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Iron Eyes Cody
  • Birth Name:
    Espera Oscar DeCorti
  • Common Name:
    The Crying Indian
  • Date of Birth:
    April 3, 1907
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Aries
  • Place of Birth:
    Gueydan, Louisiana, USA
  • Place of Death:
    Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Date of Death:
    January 4, 1999
  • Cause of Death:
    Natural Causes
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American

Family

Iron Eyes Cody
  • Brother:
    J.W. Cody
  • Spouse:
    Bertha Birdie' Parker' - decesed
    Wendy Foote - divorced
  • Son:
    Joseph Cody

Career

Iron Eyes Cody

Trivia

Iron Eyes Cody
  • In 1995, the Hollywood Native American community honored Cody for his contributions to Native American life. They cared for the activities which he had carried out.
  • He had a cameo in the 1990 film "Spirit of '76".
  • He was most famous for his "crying Indian" role in the Keep America Beautiful public service announcement in the early 1970s.
  • In 1953, he appeared twice as Chief Big Cloud in Duncan Renaldo's syndicated western television series The Cisco Kid.
  • He appeared in more than 200 films, including The Big Trail (1930), with John Wayne; Nevada Smith (1966), with Steve McQueen; A Man Called Horse (1970), with Richard Harris; and Ernest Goes to Camp (1987), with Jim Varney.
  • Cody began his acting career at the age of twelve and continued to work until the time of his death.
  • He was famous for portraying Native Americans in Hollywood films, although his ancestry was discovered to be Italian.
  • Iron Eyes Cody was an American actor.

Filmography

Iron Eyes Cody

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