Chief Dan George
Chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (1899-1981) · Canada · On the map · Actors · Died at 82
Chief Dan George 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 also was an actor, musician, poet and author. The Chief's best-known written work is My Heart Soars.
Chief Dan George is read about 326 times a day, in 23 languages.
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Something wrong?A life in dates
Nothing PersonalFilm, Oscar1979
AmericathonFilm, Sam Birdwater
Spirit of the WindFilm, 1979Moses1977
The Incredible HulkSeries, Lone Wolf
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?Series, 19771976
Shadow of the HawkFilm, Old Man Hawk1975
Cold JourneyFilm, Special Guest1974
Alien ThunderFilm, Sounding Sky
The Bears and IFilm, 1974Chief Peter A-Tas-Ka-Nay1972
Kung FuSeries, Ancient Warrior
Cancel My ReservationFilm, 1972Old Bear
The Special London Bridge SpecialFilm, 1972The Big Chief1970
McCloudSeries
Little Big ManFilm, 1970Old Lodge Skins1969
Smith!Film, Ol' Antoine1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1967
The High ChaparralSeries, Chief Morales1966How to Break a Quarter HorseFilm, Ol' Antoine1963
The Littlest HoboSeries, EagleThe Education of PhyllistineFilm1959
BonanzaSeries, Red Cloud1899Born24 July 1899People around Chief
Close ties
Clint Eastwood Directed The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Donald Sutherland Also in Alien Thunder and Nothing Personal
Arthur Penn Directed Little Big Man (1970)
Paul Mazursky Directed Harry and Tonto (1974)
Keenan Wynn Also in Cancel My Reservation and Smith!
Joe Roth Produced Americathon (1979)
Paul Bogart Directed Cancel My Reservation (1972)
Neal Israel Directed Americathon (1979)- George William Pearson Produced Cold Journey (1972)
- Michael O'Herlihy Directed Smith! (1969)
- Bernard McEveety Directed The Bears and I (1974)
Claude Fournier Directed Alien Thunder (1974)- George Bloomfield Directed Nothing Personal (1980)
Known for
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The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976
Little Big Man 1970
Harry and Tonto 1974
Filmography 18
27 credits on file
Television 9
Media & music
Awards
About this person
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, and for his role in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), as Lone Watie, opposite Clint Eastwood.
