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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 · Updated December 10, 2021. Iron Eyes Cody quickly became Hollywood's go-to actor for Native American roles, but America's noble "Indian" was of Sicilian descent. As Hollywood’s go-to Native American, Iron Eyes Cody was a common sight in Western movies for nearly 60 years.
Iron Eyes Cody. Actor: Sitting Bull. Iron Eyes Cody was born Espera or "Oscar" DeCorti, the son of two first-generation immigrants from Italy. In 1924 he moved to California, changed his name from "DeCorti" to "Corti" to Cody, and started working as an actor, presenting himself as a Native American.
April 3, 1907 · Gueydan, Louisiana, USA. Died. January 4, 1999 · Los Angeles, California, USA (natural causes) Birth name. Espera Oscar DeCorti. Nickname. The Crying Indian. Mini Bio. Iron Eyes Cody was born Espera or "Oscar" DeCorti, the son of two first-generation immigrants from Italy.
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 television commercials, died...
This PSA, made on Earth Day, 1971, stars a man once dubbed "America's Favorite Indian;" Iron Eyes Cody. The final image of a single tear being shed has made its way across numerous platforms, reaching iconic level rather quickly.
