What was the real first name of the legendary character on whom the film "Jeremiah Johnson" was partly based?
Jeremiah Johnson (film) Jeremiah Johnson is a 1972 American western film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford as the title character and Will Geer as "Bear Claw" Chris Lapp. It is said to have been based partly on the life of the legendary mountain man Liver-Eating Johnson, recounted in Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker's book "Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson" and Vardis Fisher's "Mountain Man".
Eddie Jeremiah Edward John Jeremiah,Armenian: Էդդի Ժերեմիա (November 4, 1905 – August 15, 1967) was a professional ice hockey player who played 15 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Americans and Boston Bruins. After his playing days Jeremiah became the head coach for Dartmouth until his retirement in 1967.