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James Young Deer (April 1, 1876 – April 6, 1946), also known as J. Younger Johnson or Jim Young Deer, was actually born James Young Johnson in Washington, D.C. [1] Although he was identified in the early Hollywood trade paper Moving Picture World as of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, his ancestry is of the Nanticoke people of Delaware. [2]
Oct 13, 2023 · Young Deer, vp and general manager of the Thompson Moving Picture Corporation in Cushing, shot nearly 8,000 feet of film (approximately 80 minutes) and cast hundreds of Native Americans...
- Angela Aleiss
James Young Deer was a director and actor of Native American ancestry, born in 1876 and died in 1946. He worked for Pathe Freres and made films such as Lieutenant Daring RN and the Water Rats and Tragedies of the Osage Hills.
- April 1, 1876
- April 6, 1946
Few in Hollywood knew that James Young Deer, general manager of Pathé Frères West Coast Studio from 1911 to 1914, was really an imposter. After all, Young Deer had earned a reputation as the first Native American producer and had worked alongside D. W. Griffith, Fred J. Balshofer, and Mack Sennett.
James Young Deer was born on 1 April 1876 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Lieutenant Daring RN and the Water Rats (1924), Tragedies of the Osage Hills (1926) and The Stranger (1920).
- January 1, 1
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
Few in Hollywood knew that James Young Deer, general manager of Pathé Frères West Coast Studio from 1911 to 1914, was really an imposter. After all, Young Deer had earned a reputation as the first Native American producer and had worked alongside D. W. Griffith, Fred J. Balshofer, and Mack Sennett. For decades, he eluded film historians.
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Between 1910 and 1913, James Young Deer (otherwise known as James Young Johnson) made well over a hundred one-reel silent Westerns in America for French organisation Pathé Frères, then the largest production company in the world.
