Iron Eyes Cody, birth name Espera Oscar de Corti. Sicilian heritage. He was the dude that made the 'Don't Litter' ads way back when.
Most of those Injun dudes from the '50s and '60s Westerns were born in either New York or New Jersey. Iron Eyes Cody was an exception. He was born in Louisiana.
Now There's a sport/competition that if you had told twelve year old me would someday be a Thing, I would have said
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Iron Eyes Cody, birth name Espera Oscar de Corti. Sicilian heritage. He was the dude that made the 'Don't Litter' ads way back when.
ReplyDeleteMost of those Injun dudes from the '50s and '60s Westerns were born in either New York or New Jersey. Iron Eyes Cody was an exception. He was born in Louisiana.