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Cody, Iron Eyes, 1904-1999

LC control no.n 81149366
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Personal name headingCody, Iron Eyes, 1904-1999
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Variant(s)Little Eagle, 1904-1999
Iron Eyes, 1904-1999
Cody, Oscar Iron Eyes, 1904-1999
DeCorti, Oscar, 1904-1999
DeCorti, Espera, 1904-1999
Birth date1907-04-03
Death date1999-01-04
Place of birthKaplan (La.)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Profession or occupationActors
Found inOscar Iron Eyes Cody. How: sign talk in pictures ... 1952.
New York Times, Jan. 5, 1999: p. A15 (d. Jan. 4, 1999)
The big sky, 1952 : lobby cards (Iron Eyes Cody, depicted)
IMDb, 27 November 2018 (Iron Eyes Cody (1907-1999); born Espera or "Oscar" DeCorti on April 3, 1907 in Gueydan, Louisiana; died January 4, 1999 in Los Angeles, California; American actor, presenting himself as a Native American)
Wikipedia, 27 November 2018 (Iron Eyes Cody; Iron Eyes Cody (born Espera Oscar de Corti, April 3, 1904--January 4, 1999) was an Italian-American actor; he portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films, famously as Chief Iron Eyes in Bob Hope's The Paleface (1948); he also played a Native American shedding a tear about litter in one of the country's most well-known television public service announcements, "Keep America Beautiful"; he was born in Kaplan, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana)
Associated languageeng