Chief Yowlachie

Chief Yowlachie lahir di Kitsap County, Washington, dan kemudian tinggal bersama keluarganya di Reservasi Indian Yakima. Meskipun dia tidak terdaftar di Bangsa Yakima, orang tuanya John W. Simmons dan Lucy Riddle keduanya memiliki warisan Puyallup dan memiliki tanah yang dialokasikan di reservasi Yakima. Nama asli Yowlatchie adalah Daniel Simmons dan dia memulai karir bisnis pertunjukannya sebagai--percaya atau tidak--penyanyi opera dan menghabiskan bertahun-tahun dalam profesi itu. Pada tahun 1920-an ia beralih ke film, dan selama sekitar 25 tahun berikutnya ia memainkan segala hal mulai dari pemimpin Apache yang mengamuk hingga sahabat karib komik. Seorang pria bertubuh besar dan berwajah bulat, suaranya yang khas—bass yang dalam dan bergema agak mirip dengan suara Bluto di kartun "Popeye" lama—langsung dikenali, dan dia memiliki perbedaan karena tampaknya tidak terlalu tua dalam kariernya, yang kemungkinan besar disebabkan oleh fakta bahwa dia terlihat sedikit lebih muda dari yang sebenarnya, jadi "penuaan"-nya tidak terlalu terlihat. Selain perannya yang "serius", ia memiliki peran yang lebih ringan di beberapa film, terutama Red River (1948), di mana ia bertukar sindiran dengan pencuri adegan veteran Walter Brennan, dan bertahan dengan cukup baik.

Chief Yowlachie was born in Kitsap County, Washington, and later lived with his family on the Yakima Indian Reservation. Although he was not enrolled in the Yakima Nation, his parents John W. Simmons and Lucy Riddle both had Puyallup heritage and owned allotted land on the Yakima reservation. Yowlatchie's real name was Daniel Simmons and he began his show-business career as--believe it or not--an opera singer and spent many years in that profession. In the 1920s he switched to films, and over the next 25 or so years played everything from rampaging Apache chiefs to comic-relief sidekicks. A large, round-faced man, his distinctive voice--a deep, resonant bass somewhat resembling Bluto's in the old "Popeye" cartoons--was instantly recognizable, and he had the distinction of not appearing to have aged much over his career, which is most likely attributable to the fact that he looked quite a bit younger than he actually was, so his "aging" wasn't all that noticeable. In addition to his "serious" roles, he had somewhat more light-hearted parts in several films, notably Red River (1948), where he traded quips with veteran scene-stealer Walter Brennan, and held his own quite well.