Chief Yowlachie

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| birth_date  = August 15, 1891
| birth_place = Yakima, Washington, U.S.
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| resting_place = Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California
| other_names =Daniel Simmons (birth name)
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Chief Yowlachie  (born Daniel Simmons; August 15, 1891 – March 7, 1966) was a Native American actor from the Yakama tribe in the U.S. state of Washington, known for playing supporting roles and bit parts in numerous films. He is perhaps best known for playing Two Jaw Quo, Nadine Groot's assistant cook, in the classic 1948 Western Red River.

Biography

He was born in Yakima, Washington, and died in Los Angeles, California. He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California.

Some of his television appearances include "War Horse", an episode of The Lone Ranger and "Rope of Lies", an episode of The Virginian. He appeared twice on the early series, The Range Rider, starring Jock Mahoney and Dick Jones. He appeared as the Apache Geronimo in the 1950s syndicated television series Stories of the Century.In 1962, Chief Yowlachie played "The Great Chief" in the episode "The Black Robe" of NBC's western series The Tall Man. In the story line, Governor Lew Wallace of the New Mexico Territory, played by Robert Burton, tries to thwart a  French foreign agent from supplying arms to the Mescalero Apaches in a murky plot to reoccupy Mexico. Slim Pickens appears in this episode as Starr and Martin Landau as Father Gueschim, a Roman Catholic priest.

Selected FilmographyKentucky Days (1923) - Indian ScoutTonio, Son of the Sierras (1925) - TonioElla Cinders (1926) - Indian (uncredited)Moran of the Mounted (1926) - Biting WolfThe Scarlet Letter (1926) - Indian (uncredited)Forlorn River (1926) - Modoc JoeWar Paint (1926) - Iron EyesSitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (1927) - Chief Sitting BullHawk of the Hills (1927, Serial) - Chief Long HandThe Red Raiders (1927) - Lone WolfThe Glorious Trail (1928) - High WolfHawk of the Hills (1929) - Chief White WolfThe Invaders (1929)Tiger Rose (1929) - Indian (uncredited)The Santa Fe Trail (1930) - Brown BeaverThe Girl of the Golden West (1930) - Billy JackrabbitThe Thundering Herd (1933) - Indian (uncredited)Man of Conquest (1939) - Cherokee Tribesman (uncredited)Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940, Serial) - King of the Rock People [Chs. 7-9] (uncredited)Winners of the West (1940, Serial) - Chief War Eagle [Chs. 1, 5, 7, 9-10, 13]North West Mounted Police (1940) - Indian (uncredited)White Eagle (1941, Serial) - Chief Running DeerThe Round Up (1941) - Chief Blackhawk (uncredited)Saddlemates (1941) - Council Chief (uncredited)This Woman Is Mine (1941) - Chief One-Eye Comcomly (uncredited)Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (1941) - Indian Poker Player (uncredited)Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942) - Chief Tomahawk (uncredited)King of the Stallions (1942) - Chief MatapotanDawn on the Great Divide (1942) - Indian (uncredited)Frontier Fury (1943) - Nuyaka (uncredited)Canyon Passage (1946) - Indian Spokesman (uncredited)The Strange Woman (1946) - Indian Guide (uncredited)Wild West (1946) - Chief Black FoxSingin' in the Corn (1946) - Indian (uncredited)Oregon Trail Scouts (1947) - Indian (uncredited)The Hucksters (1947) - Indian (uncredited)Bowery Buckaroos (1947) - Big Chief Hi-OctaneThe Prairie (1947) - MatoreehThe Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) - IndianThe Gallant Legion (1948) - Indian Medicine Man (uncredited)The Dude Goes West (1948) - Running WolfRed River (1948) - QuoYou Gotta Stay Happy (1948) - Indian (uncredited)The Paleface (1948) - Chief Yellow FeatherYellow Sky (1948) - Colorado (uncredited)El Paso (1949) - Paiute Pete (uncredited)Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) - CrowbarTulsa (1949) - Charlie Lightfoot (uncredited)Canadian Pacific (1949) - Indian Chief (uncredited)The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) - Chief Long Arrow (uncredited)My Friend Irma (1949) - Indian (uncredited)Mrs. Mike (1949) - AtenouThe Traveling Saleswoman (1950) - Sam (uncredited)Young Daniel Boone (1950) - Indian Guide (uncredited)Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950) - Crowbar (uncredited)A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950) - PawneeKill the Umpire (1950) - Indian (uncredited)Annie Get Your Gun (1950) - Little Horse (uncredited)Winchester '73 (1950) - Indian at Rifle Shoot (uncredited)My Friend Irma Goes West (1950) - Hiawatha - Indian Chief (uncredited)Indian Territory (1950) - Indian Chief (uncredited)Cherokee Uprising (1950) - Gray EagleThe Last Outpost (1951) - Cochise (uncredited)The Painted Hills (1951) - Bald EagleCavalry Scout (1951) - Indian Chief (uncredited)Warpath (1951) - ChiefLone Star (1952) - Mangas Colorado (uncredited)Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952) - Chief White CloudThe Half-Breed (1952) - Apache Chief (uncredited)Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger (1952, Serial) - Geronimo [ch 15]Thunderbirds (1952) - Chief Whitedeer (uncredited)The Pathfinder (1952) - Eagle FeatherRose Marie (1954) - Black EagleGunfighters of the Northwest (1954, Serial) - Chief Running ElkDrums Across the River (1954) - Medicine Man (uncredited)The Wild Dakotas (1956) - Indian (uncredited)Hollywood or Bust (1956) - Chief Running Water (uncredited)The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) - Indian (uncredited)The Buccaneer (1958) - Choctaw Indian (uncredited)The FBI Story (1959) - Harry Willowtree (uncredited)Yellowstone Kelly (1959) - Medicine Man (uncredited)Heller in Pink Tights (1960) - Indian (uncredited)Nevada Smith'' (1966) - Medicine Man (uncredited) (final film role)

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Category:1891 births
Category:1966 deaths
Category:Male actors from Washington (state)
Category:Native American male actors
Category:People from Yakima, Washington
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:Burials at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Category:Yakama