douglas Kennedy

Ellis in Freedomland (1952)

Westinghouse claims its electric appliances "freed women from the drudgery of housework." The first half involves a dream salesman at work; the second half is focused on the "Spring Sales Event," called "Freedomland."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abby Berlin
CAST:  Lucille Ball  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  James Mason  •  Betty Furness

Westinghouse claims its electric appliances "freed women from the drudgery of housework." The first half involves a dream salesman at work; the second half is focused on the "Spring Sales Event," called "Freedomland."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abby Berlin
CAST:  Lucille Ball  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  James Mason  •  Betty Furness

A Man Called Horse (1970)

In 1825, English peer Lord John Morgan is cast adrift in the American West. Captured by Sioux Indians, Morgan is at first targeted for quick extinction, but the tribesmen sense that he is worthy of survival. He eventually passes the many necessary tests that will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elliot Silverstein
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  Judith Anderson  •  Manu Tupou  •  Corinna Tsopei

In 1825, English peer Lord John Morgan is cast adrift in the American West. Captured by Sioux Indians, Morgan is at first targeted for quick extinction, but the tribesmen sense that he is worthy of survival. He eventually passes the many necessary tests that will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elliot Silverstein
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  Judith Anderson  •  Manu Tupou  •  Corinna Tsopei

The Rainbow Trail (1932)

The wall to Surprise Valley has broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between Lassiter's life and Fay Larkin's marriage to a Mormon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Howard
CAST:  George O’Brien  •  Cecilia Parker  •  Minna Gombell  •  Roscoe Ates

The wall to Surprise Valley has broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between Lassiter's life and Fay Larkin's marriage to a Mormon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Howard
CAST:  George O’Brien  •  Cecilia Parker  •  Minna Gombell  •  Roscoe Ates

Oklahoma Jim (1931)

A gambler sets out to help a pretty young woman save her trading post.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry L. Fraser
CAST:  Bill Cody  •  Marion Burns  •  Andy Shuford  •  William Desmond

A gambler sets out to help a pretty young woman save her trading post.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry L. Fraser
CAST:  Bill Cody  •  Marion Burns  •  Andy Shuford  •  William Desmond

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek (1936)

A man impersonates his double to clear himself of a murder conviction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  Buck Jones  •  Muriel Evans  •  Harvey Clark  •  Alphonse Ethier

A man impersonates his double to clear himself of a murder conviction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  Buck Jones  •  Muriel Evans  •  Harvey Clark  •  Alphonse Ethier

The Saga of Andy Burnett (1957)

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DIRECTION:  Lewis R. Foster
CAST:  Jerome Courtland  •  Walt Disney  •  Jeff York  •  Slim Pickens

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DIRECTION:  Lewis R. Foster
CAST:  Jerome Courtland  •  Walt Disney  •  Jeff York  •  Slim Pickens
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