Personal Info
Known Credits
44
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1877-06-02 (148 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Buffalo, New York, USA
Also Known For
Chief Big Tree
Chief John Big Tree
Biography
Chief John Big Tree was born on June 2, 1877 in Buffalo, New York, as Isaac Johnny John. He was an actor, known for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) and Devil's Doorway (1950). He died on July 6, 1967 in Onondaga Indian Reservation, New York. One of three men who posed for artist James Fraser for the profile which became the famous "Indian head nickel" or "buffalo nickel" minted 1913-1938. The other two were Chief Two Moons (of the Cheyenne) and Chief Iron Tail (of ...
Known For
Acting
1950 --
Devil's Doorway
| Thundercloud
1949 --
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
| Chief Pony That Walks
1941 --
Western Union
| Chief Spotted Horse
1941 --
Hudson's Bay
| Chief
1940 --
North West Mounted Police
| Blue Owl (uncredited)
1940 --
Too Many Girls
| Chief
1940 --
Brigham Young
| Big Elk
1939 --
Destry Rides Again
| Indian in Saloon (uncredited)
1939 --
Drums Along the Mohawk
| Blue Back
1939 --
The Oregon Trail
| Spotted Elk
1939 --
Susannah of the Mounties
| Chief (uncredited)
1939 --
Stagecoach
| Indian Scout (uncredited)
1938 --
The Girl of the Golden West
| Indian Chief in Prologue
1937 --
Prairie Thunder
| Indian (uncredited)
1937 --
Hills of Old Wyoming
| Chief Big Tree
1937 --
Lost Horizon
| Porter (uncredited)
1937 --
Maid of Salem
| Indian Man (Uncredited)
1936 --
The Bold Caballero
| Tavern Indian (uncredited)
1936 --
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
| Indian John
1936 --
Custer's Last Stand
| Medicine Man
1935 --
The Singing Vagabond
| Chief White Eagle (uncredited)
1935 --
The Farmer Takes a Wife
| Indian
1934 --
Wheels of Destiny
| Chief War Eagle
1933 --
King of the Arena
| Circus Indian
1933 --
The Telegraph Trail
| Indian Chief (uncredited)
1932 --
The Golden West
| Indian (uncredited)
1932 --
The Last of the Mohicans
| Huron Warrior (uncredited)
1931 --
Red Fork Range
| Chief Barking Fox
1930 --
The Big Trail
| Indian (uncredited)
1929 --
Sioux Blood
| Crazy Wolf
1929 --
The Overland Telegraph
| Medecine Man
1927 --
Spoilers of the West
| Red Cloud
1927 --
Painted Ponies
|
1927 --
The Frontiersman
| Grey Eagle
1927 --
Winners Of The Wilderness
| Chief Pontiac
1926 --
The Desert's Toll
| Red Eagle
1926 --
Mantrap
| Indian (uncredited)
1926 --
The Frontier Trail
| Chief Gray Wolf
1925 --
The Red Rider
| Indian Chief
1924 --
The Iron Horse
| Cheyenne Chief
1923 --
The Huntress
| Otebaya
1922 --
The Primitive Lover
| Chief Johnny Bluebottle
1919 --
A Fight For Love
| Swift Deer
1917 --
The Spirit of '76
| Gowah