Jim Thorpe
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday22 May 1887
Died28 March 1953 (age 65)
Place of birthPrague, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], USA
Known credits52
Biography
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 fou…
Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning
2025 · Self
Red Fever
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951 · Novel
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951 · Technical Advisor
Wagon Master
1950 · Navajo Indian
White Heat
1949 · Big Convict (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
1946 · Collins (uncredited)
The Vampire's Ghost
1945 · Native
Outlaw Trail
1944 · Spike
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Indian (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
1941 · Extra (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940 · Indian
Prairie Schooners
1940 · Chief Sanche
Arizona Frontier
1940 · Gray Cloud
Henry Goes Arizona
1939 · Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Man from Texas
1939 · Posse Rider (uncredited)
Frontier Scout
1938 · Henchman
Start Cheering
1938 · Head Linesman
Big City
1937 · Jim Thorpe
Trailin' West
1936 · Black Eagle
Wildcat Trooper
1936 · Indian Fur Trapper
Treachery Rides the Range
1936 · Chief Red Smoke
Hill-Tillies
1936 · 1st Indian
Silly Billies
1936 · Medicine Man
Sutter's Gold
1936 · Man
Klondike Annie
1936
Captain Blood
1935 · Pirate (uncredited)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935 · Indian Chief
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935 · Indian Chief (uncredited)
The Ivory-Handled Gun
1935 · Henchman Jack (uncredited)
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935 · Henchman
Fighting Youth
1935 · Carlisle Football Player
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935 · Spectator Tossing Coins (uncredited)
Barbary Coast
1935 · Janitor (uncredited)
It's in the Air
1935 · Indian Father (uncredited)
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935 · Charlie Jim
The Daring Young Man
1935 · Convict
She
1935 · Captain of the Guards (uncredited)
The Arizonian
1935
Code of the Mounted
1935 · Murdered Indian
One Run Elmer
1935 · Second baseman (uncredited)
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935 · Chief Scarface [Chs. 6, 11]
Behold My Wife!
1934 · Indian Chief (uncredited)
The Red Rider
1934 · Bill Abel, Portos Henchman
Sweepings
1933 · Indian (Uncredited)
King Kong
1933 · Native Dancer (uncredited)
Wild Horse Mesa
1932 · Indian Chief
Air Mail
1932 · Indian (uncredited)
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