Iron Eyes Cody
Biography
Iron Eyes Cody was an American actor who began acting in the late 1920s and worked in film and television for the rest of his life, most often playing Native American characters. His credits run to more than 200 films, among them The Paleface (1948), Sitting Bull (1954), A Man Called Horse (1970) and Ernest Goes to Camp (1987). He also worked in more than a hundred television programs, among them The Cisco Kid, The Restless Gun, The Tall Man, Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, and in 1961 he had the title role in an episode of The Rebel. In the early 1970s his Keep America Beautiful commercial, first broadcast on Earth Day in 1971, made him widely recognized as the Crying Indian, and it won two Clio awards. He took part in the documentary series Hollywood and had a cameo in The Spirit of '76, and in 1983 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
94years old at death
- Born Vermilion Parish
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Espera Oscar de Corti (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 56 years1931 to 1987
Genres
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A first
In the early 1970s, Cody became widely known as the "Crying Indian" in "Keep America Beautiful" public service announcements. The environmental commercial, which first aired on Earth Day in 1971, showed him in costume shedding a tear after trash tossed from a car window landed at his feet.
Beyond film
Cody's chanting can be heard on "Lakota," a song by Joni Mitchell that appeared on her 1988 album, Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm.
Iron Eyes Cody movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Norman Z. McLeod directed two of these films, John Rawlins two and Joseph Kane two. Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Norman Z. McLeodDirector, 2 films, 1948 to 1959
All films by Norman Z. McLeod
John RawlinsDirector, 2 films, 1949 to 1951
All films by John Rawlins
Joseph KaneDirector, 2 films, 1940
All films by Joseph Kane
Also two films together18 more actors
- Gary CooperThe Cowboy and the Lady (1938) and Fighting Caravans (1931)
- Chet BrandenburgRide Out for Revenge (1957) and Broken Arrow (1950)
- John LitelComanche (1956) and Sitting Bull (1954)
- Walter BrennanBlood on the Moon (1948) and The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
- Dana AndrewsComanche (1956) and Kit Carson (1940)
- George 'Gabby' HayesColorado (1940) and Young Bill Hickok (1940)
- Hank BellColorado (1940) and Young Bill Hickok (1940)
- Rory CalhounRide Out for Revenge (1957) and Massacre River (1949)
- Emory ParnellLost in Alaska (1952) and Massacre River (1949)
- Oliver BlakeAlias Jesse James (1959) and Son of Paleface (1952)
- Jane RussellSon of Paleface (1952) and The Paleface (1948)
- Jack IngramLost in Alaska (1952) and Young Bill Hickok (1940)
- Hal TaliaferroColorado (1940) and Young Bill Hickok (1940)
- Art DillardYoung Bill Hickok (1940) and The Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937)
- Chief YowlachieThe Paleface (1948) and King of the Stallions (1942)
- Chief ThundercloudKing of the Stallions (1942) and The Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937)
- Chris Willow BirdKing of the Stallions (1942) and Fighting Caravans (1931)
- J.W. CodyMassacre River (1949) and King of the Stallions (1942)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.