Chief Yowlachie
Chief Yowlachie was born on Aug 15, 1891 in USA. Chief Yowlachie's big-screen debut came with The Scarlet Letter directed by Victor Sjöström in 1926, strarring Indian (uncredited). Chief Yowlachie is known for The Spirit of St. Louis directed by Billy Wilder, James Stewart stars as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh and Murray Hamilton as Bud Gurney. The upcoming new movie Chief Yowlachie plays is Nevada Smith which will be released on Jul 23, 1966.
Chief Yowlachie was born in Kitsap County, Washington, and later lived with his family on the Yakima Indian Reservation. Although he was not enrolled in the Yakima Nation, his parents John W. Simmons and Lucy Riddle both had Puyallup heritage and owned allotted land on the Yakima reservation. Yowlatchie's real name was Daniel Simmons and he 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 sidekicks. A large, round-faced man, his distinctive voice--a deep, resonant bass somewhat resembling Bluto's in the old "Popeye" cartoons--was instantly recognizable, and he had the distinction of not appearing to have aged much over his career, which is most likely attributable to the fact that he looked quite a bit younger than he actually was, so his "aging" wasn't all that noticeable. In addition to his "serious" roles, he had somewhat more light-hearted parts in several films, notably La rivière rouge (1948), where he traded quips with veteran scene-stealer Walter Brennan, and held his own quite well.
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Aug 15, 1891Place of Birth
Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington, USA
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