Chief Dan George
9Roles★ 7.2Average rating
Emerging from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation of British Columbia, he was born Geswanouth Slahoot, entered a residential school at five, and later worked as a longshoreman, construction worker and school-bus driver before becoming chief of his band from 1951 to 1963. Launching his screen career at sixty with the CBC series Cariboo Country, he soon reprised the role in Disney’s Smith! (1969). A breakthro…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
