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".
James Ellison (actor) James Ellison, also known as Jimmy Ellison, (May 4, 1910 – December 23, 1993) was an American film actor, born James Ellison Smith in Guthrie Center, Iowa, son of Edward James Smith and Ona Mary Ellis.