Chief Dan George

Chief Dan George

出生 : 1899-07-24, British Columbia, Canada

死亡 : 1981-09-23

略歴

Chief Dan George OC (July 24, 1899 – September 23, 1981) 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 was also an actor, musician, poet and author; his best-known written work was "My Heart Soars". 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.

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Chief Dan George

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Nothing Personal
Oscar
Environmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort to protect baby seals from slaughter.
Americathon
Sam Birdwater
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
Spirit of the Wind
Moses
The life story of George Attla, a famous Alaskan dog sled driver, from his childhood until his first major victory in 1958.
Shadow of the Hawk
Old Man Hawk
Jan-Michael Vincent stars as Mike, the grandson of Native American shaman Old Man Hawk who is called back to his village to help defeat evil forces threatening the tribe. After years of living in the city and working in a business world altogether apart from his roots, Mike is contacted by a freelance reporter, Maureen, who was enlisted by Old Man Hawk to track his grandson. When Mike assents to returning with Maureen, they find that the village is beset by the evil spirit of an ancient sorceress, Dsonoqua, animating beasts and objects and causing strange, deadly accidents. Only the heir of the tribe’s shaman can stand in the way of the evil and protect his people, but will Mike be able to harness his power in time?
アウトロー
Lone Watie
アメリカ建国200年記念として製作されたクリント・イーストウッド監督・主演の西部劇。 南北戦争末期。ある日、農夫のジョゼイ・ウェルズは、突然現われたテリルという男が率いる北軍直属の一隊に妻子を殺されてしまう。怒りに燃えるジョゼイは銃を携えてフレッチャーらレジスタンスに加わり、復讐に立ち上がった。しかし、間もなくテリルの策略にはめられ、仲間の多くが殺される。その難を逃れたジョゼイは独り、インディアンの土地をさすらうことに。やがて彼は、その道中でチェロキー族や美しい女性ローラと出会い、共に旅を続けていく。だがその一方、執拗にジョゼイの行方を追うテリルたちの影が徐々に迫っていた…。
Cold Journey
Special Guest
In this feature drama, a Canadian Indigenous youth attempts to find a place for himself. He faces culture shock as the educational system teaches him to be a white man and tries to find a way of life more meaningful to his Indigenous culture and ancestry.
Harry and Tonto
Sam Two Feathers
Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s living in the Upper West Side of New York City where his late wife and he raised his children--where he's lived all his life. When the building he lives in is torn down to make way for a parking garage, Harry and his beloved cat Tonto begin a journey across the United States, visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to see before, making new friends, and saying goodbye to old friends.
The Bears and I
Chief Peter A-Tas-Ka-Nay
When a man adopts three black bear cubs, he faces one of the hardest decisions of his life. Set in the wilderness of British Columbia, Canada, Robert Leslie struggles to keep his bears safe and maintain relations with native Americans and park rangers.
Man Belongs to the Earth
Himself
Made for screening at the U.S. Pavilion at the 1974 World's Fair in Spokane Washington, USA, which had a Native-American environmental theme, MAN BELONGS TO THE EARTH depicts the history of air, water, and earth pollution, and how environmentalists are trying to solve these problems using various technologies.
Alien Thunder
Sounding Sky
The true story of Canadian Mountie Dan Candy's pursuit of a Native American that killed his partner.
Cancel My Reservation
Old Bear
Bob Hope is a stressed out talk show host who is sent on a vacation to Arizona on doctor's orders and has to play Sherlock Holmes with his wife, the lovely Eva Marie Saint, to solve a series of murders that has Bob as the prime suspect.
The Special London Bridge Special
The Big Chief
In 1972, the Arizona State Park bought the London Bridge. Tom Jones (as himself) is magically transported to the bridge's new location where he, befuddled, sings with other celebrities, has adventures and gets kidnapped by “the villain”.
小さな巨人
Old Lodge Skins
幼い頃に両親を殺されたジャックは、インディアンに育てられた。彼は、身は小さいが勇気があり、他の仲間から“小さな巨人”と呼ばれるまでになった。やがて彼は、騎兵隊との戦闘で捕らえられ、その後は白人社会で生活するようになる。それは、インディアン撲滅に異常な執念を燃やす、カスター将軍を押さえるためであった。
Smith!
Ol' Antoine
When the Indian Jimmyboy is accused of murder of a white man, he flees onto the ranch of Smith, who's well known for his tolerance for Indians, since he was raised by the old Indian Antoine. Smith helps Jimmyboy against the mean Sheriff and promises to speak for him in court, thus persuading him to surrender himself to the police.