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Iron Eyes Cody (born Espera Oscar de Corti, April 3, 1904 – January 4, 1999) was an American actor of Sicilian descent who portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films, including the role of Chief Iron Eyes in Bob Hope's The Paleface (1948).
Nov 21, 2021 · Iron Eyes Cody was a popular actor in Western movies and TV shows, but he was not Native American at all. He was an Italian immigrant who lied about his heritage and became a cultural ambassador for Native Americans.
Iron Eyes Cody was a Hollywood actor who played many Native American roles, such as Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. He also promoted Native American causes and became famous for the "Crying Indian" anti-littering campaign.
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- Gueydan, Louisiana, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Iron Eyes Cody was an actor who claimed to be Native American, but was actually of Italian descent. He was known for his role as Sitting Bull and his "Keep America Beautiful" commercials.
- April 3, 1907
- January 4, 1999
Jan 5, 1999 · Iron Eyes Cody, the veteran Native American actor and humanitarian whose Hollywood career stretched back to the earliest big-screen westerns but who achieved perhaps his greatest success in a...
Jan 5, 1999 · Iron Eyes Cody, the actor who played an Indian shedding a tear at the sight of a littered American landscape in one of television's best-known and most-honored...
Jan 3, 1999 · Iron Eyes Cody was an Italian-American actor who played Native Americans in Hollywood films and TV shows. He also starred in the "Keep America Beautiful" PSA and claimed to be Native American, but later revealed to be Sicilian.
