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Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe

Actor · Born 1887-05-22 · Prague, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], USA

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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 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. Thorpe grew up in the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma, and attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he was a two-time All-American for the school's football team. After his Olympic success in 1912, which included a record score in the decathlon, he added a victory in the All-Around Champio…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. King Kong (1933) — Native Dancer (uncredited)
  2. White Heat (1949) — Big Convict (uncredited)
  3. Meet John Doe (1941) — Extra (uncredited)
  4. Captain Blood (1935) — Pirate (uncredited)
  5. Wagon Master (1950) — Navajo Indian
  6. They Died with Their Boots On (1941) — Indian (uncredited)
  7. Road to Utopia (1946) — Collins (uncredited)
  8. She (1935) — Captain of the Guards (uncredited)
  9. Barbary Coast (1935) — Janitor (uncredited)
  10. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) — Spectator Tossing Coins (uncredited)
  11. Klondike Annie (1936)
  12. The Vampire's Ghost (1945) — Native
  13. La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935) — Indian Chief
  14. One Run Elmer (1935) — Second baseman (uncredited)
  15. Air Mail (1932) — Indian (uncredited)
  16. Sweepings (1933) — Indian (Uncredited)
  17. Start Cheering (1938) — Head Linesman
  18. The Dark Horse (1932) — Blackfeet Indian Chief
  19. Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940) — Indian
  20. Big City (1937) — Jim Thorpe
  21. Henry Goes Arizona (1939) — Bus Passenger (uncredited)
  22. Moonlight on the Prairie (1935) — Henchman
  23. Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931) — Swift Arrow
  24. Frontier Scout (1938) — Henchman
  25. Code of the Mounted (1935) — Murdered Indian
  26. Wildcat Trooper (1936) — Indian Fur Trapper
  27. Hill-Tillies (1936) — 1st Indian
  28. It's in the Air (1935) — Indian Father (uncredited)
  29. Fighting Youth (1935) — Carlisle Football Player
  30. Behold My Wife! (1934) — Indian Chief (uncredited)
  31. Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning (2025) — Self
  32. Treachery Rides the Range (1936) — Chief Red Smoke
  33. The Red Rider (1934) — Bill Abel, Portos Henchman
  34. Silly Billies (1936) — Medicine Man
  35. Prairie Schooners (1940) — Chief Sanche
  36. Rustlers of Red Dog (1935) — Chief Scarface [Chs. 6, 11]
  37. Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935) — Charlie Jim
  38. The Golden West (1932) — Medicine Man
  39. Off His Base (1932) — Jim Thorpe
  40. The Man from Texas (1939) — Posse Rider (uncredited)