Jim Thorpe
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 a...
Known For
Filmography
Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning
2025
as Self
Red Fever
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Wagon Master
1950
as Navajo Indian
White Heat
1949
as Big Convict (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
1946
as Collins (uncredited)
The Vampire's Ghost
1945
as Native
Outlaw Trail
1944
as Spike
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Indian (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
1941
as Extra (uncredited)
Arizona Frontier
1940
as Gray Cloud
Prairie Schooners
1940
as Chief Sanche
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
as Indian
The Man from Texas
1939
as Posse Rider (uncredited)
Henry Goes Arizona
1939
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Frontier Scout
1938
as Henchman
Start Cheering
1938
as Head Linesman
Big City
1937
as Jim Thorpe
Wildcat Trooper
1936
as Indian Fur Trapper
Hill-Tillies
1936
as 1st Indian
Sutter's Gold
1936
as Man
Treachery Rides the Range
1936
as Chief Red Smoke
Klondike Annie
1936
Trailin' West
1936
as Black Eagle
Silly Billies
1936
as Medicine Man
Code of the Mounted
1935
as Murdered Indian
The Daring Young Man
1935
as Convict
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935
as Henchman
The Arizonian
1935
It's in the Air
1935
as Indian Father (uncredited)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
as Indian Chief
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
as Chief Scarface [Chs. 6, 11]
Captain Blood
1935
as Pirate (uncredited)
Fighting Youth
1935
as Carlisle Football Player
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
as Spectator Tossing Coins (uncredited)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
as Indian Chief (uncredited)
The Ivory-Handled Gun
1935
as Henchman Jack (uncredited)
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
as Charlie Jim
One Run Elmer
1935
as Second baseman (uncredited)
Barbary Coast
1935
as Janitor (uncredited)
She
1935
as Captain of the Guards (uncredited)
The Red Rider
1934
as Bill Abel, Portos Henchman
Behold My Wife!
1934
as Indian Chief (uncredited)
Sweepings
1933
as Indian (Uncredited)
King Kong
1933
as Native Dancer (uncredited)
Off His Base
1932
as Jim Thorpe
The Dark Horse
1932
as Blackfeet Indian Chief
Air Mail
1932
as Indian (uncredited)
My Pal, the King
1932
as Black Cloud
Wild Horse Mesa
1932
as Indian Chief
Always Kickin'
1932
The Golden West
1932
as Medicine Man
Battling with Buffalo Bill
1931
as Swift Arrow