Actor, Stuntman, Musician, Athlete. A member of the Lakota Indian Tribe, his name translates as, "Wounded in Winter Beautiful Bald Eagle." He was best known for playing the roles of soldiers, old men, medicine men, and native American Indians, in western films and on television. He will be best remembered for playing the role of the 'Old Soldier' in the crime film drama, "Skins" (2002). The film which was directed by Chris Ayre, which was written for the screen by Jennifer D. Lyne, which was based on the novel by Adrian C. Louis, and which also starred Eric Schweig, Graham Greene, and Gary Farmer, is an inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He is also best remembered for playing the role of 'Two Arrows in the episode entitled, "Wheel To The Stars," of the television mini-series, "Into The West," which originally aired on June 10, 2005, and which also starred Simon Baker, Josh Brolin, and Gary Busey. This was his only television appearance. He was born one of seven children as David William Beautiful Bald Eagle in a teepee on the west banks of Cherry Creek, on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota, to Taylor Sylvan Bald Eagle (1898-1964), and his wife Zola White Feather Bald Eagle (1897-), on April 8, 1919. He was educated locally and enlisted as a member with the rank of Sergeant in the Fourth Cavalry of the United States Army from 1936 to 1941. He reenlisted and served his country as a member with the rank of Sergeant and was a code-talker in the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II from 1941 to 1944, and saw action during the Battle of Anzio in Anzio, Italy, and for this, he was awarded the Silver Star Medal, which is the United States Armed Forces's third-highest military decoration for valor in combat and which is awarded primarily to members of the United States Armed Forces for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States. He also parachuted into Normandy, France, during D-Day on June 6, 1944, and was severely wounded by German fire, this earned him the Purple Heart Medal, which is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States of America to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the United States military. Following his military service, he became a drummer for the Cliff Keyes Big Band, a race car driver, a semi-pro baseball player, and a rodeo performer under the name of 'Chips Warner.' He later went to Hollywood, California, and became a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild, trained such film stars as John Wayne in horse and gun handling, and was swashbuckling actor Errol Flynn's stunt double. He was also a champion ballroom dancer and was inducted as a member of the Ballroom Hall of Fame in Minneapolis, Minneapolis. In his later years, he turned to acting in films. He made his actual film debut playing the role of 'Old Man at HQ' in the western film, "Lakota Woman: Siege At Wounded Knee" (1994). The film which was directed by Frank Pierson, and which also starred Charles Abourezk, Lawrence Bayne, Tantoo Cardinal, and Michael Horse, tells the true story of Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, who is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the injustices that society inflicts on her people. She aids the Lakota in their struggle for their rights: a struggle that culminates in an armed standoff with US government forces at the site of an 1890 massacre. Besides, playing the role of 'Old Man at HQ' in the western film, "Lakota Woman: Siege At Wounded Knee" (1994), and playing the role of the 'Old Soldier' in the crime film drama, "Skins" (2002), his many other film credits include, "Imprint" (2007, He played the role of a 'Medicine Man'), and "River Of Fundament" (2014, He played the role of 'Norman III'). He also worked on the western film, "Dances With Wolves" (1990), which starred Kevin Coster and Graham Green as a Technical Adviser, and was featured as himself in the television film documentary, "Rich Hall's Inventing The Indian" (2012). His last film role was playing 'Dan' in "Neither Wolf Nor Dog" (2016). The film which was directed by and written for the screen by Steven Lewis Simpson, which was based on the novel by Kent Nerburn, and which also starred Christopher Sweeney, Richard Ray Whitman, and Zahn McClarnon, tells the story of a Lakota elder who summons a white writer to visit him and help him write a book about his people. He passed away in Sturgis, South Dakota, (another source says the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota), on July 22, 2016, at the age of 97. His funeral service was held through Rooks Funeral Home in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, and he was buried in Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, North Dakota. He was married to Rena Evangeline Boneclub Beautiful Bald Eagle, (1929-2009), in Walworth, South Dakota, on February 18, 1948, but they later divorced and then to Clarinda A. Two Crow Beautiful Bald Eagle (1938-2013). He was also married to Penny Rathbun Beautiful Bald Eagle and Josette Kesteman "Josee" Beautiful Bald Eagle. He was the grandson of Chief White Bull (1825-1914), who fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, and was a Native American politician and American civil rights leader who served as the hereditary chief of the Ponca from 1870 until 1904. He was the proud father of several children, he also had 70 Grandchildren, 100 Great Grandchildren, and 2 Great Great Grandchildren. The then-United States Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota said of the chief in 2009, "In 1944, he was among those brave soldiers who jumped from planes on D-day as a U.S. Army paratrooper. Chief Bald Eagle was shot four times that day, and his story is recounted in 'Blue Stars: A Selection of Stories From South Dakota's World War II Veterans,' compiled by Greg Latza." "Upon return, Chief Bald Eagle went on to travel as a performer and has acted in at least 18 movies to date. While in Hollywood, Chief Bald Eagle worked alongside some of the most recognizable actors and actresses of that time: Clark Gable, John Wayne, and Marilyn Monroe."
Actor, Stuntman, Musician, Athlete. A member of the Lakota Indian Tribe, his name translates as, "Wounded in Winter Beautiful Bald Eagle." He was best known for playing the roles of soldiers, old men, medicine men, and native American Indians, in western films and on television. He will be best remembered for playing the role of the 'Old Soldier' in the crime film drama, "Skins" (2002). The film which was directed by Chris Ayre, which was written for the screen by Jennifer D. Lyne, which was based on the novel by Adrian C. Louis, and which also starred Eric Schweig, Graham Greene, and Gary Farmer, is an inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He is also best remembered for playing the role of 'Two Arrows in the episode entitled, "Wheel To The Stars," of the television mini-series, "Into The West," which originally aired on June 10, 2005, and which also starred Simon Baker, Josh Brolin, and Gary Busey. This was his only television appearance. He was born one of seven children as David William Beautiful Bald Eagle in a teepee on the west banks of Cherry Creek, on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota, to Taylor Sylvan Bald Eagle (1898-1964), and his wife Zola White Feather Bald Eagle (1897-), on April 8, 1919. He was educated locally and enlisted as a member with the rank of Sergeant in the Fourth Cavalry of the United States Army from 1936 to 1941. He reenlisted and served his country as a member with the rank of Sergeant and was a code-talker in the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II from 1941 to 1944, and saw action during the Battle of Anzio in Anzio, Italy, and for this, he was awarded the Silver Star Medal, which is the United States Armed Forces's third-highest military decoration for valor in combat and which is awarded primarily to members of the United States Armed Forces for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States. He also parachuted into Normandy, France, during D-Day on June 6, 1944, and was severely wounded by German fire, this earned him the Purple Heart Medal, which is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States of America to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the United States military. Following his military service, he became a drummer for the Cliff Keyes Big Band, a race car driver, a semi-pro baseball player, and a rodeo performer under the name of 'Chips Warner.' He later went to Hollywood, California, and became a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild, trained such film stars as John Wayne in horse and gun handling, and was swashbuckling actor Errol Flynn's stunt double. He was also a champion ballroom dancer and was inducted as a member of the Ballroom Hall of Fame in Minneapolis, Minneapolis. In his later years, he turned to acting in films. He made his actual film debut playing the role of 'Old Man at HQ' in the western film, "Lakota Woman: Siege At Wounded Knee" (1994). The film which was directed by Frank Pierson, and which also starred Charles Abourezk, Lawrence Bayne, Tantoo Cardinal, and Michael Horse, tells the true story of Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, who is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the injustices that society inflicts on her people. She aids the Lakota in their struggle for their rights: a struggle that culminates in an armed standoff with US government forces at the site of an 1890 massacre. Besides, playing the role of 'Old Man at HQ' in the western film, "Lakota Woman: Siege At Wounded Knee" (1994), and playing the role of the 'Old Soldier' in the crime film drama, "Skins" (2002), his many other film credits include, "Imprint" (2007, He played the role of a 'Medicine Man'), and "River Of Fundament" (2014, He played the role of 'Norman III'). He also worked on the western film, "Dances With Wolves" (1990), which starred Kevin Coster and Graham Green as a Technical Adviser, and was featured as himself in the television film documentary, "Rich Hall's Inventing The Indian" (2012). His last film role was playing 'Dan' in "Neither Wolf Nor Dog" (2016). The film which was directed by and written for the screen by Steven Lewis Simpson, which was based on the novel by Kent Nerburn, and which also starred Christopher Sweeney, Richard Ray Whitman, and Zahn McClarnon, tells the story of a Lakota elder who summons a white writer to visit him and help him write a book about his people. He passed away in Sturgis, South Dakota, (another source says the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota), on July 22, 2016, at the age of 97. His funeral service was held through Rooks Funeral Home in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, and he was buried in Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, North Dakota. He was married to Rena Evangeline Boneclub Beautiful Bald Eagle, (1929-2009), in Walworth, South Dakota, on February 18, 1948, but they later divorced and then to Clarinda A. Two Crow Beautiful Bald Eagle (1938-2013). He was also married to Penny Rathbun Beautiful Bald Eagle and Josette Kesteman "Josee" Beautiful Bald Eagle. He was the grandson of Chief White Bull (1825-1914), who fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, and was a Native American politician and American civil rights leader who served as the hereditary chief of the Ponca from 1870 until 1904. He was the proud father of several children, he also had 70 Grandchildren, 100 Great Grandchildren, and 2 Great Great Grandchildren. The then-United States Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota said of the chief in 2009, "In 1944, he was among those brave soldiers who jumped from planes on D-day as a U.S. Army paratrooper. Chief Bald Eagle was shot four times that day, and his story is recounted in 'Blue Stars: A Selection of Stories From South Dakota's World War II Veterans,' compiled by Greg Latza." "Upon return, Chief Bald Eagle went on to travel as a performer and has acted in at least 18 movies to date. While in Hollywood, Chief Bald Eagle worked alongside some of the most recognizable actors and actresses of that time: Clark Gable, John Wayne, and Marilyn Monroe."
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