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Order Number	00067903
Title	Iron Eyes Cody, Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Photographer	Hankey, Roy.
Collection ID	Roy Hankey Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	Moving pictures-Personalities-Cody, Iron Eyes.
Date	[199-?
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w
Description	Iron Eyes Cody was honored March 1 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. One of his sons, wearing Indian headdress, kneels beside him and Johnny Grant can be seen behind on his right. Iron Eyes Cody (1904-1999) was an actor born in Kaplan, Louisiana. The son of Sicilian immigrants, Francesca Salpietra and Antonio De Corti, he was born Espera De Corti (or Oscar, as he was called), but changed his name in 1924, from Corti to Cody. Iron Eyes began his acting career at the age of 12 and continued to work until the time of his death, appearing in more than 200 films, but becoming most famous for his "Crying Indian" role in the Keep America Beautiful public service announcement in the early 1970s. Although he was not born a Native American (he claimed to be part Cherokee and part Cree), he lived his adult years as one. In 1995, Hollywood's Native American community honored Cody for his longstanding contribution to Native American causes. Iron Eyes Cody died on January 5, 1999 at the age of 94 and was buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Subject	Cody, Iron Eyes,--1904-1999. Grant, Johnny. Motion picture actors and actresses--United States. Costumes. Awards. Hollywood Walk of Fame. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.). Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (Calif.).
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection