Michael Horse
| Michael Horse | |
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Michael Horse, July 2006
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| Born | December 21, 1951 Tucson, Arizona, United States |
| Occupation | Film and television actor, jeweler, painter |
| Website | http://michaelhorse.com/index.php |
Michael Heinrich Horse (born December 21, 1951)[1] is an American actor, jeweler, and ledger painter.[2]
Early life
Michael Horse was born in a Yaqui Native American reserve near Tucson, Arizona, and is of Yaqui, Mescalero Apache, Zuni, Swedish, and Latino descent.[3][4] His birth name was Michael Heinrich. He lived twenty years in Sun Valley, California on Sancola street.[citation needed]
Acting career
His film debut came in the role of Tonto in the ill-fated 1981 film, The Legend of the Lone Ranger. Horse portrayed Deputy Hawk, a Native American policeman, in the TV series Twin Peaks (1990–91)[5] and also acted in Passenger 57 (1992),[6] House of Cards (1993), the 1990s version of the television series The Untouchables (1993),[7] and North of 60 (1995–97).[8] He also appeared in the Thanks episode "Thanksgiving" in 1999, portraying Squanto. He appeared as Deputy Owen Blackwood in four episodes of the first season of Roswell (1999). Horse also appeared as Sheriff Tskany in The X-Files episode "Shapes" in 1994. Michael Horse portrayed American Indian Movement (AIM) activist Dennis Banks in the 1994 TNT movie Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee. Eight years later, he lent his voice to Little Creek's friend in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. He portrayed Mike Proudfoot on Sons of Tucson.
References
- ↑ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
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- ↑ About Michael Horse. . Retrieved 20 April 2009.
- ↑ Michael Horse Biography (1951-)
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- ↑ Michael Horse - Actor Movie Reviews at TopTenReviews.com
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- ↑ North of 60 actors - NativeCelebs profiles
External links
- 45-minute audio interview of Michael Horse Wide-ranging discussion on Pacifica Radio station KPFA's weekly program, Bay Native Circle (May 7, 2008)
- Michael Horse at the Internet Movie Database
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- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Lone Ranger
- American jewellers
- 20th-century American painters
- 21st-century American painters
- American illustrators
- American people of Apache descent
- American people of Yaqui descent
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Male actors from Arizona
- People from Tucson, Arizona
