Thursday, August 27, 2009

AS SEEN ON TV: CRAZY HORSE

AS SEEN ON:
'Stories Of The Century'

AS PLAYED BY:
George Keymas

Crazy Horse (Lakota: literally "His-Horse-is-Crazy") (ca. 1840 – September 5, 1877) was a respected war leader of the Oglala Lakota, who fought against the U.S. federal government in an effort to preserve the traditions and values of the Lakota way of life. He is most generally known for his participation in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June, 1876.
(from Wikipedia)

It may be that the White Man wasn't the only one to assume the identity of a more famous person in order to gain fame for himself. It could be that the Indian who called himself Crazy Horse was in fact a different brave.

The actiing resume of George Keymas is full of Indian roles on TV (as well as the movies), but he'll probably be best remembered from his role in 'The Twilight Zone' episode "Eye Of The Beholder".
Among his many roles as an Indian, we could even surmise that he played a set of quadruplets, spread out in three different series: Running Wolf on 'Bonanza', Grey Wolf' on 'Wagon Train', and in two different episodes of 'Rin Tin Tin', Red Wolf and Yellow Wolf. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, The Wolf Clones!

As there are quite a few portrayals of Crazy Horse to account for in Toobworld, and these exploits of Matt Clark are suspect, we're going to say this wasn't the real Crazy Horse.

BCnU!

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