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Post by PK on Aug 20, 2005 0:13:05 GMT -5
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Post by Ang on Aug 21, 2005 2:05:56 GMT -5
I read the bigfoot story - loved the twists that were put on the conversation between them! When you mentioned his sad eyes it reminded me of that commercial from the 70’s where the Indian is standing by a stream with trash in it, he looks into the camera and a tear is falling down his cheek. Language was not needed to understand him either.
~Ang
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Post by PK on Aug 21, 2005 8:22:58 GMT -5
I remember, but I cannot remember his name. Joseph was his first name I believe, but he had one of those nice Indian last names...clouds, feathers, or something. I think he's either still alive or just recently passed (last few years) and he looked pretty old in the 70's.
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Post by Angie on Aug 22, 2005 2:57:54 GMT -5
I Googled ;D
On Earth Day, 1971, a PSA featuring Native American actor Chief Iron Eyes Cody and the tagline line, "People Start Pollution. People can stop it." aired for the first time. Iron Eyes Cody became synonymous with environmental concern and achieved lasting fame as, "The Crying Indian." The PSA won two Clio awards and the campaign was named one of the top 100 advertising campaigns of the 20th Century by Ad Age Magazine. In 1982, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce honored Iron Eyes Cody, whose film repertoire included three Western films with President Ronald Reagan, with a star bearing his name on the Famous Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard.
January 4, 1999
Web posted at: 8:52 p.m. EST (0152 GMT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Iron Eyes Cody, the "Crying Indian" whose tearful face in 1970s television commercials became a powerful symbol of the anti-littering campaign, died Monday. He was in his 80s or early 90s.
Cody died of natural causes at 1:30 p.m. PST in his home in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, police spokesman Ed Funes said.
Cody, whose acting credits date back to silent movies and include dozens of films and television shows, was best known for the ads from the group Keep America Beautiful that showed him shedding a single tear as he watched people litter.
He was born in Oklahoma, but the exact date of birth wasn't known. Reference books give various dates, from 1904 to 1915. Based on his credits, his most likely date of birth was 1907.
Cody followed his Cherokee Indian father, Thomas Long Plume, as a performer in circuses and Wild West shows and made his first film appearance as an extra in the 1919 silent "Back to God's Country."
Cody went on to appear in more than 80 films in Indian roles; often his character was listed as simply "Indian," "Indian Chief" or "Indian Joe." In one film, "Perils of Nyoka" in 1942, he had an uncredited role as "Arab."
His other credits included "Sitting Bull" in 1954, "The Great Sioux Massacre" in 1965, "Nevada Smith" in 1966, "A Man Called Horse" in 1970 and "Ernest Goes to Camp" in 1987.
Cody also served as a technical adviser on Native American matters in films.
In television, he had guest appearances on "Bonanza," "Gunsmoke" and "Rawhide."
~Ang
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Post by PK on Aug 22, 2005 5:23:19 GMT -5
Iron Eyes Cody. That's it. Okay he played a Joseph like character..LOL..
Wonder what his parents saw that made them name him Iron Eyes?
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