- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 22, 1887
- Place of Birth
- Prague, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], USA
- Died
- March 28, 1953
Jim Thorpe
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 and professional), professional baseball, and basketball. He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he had been paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in place. In 1983, 30 years after his death, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) restored his Olympic medals. Thorpe grew up in the Sa…
Filmography
movieJim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning
2025 · Self
movieRed Fever
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieJim Thorpe – All-American
1951 · Technical Advisor, Novel
movieWagon Master
1950 · Navajo Indian
movieWhite Heat
1949 · Big Convict (uncredited)
movieRoad to Utopia
1946 · Collins (uncredited)
movieThe Vampire's Ghost
1945 · Native
movieOutlaw Trail
1944 · Spike
movieThey Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Indian (uncredited)
movieMeet John Doe
1941 · Extra (uncredited)
movieMexican Spitfire Out West
1940 · Indian
moviePrairie Schooners
1940 · Chief Sanche
movieArizona Frontier
1940 · Gray Cloud
movieHenry Goes Arizona
1939 · Bus Passenger (uncredited)
movieThe Man from Texas
1939 · Posse Rider (uncredited)
movieFrontier Scout
1938 · Henchman
movieStart Cheering
1938 · Head Linesman
movieBig City
1937 · Jim Thorpe
movieTrailin' West
1936 · Black Eagle
movieWildcat Trooper
1936 · Indian Fur Trapper
movieTreachery Rides the Range
1936 · Chief Red Smoke
movieHill-Tillies
1936 · 1st Indian
movieSilly Billies
1936 · Medicine Man
movieSutter's Gold
1936 · Man
movieKlondike Annie
1936
movieCaptain Blood
1935 · Pirate (uncredited)
movieLa Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935 · Indian Chief, Indian Chief (uncredited)
movieThe Ivory-Handled Gun
1935 · Henchman Jack (uncredited)
movieMoonlight on the Prairie
1935 · Henchman
movieFighting Youth
1935 · Carlisle Football Player
movieThe Last Days of Pompeii
1935 · Spectator Tossing Coins (uncredited)
movieBarbary Coast
1935 · Janitor (uncredited)
movieIt's in the Air
1935 · Indian Father (uncredited)
movieWanderer of the Wasteland
1935 · Charlie Jim
movieThe Daring Young Man
1935 · Convict
movieShe
1935 · Captain of the Guards (uncredited)
movieThe Arizonian
1935
movieCode of the Mounted
1935 · Murdered Indian
movieOne Run Elmer
1935 · Second baseman (uncredited)
movieRustlers of Red Dog
1935 · Chief Scarface [Chs. 6, 11]
movieBehold My Wife!
1934 · Indian Chief (uncredited)
movieThe Red Rider
1934 · Bill Abel, Portos Henchman
movieSweepings
1933 · Indian (Uncredited)
movieKing Kong
1933 · Native Dancer (uncredited)
movieWild Horse Mesa
1932 · Indian Chief
movieAir Mail
1932 · Indian (uncredited)
movieThe Golden West
1932 · Medicine Man
movieAlways Kickin'
1932
Off His Base
movieOff His Base
1932 · Jim Thorpe
movieThe Dark Horse
1932 · Blackfeet Indian Chief
movieMy Pal, the King
1932 · Black Cloud
movieBattling with Buffalo Bill
1931 · Swift Arrow