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Iron Eyes Cody

Iron Eyes Cody

Acting
03 Apr 1907
03 Jan 1999
Gueydan, Louisiana, USA

Biography

Iron Eyes Cody (born Espera Oscar de Corti), was an Italian American actor. He portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films, famously as Chief Iron Eyes in Bob Hope's The Paleface. He also played a Native American shedding a tear about litter in one of the country's most well-known television public service announcements, "Keep America Beautiful". Cody began acting in the early 1930s. He worked in film and television until his death. Cody claimed his father was Cherokee (and his mother Cree), ...

Also Known As

Iron Eyes, The Crying Indian (nickname), Espera Oscar de Corti

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