Iron Eyes Cody

Iron Eyes Cody (actually Espero Oscar de Corti , born April 3, 1904 in Kaplan , Louisiana , † January 4, 1999 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor .

Life

Eyes Cody was the son of Italian immigrants and went to California in 1924, where he changed his family name to "Cody" and worked as a stunt performer and actor while living the Native American style. He appeared in over 200 films (almost exclusively westerns such as The Great Trek and A Man They Called Horse ) and was one of Hollywood's "flagship Indians". Cody was married to Bertha Eyes Parker, a Cree Indian, with whom he adopted two Indian sons.

As an advertising medium for a gentle treatment of nature, it was extremely successful in the “Crying Indian” campaign by Keep America Beautiful in the 1970s. In 1995 he was honored by the "Native Community" in Hollywood for his services.

Filmography (selection)

1926: The Scarlet Letter
1932: Murders in the Rue Morgue (Murders in the Rue Morgue)
1939: Union Pacific (Union Pacific)
1940: Red Devils for Kit Carson (Kit Carson)
1941: This Woman Is Mine
1942: Klondike Fury
1947: The Unconquered
1949: Battle on the Red River ( Massacre River )
1952: The Hell of the Red Mountains
1952: Pale Face Junior (Son of Paleface)
1954: The Last Stand (Sitting Bull)
1956: The Caravan of the Fearless ( Westward Ho the Wagons! )
1965: Decision at the Big Horn ( The Great Sioux Massacre )
1969: A man whom they called horse (A Man Called Horse)
1970: El Condor (El Condor)
1977: Gray Eagle (Gray Eagle)
1986: The A-Team ( The A-Team ; TV Series, 1 episode)
1987: Chaos in the camp (Ernest Goes to Camp)
1990: The Class of '76

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personal data
SURNAME	Cody, Iron Eyes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	de Corti, Espera Oscar (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 3, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kaplan , Louisiana , USA
DATE OF DEATH	January 4, 1999
Place of death	Los Angeles , California , USA