Years active 1932–1977 | Name John Eagle Role Film actor | |
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Full Name John Edwin Worley Eagle Born June 8, 1901 ( 1901-06-08 ) Leicestershire, England Other names • Chief John War Eagle • Chief John Eagle • John Wareagle Movies The Man from Laramie, The Great Sioux Uprising, Tonka, Broken Arrow, Westward Ho the Wagons! Similar People Ray Nazarro, Anthony Mann, Lloyd Bacon, William Beaudine, Delmer Daves | ||
John War Eagle (June 8, 1901 — February 7, 1991) was a British-born Yankton Sioux film and television actor. He grew up on the Yankton Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
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Career
Between 1932 and 1977 — sometimes credited as Chief John War Eagle, Chief John Eagle or John Wareagle — he appeared in twenty-eight films, mostly in uncredited roles, and twenty-six television productions.
His roles include appearing as Red Cloud in the historical, western-drama film Tomahawk (1951), starring Van Heflin, a role he reprised in 1953 in historical, western-drama film The Great Sioux Uprising, starring Jeff Chandler. He also played Chief Sitting Bull in the Disney family, adventure, western-drama film Tonka (1958), the story of a young Sioux boy, played by Sal Mineo on the brink of adulthood tries to tame a wild stallion to prove his courage and strength.
War Eagle also appeared as Wolf's Brother in Disney western-drama film Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956)
Filmography
Actor
1977
ABC Weekend Specials (TV Series) as
One Feather
- Tales of the Nunundaga (1977) - One Feather
1977
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (TV Series) as
Chief
- The Trial (1977) - Chief
1977
Night Drive (TV Movie) as
Indian Man
1975
The Day of the Locust as
Gingo
1975
Search for the Gods (TV Movie) as
Lucio
1973
Kung Fu (TV Series) as
Tashaka / Indian
- Cry of the Night Beast (1974) - Tashaka
- An Eye for an Eye (1973) - Indian (as Chief John War Eagle)
1973
The Daring Dobermans as
Grandfather (as John Wareagle)
1972
When the Legends Die as
Blue Elk
1970
Flap as
Luke Wolf
1969
The Outcasts (TV Series) as
Shaman
- Alligator King (1969) - Shaman (uncredited)
1966
Iron Horse (TV Series) as
Sioux Chief
- Hellcat (1966) - Sioux Chief (uncredited)
1966
The Virginian (TV Series) as
High Sun
- One Spring Like Long Ago (1966) - High Sun
1965
Gunsmoke (TV Series) as
Katawa
- Kioga (1965) - Katawa
1960
Wagon Train (TV Series) as
The Indian Spokesman / Nah-An-Kanay / Iron Hand
- The Captain Sam Story (1965) - The Indian Spokesman
- The John Turnbull Story (1962) - Nah-An-Kanay
- The Jeremy Dow Story (1960) - Iron Hand (uncredited)
1965
Branded (TV Series) as
Medicine Man
- The Test (1965) - Medicine Man
1964
A Distant Trumpet as
Scout (uncredited)
1963
The Great Adventure (TV Series) as
Sword Knife
- The Massacre at Wounded Knee (1963) - Sword Knife
1962
Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) as
Kill Eagle
- Reward for Gaine (1962) - Kill Eagle
1961
The Outsider as
Mr. Goode (uncredited)
1961
Frontier Circus (TV Series) as
1st Indian
- Journey from Hannibal (1961) - 1st Indian
1961
Whispering Smith (TV Series) as
Gray Snake
- Safety Valve (1961) - Gray Snake
1956
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) as
Charlie / Garage Man
- Enter at Your Own Risk (1961) - Charlie
- The Wise One (1956) - Garage Man
1959
Rawhide (TV Series) as
Indian / Virgo
- Incident of the Silent Web (1960) - Indian
- Incident of the Tumbleweed (1959) - Virgo
1958
Tonka as
Chief Sitting Bull
1958
Death Valley Days (TV Series) as
Nickaho
- The Big Rendezvous (1958) - Nickaho
1957
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Matosuki / Chief Matosuki
- The Saga of Andy Burnett: The Big Council (1958) - Matosuki
- The Saga of Andy Burnett: White Man's Medicine (1958) - Matosuki
- The Saga of Andy Burnett: The Land of Enemies (1958) - Matosuki
- The Saga of Andy Burnett: Andy's Initiation (1957) - Chief Matosuki
1957
General Electric Theater (TV Series) as
Bull Hump
- A Question of Survival (1957) - Bull Hump
1957
Dragoon Wells Massacre as
Yellow Claw
1957
Studio 57 (TV Series)
- Outpost (1957)
1956
Westward Ho, the Wagons! as
Wolf's Brother
1956
The Roy Rogers Show (TV Series) as
Bill
- Paleface Justice (1956) - Bill
1956
Broken Arrow (TV Series) as
Delgado
- The Captive (1956) - Delgado
1956
Annie Oakley (TV Series) as
Chief Thunder Cloud
- Indian Justice (1956) - Chief Thunder Cloud
- Annie and the First Phone (1956) - Chief Thunder Cloud
1956
The Adventures of Champion (TV Series) as
Running Bear / Chief Thunder Sky
- The Return of Red Cloud (1956) - Running Bear
- Black Kachina (1956) - Chief Thunder Sky
1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) as
Cheronini / Chief Cheronini
- The Burial Ground (1955) - Cheronini
- Rusty Plays Cupid (1955) - Chief Cheronini
1955
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV Series) as
Charlie Bear Paw
- Incident at Gordon Landing (1955) - Charlie Bear Paw (as Chief John Eagle)
1955
The Man from Laramie as
Frank Darrah
1955
Buffalo Bill, Jr. (TV Series) as
Chief White Bird
- Pawnee Stampede (1955) - Chief White Bird
1954
They Rode West as
Chief Quanah
1954
The Black Dakotas as
Chief War Cloud
1953
Saginaw Trail as
Chief Red Bird (uncredited)
1953
The Great Sioux Uprising as
Red Cloud
1953
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap as
Indian Chief (uncredited)
1953
My Little Margie (TV Series) as
Indian
- Cry Wolf (1953) - Indian
1953
Last of the Comanches as
Black Cloud
1952
Pony Soldier as
Indian (uncredited)
1952
Laramie Mountains as
Chief Lone Tree (uncredited)
1952
Bugles in the Afternoon as
Red Owl (uncredited)
1952
The Wild North as
Indian Chief
1951
Westward the Women as
Indian Chief (uncredited)
1951
Apache Drums as
Apache Guard (uncredited)
1951
The Last Outpost as
Geronimo (uncredited)
1951
Tomahawk as
Red Cloud
1950
Broken Arrow as
Nahilzay (uncredited)
1950
Winchester '73 as
Indian Interpreter (uncredited)
1950
Annie Get Your Gun as
Indian Brave (uncredited)
1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk as
Lone Eagle (uncredited)
1948
The Dude Goes West as
Indian (uncredited)
1947
Oregon Trail Scouts as
Indian (uncredited)
1932
The Golden West as
Indian (uncredited)
Archive Footage
2003
Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (TV Movie documentary) as
Self / Black Cloud (from Last of the Comanches (1952)) (uncredited)
1961
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Chief Sitting Bull (edited from: Tonka) / Wolf's Brother
- Comanche: The Lone Survivor of Custer's Last Stand (1962) - Chief Sitting Bull (edited from: Tonka)
- Comanche: The Captive Stallion (1962) - Chief Sitting Bull (edited from: Tonka)
- Westward Ho the Wagons!: White Man's Medicine (1961) - Wolf's Brother
- Westward Ho the Wagons!: Ambush at Wagon Gap (1961) - Wolf's Brother
References
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