Jim Thorpe
Actor
Born May 22, 1887 in Prague, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, and played American football (collegiate and professional), professional baseball, and basketball. He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he had been paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in place. In 1983, 30 years after his death, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) restored his Olympic medals.
Filmography
Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning
Self
Red Fever
Self (archive footage)
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Wagon Master
Navajo Indian
White Heat
Big Convict (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
Collins (uncredited)
The Vampire's Ghost
Native
Outlaw Trail
Spike
They Died with Their Boots On
Indian (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
Extra (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Indian
Prairie Schooners
Chief Sanche
Arizona Frontier
Gray Cloud
Henry Goes Arizona
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Man from Texas
Posse Rider (uncredited)
Frontier Scout
Henchman
Start Cheering
Head Linesman
Big City
Jim Thorpe
Trailin' West
Black Eagle
Wildcat Trooper
Indian Fur Trapper
Treachery Rides the Range
Chief Red Smoke
Hill-Tillies
1st Indian
Silly Billies
Medicine Man
Sutter's Gold
Man
Klondike Annie
Captain Blood
Pirate (uncredited)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Indian Chief
The Ivory-Handled Gun
Henchman Jack (uncredited)
Moonlight on the Prairie
Henchman
Fighting Youth
Carlisle Football Player
The Last Days of Pompeii
Spectator Tossing Coins (uncredited)
Barbary Coast
Janitor (uncredited)
It's in the Air
Indian Father (uncredited)
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Charlie Jim
The Daring Young Man
Convict
She
Captain of the Guards (uncredited)
The Arizonian
Code of the Mounted
Murdered Indian
One Run Elmer
Second baseman (uncredited)
Rustlers of Red Dog
Chief Scarface [Chs. 6, 11]
Behold My Wife!
Indian Chief (uncredited)
The Red Rider
Bill Abel, Portos Henchman
Sweepings
Indian (Uncredited)
King Kong
Native Dancer (uncredited)
Wild Horse Mesa
Indian Chief
Air Mail
Indian (uncredited)
The Golden West
Medicine Man
Always Kickin'
The Dark Horse
Blackfeet Indian Chief
My Pal, the King
Black Cloud
Battling with Buffalo Bill
Swift Arrow