Chief Yowlachie 3 pictures

Actor, Miscellaneous Crew
A member of the Yakima tribe in Washington state, Chief Yowlachie (whose real name was Daniel Simmons) began his show-business career as--believe it or not--an opera singer and spent many years in that profession. In the 1920s he switched to films, and over the next 25 or so years played everything from rampaging Apache chiefs to comic-relief ...

Born: August 15, 1891
Star sign: Leo
Known for: Red River (1948), The Painted Hills (1951), The Paleface (1948), Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (1927)
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Still of Walter Brennan and Chief Yowlachie in Red River (1948)
Still of John Wayne, Noah Beery Jr., Montgomery Clift, Paul Fix, Hal Taliaferro, Hank Worden and Chief Yowlachie in Red River (1948)
Iron Eyes Cody, David Gorcey, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Wilkerson and Chief Yowlachie in Bowery Buckaroos (1947)