Chief Yowlachie

Actor: Chief Yowlachie

Born: Aug 15, 1891 in Washington
Died: Mar 07, 1966 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: '20s, '40s-'50s
Major Genres: Western, Action
Career Highlights: With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
First Major Screen Credit: With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (1927)

Biography

Native American actor Chief Yowlachie (pronounced "Yo-latchee") spent many years on stage as an opera singer, performing under his given name of Daniel Simmons. His film career began in the mid-1920s with feathered-headdress bits in such productions as Ella Cinders (1925). Though well into middle age when he started showing up on screen, he was youthful-looking enough to play fierce Indian warriors and renegades well into the 1930s. His larger roles include the nominal villain in Ken Maynard's Red Raiders (1928), Billy Jackrabbit in the 1930 version of Girl of the Golden West (1930) and Geronimo in Son of Geronimo. After years of portraying noble, taciturn characters with names like Running Deer, Yellow Feather, Long Arrow, Little Horse and Black Eagle, Chief Yowlachie let his hair down in the role of "Chief Hi-Octane" in the Bowery Boys' Bowery Buckaroos (1948). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide