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Will Sampson
Muscogee Creek actor from Oklahoma (1933-1987) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 53
William Sampson Jr. was a Muscogee Nation painter, actor, and rodeo performer. He is best known for his performance as the apparently mute Chief Bromden in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and as Crazy Horse in the 1977 western The White Buffalo, as well as his roles as Taylor in Poltergeist II: The Other...
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The GunfightersFilm, 1987Train Passenger1986
RoanoakSeries, Wingina
FirewalkerFilm, 1986Tall Eagle
Poltergeist II: The Other SideFilm, 1986Taylor1985
Tall Tales & LegendsSeries, Chief
WildsideSeries, 1985
InsignificanceFilm, 1985Elevator Attendant1984
The Mystic WarriorSeries, Wambli1983
The Yellow RoseSeries, John Stronghart
The Great Spirit Within the HoleFilm, 1983Narrator1982
American PlayhouseSeries, Wingina1981Born to the WindSeries, Painted Bear1980
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking StorySeries, Clarence's Father
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking StoryFilm, 1980Clarence's Father1979
From Here to EternitySeries, Cpl. Cheney1978
Standing TallFilm, Lonny Moon1977
OrcaFilm, Umilak1976
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonFilm, The Interpreter (William Halsey)1975
Crazy MamaFilm, Indian at Trading Post
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestFilm, 1975Chief Bromden1933Born27 September 1933People around Will
Close ties
Dino De Laurentiis Produced Orca (1977)
J. Lee Thompson Directed Firewalker and The White Buffalo
Clint Eastwood Directed The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Michael Douglas Produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1976)
Miloš Forman Directed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1976)
Robert Altman Produced Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
Jonathan Demme Directed Crazy Mama (1975)
Nicolas Roeg Directed Insignificance (1986)
Stuart Whitman Also in Crazy Mama and The White Buffalo
Michael Anderson Directed Orca (1978)
Menahem Golan Produced Firewalker (1987)
Saul Zaentz Produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Yoram Globus Produced Firewalker (1987)
Luciano Vincenzoni Produced Orca (1978)
Jeremy Thomas Produced Insignificance (1986)- Brian Gibson Directed Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
Robert Hoy Also in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Ted Markland Also in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Donald Shebib Directed Fish Hawk (1979)
Julie Corman Produced Crazy Mama (1975)
Known for
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976
Insignificance 1985
Orca 1977
Poltergeist II: The Other Side 1986
Filmography 20
31 credits on file
Television 10
About this person
He is best known for his performance as the apparently mute Chief Bromden in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and as Crazy Horse in the 1977 western The White Buffalo, as well as his roles as Taylor in Poltergeist II: The Other Side and Ten Bears in 1976's The Outlaw Josey Wales.
