William Eagle Shirt | |
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Born | William Eagle Shirt 1873
South Dakota, USA |
Died | 1967 Texas |
Other names | Good Lance |
Occupation(s) | Actor, screenwriter |
William "Good Lance" Eagle Shirt was a Native American actor, performer, and screenwriter who was born and raised on the Great Plains of South Dakota. [1] [2] He appeared in a string of Hollywood films in the 1910s and is credited with co-writing two of them. [3]
William and his family — all Oglala Sioux — were forced to settle on the Pine Ridge Reservation, where he met and married a woman named Mattie; the pair had a daughter named Bessie. After performing in Wild West shows, he began appearing in silent films. At some point, he remarried a woman named Emma; the pair divorced in 1942 with no children. [4]
William Eagle Shirt | |
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Born | William Eagle Shirt 1873
South Dakota, USA |
Died | 1967 Texas |
Other names | Good Lance |
Occupation(s) | Actor, screenwriter |
William "Good Lance" Eagle Shirt was a Native American actor, performer, and screenwriter who was born and raised on the Great Plains of South Dakota. [1] [2] He appeared in a string of Hollywood films in the 1910s and is credited with co-writing two of them. [3]
William and his family — all Oglala Sioux — were forced to settle on the Pine Ridge Reservation, where he met and married a woman named Mattie; the pair had a daughter named Bessie. After performing in Wild West shows, he began appearing in silent films. At some point, he remarried a woman named Emma; the pair divorced in 1942 with no children. [4]