Jim Thorpe
Birthday
1887/05/22
Day of death
1953/03/28 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Prague, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], USA
Also know as
James Thorpe, Wathahuck-Brightpath, James Francis Thorpe
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, and played American football (collegiate a...Read more
Acting
(1932) Off His Base
as Jim Thorpe
(1950) Wagon Master
as Navajo Indian
(1932) The Dark Horse
as Blackfeet Indian Chief
(1939) The Man from Texas
as Posse Rider (uncredited)
(1938) Frontier Scout
as Henchman
(1932) Air Mail
as Indian (uncredited)
(1935) Code of the Mounted
as Murdered Indian
(1933) Sweepings
as Indian (Uncredited)
(1936) Wildcat Trooper
as Indian Fur Trapper
(1932) My Pal, the King
as Black Cloud
(1936) Hill-Tillies
as 1st Indian
(1936) Sutter's Gold
as Man
(1938) Start Cheering
as Head Linesman
(1936) Treachery Rides the Range
as Chief Red Smoke
(1939) Henry Goes Arizona
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
(1936) Klondike Annie
as ---
(1934) The Red Rider
as Bill Abel, Portos Henchman
(1949) White Heat
as Big Convict (uncredited)
(1935) The Daring Young Man
as Convict
(1936) Trailin' West
as Black Eagle
(1935) Moonlight on the Prairie
as Henchman
(1935) The Arizonian
as ---
(1935) It's in the Air
as Indian Father (uncredited)
(1935) La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Indian Chief
(1945) The Vampire's Ghost
as Native
(1936) Silly Billies
as Medicine Man
(1940) Arizona Frontier
as Gray Cloud
(1944) Outlaw Trail
as Spike
(1940) Prairie Schooners
as Chief Sanche
(1932) Wild Horse Mesa
as Indian Chief
(1935) Rustlers of Red Dog
as Chief Scarface [Chs. 6, 11]
(1941) They Died with Their Boots On
as Indian (uncredited)
(1940) Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Indian
(1935) Captain Blood
as Pirate
(1937) Big City
as Jim Thorpe
(1935) Fighting Youth
as Carlisle Football Player
(1935) The Last Days of Pompeii
as Spectator Tossing Coins (uncredited)
(1935) La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Indian Chief (uncredited)
(1935) The Ivory-Handled Gun
as Henchman Jack (uncredited)
(1946) Road to Utopia
as Collins - Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
(1932) Always Kickin'
as ---
(1935) Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Charlie Jim