Chief Yowlachie

Acting

Chief Yowlachie

Born August 15, 1891 · Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington, USA

Died March 7, 1966 · aged 74

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 …

Known For

Red RiverRed River · 1948
Red River
★ 7.31948
MovieWesternDrama
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
Winchester '73Winchester '73 · 1950
Winchester '73
★ 7.31950
MovieWestern
Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.
The PalefaceThe Paleface · 1948
The Paleface
★ 6.11948
MovieComedyWestern
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.
The Spirit of St. LouisThe Spirit of St. Louis · 1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
★ 6.71957
MovieDramaHistory
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
Yellow SkyYellow Sky · 1948
Yellow Sky
★ 7.01948
MovieWestern
In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman and her grandfather.
Annie Get Your GunAnnie Get Your Gun · 1950
Annie Get Your Gun
★ 6.71950
MovieComedyWestern
Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Yellowstone KellyYellowstone Kelly · 1959
Yellowstone Kelly
★ 6.21959
MovieAdventureWestern
A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s. Reluctantly he takes on a tenderfoot assistant named Anse and together they give shelter to a runaway Arapaho woman. Tensions develop when Anse falls in love with this woman and when the Sioux chief arrives with his warriors to re-claim her.
The FBI StoryThe FBI Story · 1959
The FBI Story
★ 6.21959
MovieDramaCrime
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.

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