1976Nominee
Best Performance
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Chief Dan George
Actor
British Columbia, Canada
July 24, 1899
Biography
Chief Dan George OC (July 24, 1899 – September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band whose Indian reserve is located on Burrard Inlet in the southeast area of the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was also an actor, musician, poet and author; his best-known written work was "My Heart Soars". As an actor, he is best remembered for portraying Old Lodge Skins opposite Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man (1970), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1970Nominee
Best Performance
Little Big Man
1974Nominee
Best Performance
Harry and Tonto
Career Highlights
1969Highlight
Best Performance
Smith!
1974Highlight
Best Performance
The Bears and I
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
Little Big Man
Harry and Tonto