Person
Chief Dan George
Acting · 1899–1981 · British Columbia, Canada
Biography
Chief Dan George OC (July 24, 1899 – September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band whose Indian reserve is located on Burrard Inlet in the southeast area of the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was also an actor, musician, poet and author; his best-known written work was "My Heart Soars". As an actor, he is best remembered for portraying Old Lodge Skins opposite Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man (1970), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Known for
Bonanza
Red Cloud
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Incredible Hulk
Lone Wolf
The High Chaparral
Chief Morales
McCloud
1970
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Lone Watie
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
1998
Little Big Man
Old Lodge Skins
Americathon
Sam Birdwater
Harry and Tonto
Sam Two Feathers
Filmography
- 1999Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey WalesSelf (archive footage)
- 1998The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
- 1980Nothing PersonalOscar
- 1979AmericathonSam Birdwater
- 1979Spirit of the WindMoses
- 1977What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
- 1977The Incredible HulkLone Wolf
- 1976Shadow of the HawkOld Man Hawk
- 1976The Outlaw Josey WalesLone Watie
- 1975Cold JourneySpecial Guest
- 1974Harry and TontoSam Two Feathers
- 1974The Bears and IChief Peter A-Tas-Ka-Nay
- 1974Man Belongs to the EarthHimself
- 1974Alien ThunderSounding Sky
- 1972Kung FuAncient Warrior
- 1972Cancel My ReservationOld Bear
- 1972The Special London Bridge SpecialThe Big Chief
- 1970Little Big ManOld Lodge Skins
- 1970McCloud
- 1969Smith!Ol' Antoine
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
- 1967The High ChaparralChief Morales
- 1966How to Break a Quarter HorseOl' Antoine
- 1963The Littlest HoboEagle
- 1963The Education of Phyllistine
- 1959BonanzaRed Cloud
- —A Different DrumGrandfather
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