Iron Eyes Cody
Birthday
1907/04/03
Day of death
1999/01/03 (91 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Gueydan, Louisiana, USA
Also know as
Iron Eyes, The Crying Indian (nickname), Espera Oscar de Corti
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), ...Read more
Acting
(1952) Apache Country
as Indian with Pat (uncredited)
(1952) Ellis in Freedomland
as Male Model
(1966) Nevada Smith
as Taka-Ta (uncredited)
(1949) Mrs. Mike
as Chief Iron Eyes (uncredited)
(1952) Son of Paleface
as Chief Yellow Cloud
(1958) The Light in the Forest
as Cuyloga's Counsellor
(1977) Grayeagle
as Standing Bear
(1970) A Man Called Horse
as Medicine Man
(1950) Broken Arrow
as Teese, Court Jester
(1947) The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Indian
(1948) The Paleface
as Chief Iron Eyes
(1987) Ernest Goes to Camp
as Old Indian Chief
(1944) Can't Help Singing
as Indian Scaring Caroline (uncredited)
(1950) The Iroquois Trail
as ---
(1933) Fighting With Kit Carson
as Cheyenne Rider
(1979) When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self
(1939) Overland with Kit Carson
as Running Wolf
(1938) The Lone Ranger
as Bullet-Bringer
(1970) El Condor
as Santana
(1942) Pierre of the Plains
as Indian (uncredited
(1954) Arrow In The Dust
as Chief Rasacura (uncredited)
(1954) Sitting Bull
as Crazy Horse
(1943) The Phantom
as Native (uncredited)
(1948) Train to Alcatraz
as Geronimo
(1952) Apache War Smoke
as Apache with Major Dekker's Hat
(1956) Johnny Moccasin
as Mountain Cloud
(1932) Wild Girl
as Indian (uncredited)
(1976) The Quest
as Old Indian
(1951) Fort Defiance
as Brave Bear (as Iron Eyes)
(1950) Cody of the Pony Express
as Indian Who Slugs Cody (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1955) Apache Ambush
as ---
(1940) Winners of the West
as indian
(1962) Black Gold
as Charlie Two-Bits
(1936) Rose Marie
as Indian Dancer (uncredited)
(1935) Chandu on the Magic Island
as Cat Man
(1934) The Return of Chandu
as Cat Man
(1936) The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
as ---
(1990) The Spirit of '76
as Iron Eyes Cody
(1932) The Rainbow Trail
as John Tom
(1928) The Viking
as Indian (uncredited)
(1938) The Cowboy and the Lady
as Rodeo Indian (uncredited)
(1940) Young Buffalo Bill
as Acuna's Aide
(1957) The Saga of Andy Burnett
as Mad Wolf
(1949) Sand
as Indian (uncredited)
(1968) Something for a Lonely Man
as Chief
(1934) Young Eagles
as Temple Guard
(1939) Across the Plains
as Brave
(1939) Crashing Thru
as Indian Joe - Harrington's Henchman
(1942) Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Indian (uncredited)
(1936) Custer's Last Stand
as Chief Brown Fox
(1949) The Cowboy and the Indians
as Indian Farmer (uncredited)
(1952) Lost in Alaska
as Canook (uncredited)
(1939) Overland Mail
as Indian Chief
(1939) The Oregon Trail
as Crow Foot
(1936) Treachery Rides the Range
as Little Deer
(1939) Union Pacific
as Indian (uncredited)
(1939) Fighting Mad
as 2nd Indian at Post
(1952) Night Raiders
as Henchman Cherokee
(1939) The Kid From Texas
as Wild West Show Indian
(1957) Ride Out for Revenge
as Cheyenne Indian (uncredited)
(1936) Ride, Ranger, Ride
as Comanche War Party Leader (uncredited)
(1970) The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Crazy Foot
(1940) Arizona
as Indian (uncredited)
(1940) Green Hell
as Indian (uncredited)
(1936) The Bold Caballero
as Indian (uncredited)
(1942) Perils of Nyoka
as Arab
(1940) Pony Post
as Indian
(1940) Colorado
as Indian Henchman
(1940) Young Bill Hickok
as Big Bear
(1940) Kit Carson
as Indian
(1941) King of the Texas Rangers
as Carlos
(1951) Ace in the Hole
as Indian Copy Boy (uncredited)
(1949) Massacre River
as Chief Yellowstone
(2024) The Hypocrite
as Crying Indian (archival footage)
(1937) Prairie Thunder
as Indian (uncredited)
(1940) Too Many Girls
as Indian
(1956) Gun for a Coward
as Chief
(1940) Untamed
as Indian (uncredited)
(1965) The Great Sioux Massacre
as Crazy Horse
(1932) Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Indian at Sideshow (uncredited)
(1942) My Gal Sal
as Indian (uncredited)
(1934) Massacre
as Indian (uncredited)
(1950) California Passage
as Indian
(1948) The Gallant Legion
as Indian Warrior
(1950) Cherokee Uprising
as Longknife
(1947) Bowery Buckaroos
as Indian Joe
(1952) Fort Osage
as Osage Brave - Blue Shirt
(1941) Saddlemates
as Black Eagle
(1941) This Woman Is Mine
as Hostile Indian
(1956) Westward Ho, The Wagons!
as Many Stars
(1956) The Wild Dakotas
as Red Rock
(1936) Custer's Last Stand
as Chief Brown Fox
(1942) Lawless Plainsmen
as Indian
(1948) Indian Agent
as Wovoka
(1941) In Old Cheyenne
as Indian
(1941) Western Union
as Indian Who Drinks Chemical Solution
(1942) The Omaha Trail
as 1st Friendly Indian
(1942) Valley of the Sun
as Indian
(1942) Overland Mail
as Indian
(1933) King of the Arena
as Circus Indian
(1942) Dawn on the Great Divide
as Indian
(1950) Comanche Territory
as Comanche (uncredited)
(1942) Pierre of the Plains
as Indian
(1942) Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Indian (uncredited)
(1942) Don Winslow of the Navy
as Native Henchman at Mill [Ch. 5]
(1958) Gun Fever
as 1st Indian Chief
(1942) Springtime in the Rockies
as White Cloud (uncredited)
(1948) Blood on the Moon
as Toma (uncredited)
(1991) The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890
as ---
(1939) Scouts to the Rescue
as Indian
(1942) King of the Stallions
as ---
(1947) Unconquered
as Red Corn
(1959) Alias Jesse James
as 2nd Indian on Train (uncredited)
(1953) Fast Company
as Ben Iron Mountain
(1951) Red Mountain
as Ute Indian
(1931) Oklahoma Jim
as War Eagle
(1932) Texas Pioneers
as Little Eagle
(1935) The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Indian
(1955) Cheyenne
as ---
(1968) Here's Lucy
as Medicine Man
(1983) The A-Team
as Chief Watashi
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Medicine Man
(1957) The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Eskimo Pilot (uncredited)
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Indian
(1960) The Tall Man
as ---
(1960) Outlaws
as ---
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1970) The Immortal
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Medicine Man (uncredited)
(1962) The Virginian
as Chief Black Feather
(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as ---
(1957) The Thin Man
as ---
(1969) Then Came Bronson
as ---
(1967) Hondo
as ---
(1951) The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as ---
(1960) Guestward, Ho!
as ---
(1965) Branded
as ---
(1959) The Rebel
as Sammy Hart
(1958) Lawman
as ---
(1957) Sugarfoot
as Joe White Cloud
(1955) Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Nemanna
(1957) Maverick
as ---
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1980) Hollywood
as Self