Chief Yowlachie
- Recitazione
- 15 agosto 1891 · Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington, USA
- 7 marzo 1966
Biografia
Chief Yowlachie was born in Kitsap County, Washington, and later lived with his family on the Yakima Indian Reservation. Although he was not enrolled in the Yakima Nation, his parents John W. Simmons and Lucy Riddle both had Puyallup heritage and owned allotted land on the Yakima reservation. Yowlatchie's real name was Daniel Simmons and he began his show-business career as--believe it or not--an opera singer and spent many years in that profession. In the 1920s he switched to films, and over the next 25 or so years played everything from rampaging Apache chiefs to comic-relief sidekicks. A large, round-faced man, his distinctive voice--a deep, resonant bass somewhat resembling Bluto's in the old "Popeye" cartoons--was instantly recognizable, and he had the distinction of not appearing to have aged much over his career, which is most likely attributable to the fact that he looked quite a bit younger than he actually was, so his "aging" wasn't all that noticeable. In addition to his "serious" roles, he had somewhat more light-hearted parts in several films, notably Red River (1948), where he traded quips with veteran scene-stealer Walter Brennan, and held his own quite well.
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Filmografia
- Il virginiano · Indian Brave
- La guida indiana · Medicine Man (uncredited)
- Sono un agente FBI · Harry Willowtree (uncredited)
- L'aquila solitaria · Indian (uncredited)
- Hollywood o morte! · Chief Running Water
- Buffalo Bill, Jr.
- Gunfighters of the Northwest · Chief Running Elk
- Rose Marie · Black Eagle
- Stories of the Century · Geronimo
- La spia delle giubbe rosse · Eagle Feather
- Son of Geronimo · Geronimo [ch 15]
- La carica degli apaches · Apache Chief (uncredited)
- L'urlo dei sioux · Chief White Cloud
- Sentiero di guerra · Chief
- L'oro delle montagne · Bald Eagle
- Cherokee Uprising · Gray Eagle
- Winchester '73 · Indian at Rifle Shoot (uncredited)
- La figlia dello sceriffo · Pawnee
- Anna prendi il fucile · Little Horse (uncredited)
- Kill the Umpire · Indian (uncredited)
- Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town · Crowbar (uncredited)
- Mrs. Mike · Atenou
- La mia amica Irma · Indian (uncredited)
- The Cowboy and the Indians · Chief Long Arrow (uncredited)
- Il cavaliere solitario · Lame Bear
- Amore selvaggio · Indian Chief (uncredited)
- El Paso
- Cielo giallo · Colorado (uncredited)
- Viso pallido · Chief Yellow Feather
- Devi essere felice · Native American Man (Uncredited)
- Il fiume rosso · Quo
- The Gallant Legion · Indian Medicine Man
- The Senator Was Indiscreet · Indian
- The Prairie · Matoreeh
- Bowery Buckaroos · Big Chief Hi-Octane
- I trafficanti · Indian (uncredited)
- Wild West · Chief Black Fox
- Venere peccatrice · Guide (uncredited)
- I conquistatori · Indian Spokesman (uncredited)
- Frontier Fury · Captured Indian (uncredited)
- Dawn on the Great Divide · Indian
- Gianni e Pinotto tra i cowboys · Chief Tomahawk (uncredited)
- This Woman Is Mine · Chief One-Eye Comcomly
- White Eagle · Chief Running Deer
- Giubbe rosse · Indian
- Winners of the West · Chief War Eagle
- Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe · King of the Rock People (uncredited)
- The Girl of the Golden West · Billy Jackrabbit
- The Santa Fe Trail · Brown Beaver
- I fanciulli del west · Indian (uncredited)
- Tiger Rose · Indian
- The Invaders
- Hawk of the Hills · Chief White Wolf
- The Glorious Trail · High Wolf
- The Red Raiders · Lone Wolf
- With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre · Sitting Bull
- War Paint · Iron Eyes
- Forlorn River · Modoc Joe
- Moran of the Mounted · Biting Wolf
- Ella Cinders · Indian with Cigar (uncredited)
- Kentucky Days · Indian Scout