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Iron Eyes Cody
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Iron Eyes Cody
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1907-04-03,Gueydan, Louisiana, USA
Gender
Male
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), 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.

Filmography

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Apache Country
1952-05-30

Ellis in Freedomland

0

Ellis in Freedomland
1952-06-15

6.8

Nevada Smith
1966-06-10

2

Mrs. Mike
1949-12-23

Son of Paleface

6.3

Son of Paleface
1952-07-14

The Light in the Forest

6.8

The Light in the Forest
1958-07-08

5.6

Grayeagle
1977-12-28

A Man Called Horse

6.5

A Man Called Horse
1970-05-01

6.7

Broken Arrow
1950-08-01

The Senator Was Indiscreet

5.4

The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947-12-31

6.1

The Paleface
1948-12-17

Ernest Goes to Camp

5.276

Ernest Goes to Camp
1987-05-22

Can't Help Singing

5.1

Can't Help Singing
1944-12-25

The Iroquois Trail

5.8

The Iroquois Trail
1950-06-15

Fighting With Kit Carson

6

Fighting With Kit Carson
1933-07-01

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

0

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979-06-05

Overland with Kit Carson

0.5

Overland with Kit Carson
1939-07-21

The Lone Ranger

0

The Lone Ranger
1938-02-13

5.6

El Condor
1970-06-19

Pierre of the Plains

4.2

Pierre of the Plains
1942-07-29

Arrow In The Dust

5.9

Arrow In The Dust
1954-04-25

5

Sitting Bull
1954-10-06

6.2

The Phantom
1943-12-24

Train to Alcatraz

6

Train to Alcatraz
1948-06-28

Apache War Smoke

3

Apache War Smoke
1952-09-25

Johnny Moccasin

0

Johnny Moccasin
1956-06-06

6

Wild Girl
1932-11-09

10

The Quest
1976-05-13

6.3

Fort Defiance
1951-10-09

Cody of the Pony Express

6

Cody of the Pony Express
1950-04-06

5.6

Apache Ambush
1955-08-24

Winners of the West

0

Winners of the West
1940-07-02

1

Black Gold
1962-07-21

6.2

Rose Marie
1936-01-31

Chandu on the Magic Island

4.8

Chandu on the Magic Island
1935-01-01

The Return of Chandu

4.7

The Return of Chandu
1934-10-01

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek

6

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
1936-12-01

The Spirit of '76

4.6

The Spirit of '76
1990-10-12

The Rainbow Trail

0

The Rainbow Trail
1932-01-03

6.4

The Viking
1928-11-02

The Cowboy and the Lady

6.1

The Cowboy and the Lady
1938-11-17

Young Buffalo Bill

3.8

Young Buffalo Bill
1940-04-11

The Saga of Andy Burnett

0

The Saga of Andy Burnett
1957-10-02

4.5

Sand
1949-08-03

Something for a Lonely Man

7.4

Something for a Lonely Man
1968-11-26

5

Young Eagles
1934-06-30

Across the Plains

3.3

Across the Plains
1939-06-01

6

Crashing Thru
1939-12-11

Ride 'Em Cowboy

5.8

Ride 'Em Cowboy
1942-02-13

Custer's Last Stand

4.5

Custer's Last Stand
1936-01-02

The Cowboy and the Indians

6.8

The Cowboy and the Indians
1949-09-15

6

Lost in Alaska
1952-08-13

2

Overland Mail
1939-11-16

The Oregon Trail

8

The Oregon Trail
1939-07-04

Treachery Rides the Range

1

Treachery Rides the Range
1936-05-02

6.5

Union Pacific
1939-05-05

4

Fighting Mad
1939-11-05

3

Night Raiders
1952-02-03

The Kid From Texas

6.5

The Kid From Texas
1939-04-14

Ride Out for Revenge

5.5

Ride Out for Revenge
1957-10-31

Ride, Ranger, Ride

4.7

Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936-11-30

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

6.3

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970-04-01

6.2

Arizona
1940-12-25

4

Green Hell
1940-01-26

The Bold Caballero

5.7

The Bold Caballero
1936-12-01

Perils of Nyoka

0

Perils of Nyoka
1942-06-27

0

Pony Post
1940-12-01

5.5

Colorado
1940-09-15

Young Bill Hickok

4.4

Young Bill Hickok
1940-10-21

6.1

Kit Carson
1940-08-30

King of the Texas Rangers

6

King of the Texas Rangers
1941-10-03

Ace in the Hole

7.9

Ace in the Hole
1951-06-29

6.2

Massacre River
1949-06-26

0

The Hypocrite
2024-02-21

Prairie Thunder

3.5

Prairie Thunder
1937-09-10

5.7

Too Many Girls
1940-10-08

Gun for a Coward

5.5

Gun for a Coward
1956-12-30

4.3

Untamed
1940-07-24

The Great Sioux Massacre

4.2

The Great Sioux Massacre
1965-04-25

5.8

My Gal Sal
1942-04-30

Murders in the Rue Morgue

6.088

Murders in the Rue Morgue
1932-01-27

5.8

Massacre
1934-01-20

California Passage

4

California Passage
1950-12-15

The Gallant Legion

7

The Gallant Legion
1948-05-24

Cherokee Uprising

0

Cherokee Uprising
1950-10-07

Bowery Buckaroos

6.5

Bowery Buckaroos
1947-11-22

6

Fort Osage
1952-02-10

0

Saddlemates
1941-05-15

This Woman Is Mine

3.2

This Woman Is Mine
1941-08-22

Westward Ho, The Wagons!

5.5

Westward Ho, The Wagons!
1956-12-20

The Wild Dakotas

0

The Wild Dakotas
1956-02-28

Custer's Last Stand

0

Custer's Last Stand
1936-04-02

Lawless Plainsmen

0

Lawless Plainsmen
1942-03-17

5.2

Indian Agent
1948-12-11

In Old Cheyenne

4.1

In Old Cheyenne
1941-04-04

6

Western Union
1941-02-21

Valley of the Sun

5.8

Valley of the Sun
1942-02-06

The Omaha Trail

7

The Omaha Trail
1942-09-01

King of the Arena

0

King of the Arena
1933-06-01

0

Overland Mail
1942-09-22

Dawn on the Great Divide

5

Dawn on the Great Divide
1942-12-18

Comanche Territory

4.8

Comanche Territory
1950-05-01

Pierre of the Plains

4.2

Pierre of the Plains
1942-07-29

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

5.8

Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942-06-26

Don Winslow of the Navy

0

Don Winslow of the Navy
1942-01-06

4.6

Gun Fever
1958-01-01

Springtime in the Rockies

6.7

Springtime in the Rockies
1942-11-06

Blood on the Moon

6.1

Blood on the Moon
1948-11-11

The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890

6

The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890
1991-03-19

Scouts to the Rescue

0

Scouts to the Rescue
1939-01-17

King of the Stallions

6

King of the Stallions
1942-09-18

6.2

Unconquered
1947-10-10

Alias Jesse James

5.9

Alias Jesse James
1959-03-20

7

Fast Company
1953-05-21

6.2

Red Mountain
1951-11-01

0

Oklahoma Jim
1931-10-10

0

Texas Pioneers
1932-05-18

The Farmer Takes a Wife

6.1

The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935-07-05

5.8

Cheyenne
1955-09-20

6.7

Here's Lucy
1968-09-23

7.5

The A-Team
1983-01-23

5.5

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

8.692

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957-11-06

6.6

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.3

The Tall Man
1960-09-10

6.2

Outlaws
1960-09-26

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

5.25

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06

7.4

The Immortal
1970-09-24

7.2

Rawhide
1959-01-09

6.4

The Virginian
1962-09-19

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

6.6

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955-09-06

7.6

The Thin Man
1957-09-20

Then Came Bronson

4.8

Then Came Bronson
1969-09-17

6.5

Hondo
1967-09-08

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

4.5

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951-04-15

4

Guestward, Ho!
1960-09-29

6.4

Branded
1965-01-24

5.1

The Rebel
1959-10-04

5.4

Lawman
1958-10-05

4.8

Sugarfoot
1957-09-17

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

5.7

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955-09-29

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22

The Mike Douglas Show

5.1

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

8.313

Hollywood
1980-01-08