Iron Eyes Cody
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-04-03 (92 years old)
Deathday
1999-01-03
Place of Birth
Gueydan, Louisiana, USA
Also known As
Iron Eyes
The Crying Indian (nickname)
Espera Oscar de Corti
Iron Eyes Cody
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 Nation...
Acting
1952
as Indian with Pat (uncredited)
1952
as Male Model
1966
as Taka-Ta (uncredited)
1949
as Chief Iron Eyes (uncredited)
1952
as Chief Yellow Cloud
1958
as Cuyloga's Counsellor
1977
as Standing Bear
1970
as Medicine Man
1950
as Teese (uncredited)
1947
as Indian
1948
as Chief Iron Eyes
1987
as Old Indian Chief
1944
as Indian Scaring Caroline (uncredited)
1933
as Cheyenne Rider
1979
1939
as Running Wolf
1938
as Bullet-Bringer
1970
as Santana
1942
as Indian (uncredited
1954
as Chief Rasacura (uncredited)
1954
as Crazy Horse
1943
as Native (uncredited)
1948
as Geronimo
1952
as Apache with Major Dekker's Hat
1956
as Mountain Cloud
1932
as Indian (uncredited)
1976
as Old Indian
1951
as Brave Bear (as Iron Eyes)
1950
as Indian Who Slugs Cody (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
1940
as indian
1962
as Charlie Two-Bits
1936
as Indian Dancer (uncredited)
1935
as Cat Man
1934
as Cat Man
1990
as Iron Eyes Cody
1932
as John Tom
1928
as Indian (uncredited)
1938
as Rodeo Indian (uncredited)
1940
as Acuna's Aide
1957
as Mad Wolf
1949
as Indian (uncredited)
1968
as Chief
1934
as Temple Guard
1939
as Brave
1939
as Indian Joe - Harrington's Henchman
1942
as Indian (uncredited)
1936
as Chief Brown Fox
1949
as Indian Farmer (uncredited)
1952
as Canook (uncredited)
1939
as Indian Chief
1939
as Crow Foot
1936
as Little Deer
1939
as Indian (uncredited)
1939
as 2nd Indian at Post
1952
as Henchman Cherokee
1939
as Wild West Show Indian
1957
as Cheyenne Indian (uncredited)
1936
as Comanche War Party Leader (uncredited)
1970
as Crazy Foot
1940
as Indian (uncredited)
1940
as Indian (uncredited)
1936
as Indian (uncredited)
1942
as Arab
1940
as Indian
1940
as Indian Henchman
1940
as Big Bear
1940
as Indian
1941
as Carlos
1951
as Indian Copy Boy (uncredited)
1949
as Chief Yellowstone
2024
as Crying Indian (archival footage)
1937
as Indian (uncredited)
1940
as Indian
1956
as Chief
1940
as Indian (uncredited)
1965
as Crazy Horse
1932
as Indian at Sideshow (uncredited)
1942
as Indian (uncredited)
1934
as Indian (uncredited)
1950
as Indian
1948
as Indian Warrior
1950
as Longknife
1947
as Indian Joe
1952
as Osage Brave - Blue Shirt
1941
as Black Eagle
1941
as Hostile Indian
1956
as Many Stars
1956
as Red Rock
1936
as Chief Brown Fox
1942
as Indian
1948
as Wovoka
1941
as Indian
1941
as Indian Who Drinks Chemical Solution
1942
as Indian
1942
as 1st Friendly Indian
1933
as Circus Indian
1942
as Indian
1942
as Indian
1950
as Comanche (uncredited)
1942
as Indian
1942
as Indian (uncredited)
1942
as Native Henchman at Mill [Ch. 5]
1958
as 1st Indian Chief
1942
as White Cloud (uncredited)
1948
as Toma (uncredited)
1939
as Indian
1947
as Red Corn
1959
as 2nd Indian on Train (uncredited)
1953
as Ben Iron Mountain
1951
as Ute Indian
1931
as War Eagle
1932
as Little Eagle
1935
as Indian
1940
as Indian Brave (Uncredited)
1940
as Killer
Production
1939
as Stunts
1940
as Stunts
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