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Chief Dan George

1899 - 1981

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Chief Dan George (born Geswanouth Slahoot; July 24, 1899 – September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band whose Indian reserve is located on Burrard Inlet in the southeast area of the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He also was an actor, musician, poet and author. The Chief's best-known written work is My Heart Soars. As an actor, he is best remembered for portraying Old Lodge Skins opposite Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man (1970), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and for his role in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), as Lone Watie, opposite Clint Eastwood. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chief Dan George is the 2,587th most popular actor (up from 4,759th in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from Canada (up from 371st in 2019) and the 56th most popular Canadian Actor.

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Among actors, Chief Dan George ranks 2,587 out of 13,578. Before him are Eddie Bracken, Sabine Azéma, J. Y. Park, Phil Hartman, Jane Kaczmarek, and David Butler. After him are Susannah York, Rufus Sewell, Dorothy McGuire, Concha Velasco, David Cassidy, and Yvonne Furneaux.

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Among people born in 1899, Chief Dan George ranks 157. Before him are Georg Leibbrandt, Pierre Victor Auger, Harold Abrahams, Francis Ponge, Masujiro Nishida, and Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven. After him are Ramón Muttis, Li Lisan, Gale Sondergaard, Leo Borchard, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, and Armand Salacrou. Among people deceased in 1981, Chief Dan George ranks 116. Before him are Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, Roman Rudenko, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Harry Harlow, Mostafa Chamran, and Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape. After him are Rensis Likert, D. R. Bendre, Mario Camerini, Ivan Eklind, Ricardo Wolf, and Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Chief Dan George ranks 219 out of 1,622. Before him are Alanis Morissette (1974), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), Shawn Mendes (1998), Steve MacLean (1954), Joe Shuster (1914), and Phil Hartman (1948). After him are Hubert Reeves (1932), Florence Lawrence (1886), Mario Lemieux (1965), Albert S. Ruddy (1930), Douglas Bennett (1918), and Pierre Poilievre (1979).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Chief Dan George ranks 56. Before him are Henry Czerny (1959), Marie Dressler (1868), Katheryn Winnick (1977), Joseph Wiseman (1918), Hayden Christensen (1981), and Phil Hartman (1948). After him are Florence Lawrence (1886), James Doohan (1920), Raymond Massey (1896), Hume Cronyn (1911), Elisha Cuthbert (1982), and Walter Pidgeon (1897).

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