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Buffalo Bill is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 26 february 1846 at Scott County (USA)

Buffalo Bill

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Birth name William Frederick Cody
Nationality USA
Birth 26 february 1846 at Scott County (USA)
Death 10 january 1917 (at 70 years) at Denver (USA)
Awards Medal of Honor

William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American scout, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in the Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), in Le Claire but he grew up for several years in his father's hometown in Canada before his family moved to the Kansas Territory.
Buffalo Bill started working at the age of eleven after his father's death, and became a rider for the Pony Express at age 14. During the American Civil War, he served for the Union from 1863 to the end of the war in 1865. Later he served as a civilian scout to the US Army during the Indian Wars, receiving the Medal of Honor in 1872.

One of the most colorful figures of the American Old West, Buffalo Bill started performing in shows that displayed cowboy themes and episodes from the frontier and Indian Wars. He founded his Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1883, taking his large company on tours throughout the United States and, beginning in 1887, in Great Britain and Europe.
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Filmography of Buffalo Bill (7 films)

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Actor

Paris Nineteen Hundred
Paris Nineteen Hundred (1948)
, 1h22
Directed by Nicole Védrès
Origin France
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about cities
Actors Claude Dauphin, Monty Woolley, Mistinguett, Sarah Bernhardt, René Alexandre, Maurice Chevalier
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating69% 3.4917153.4917153.4917153.4917153.491715
Le documentaire retrace la vie à Paris entre 1900 et 1914. Ce film a utilisé de vrais documents d'époque, et des extraits de plus de sept cents films d'actualités, de reportages, mais aussi des séquences privées. Le montage et le texte qui accompagne les images ont été appréciés par la critique : ce film est devenu une référence.
The Indian Wars
The Indian Wars (1914)

Directed by Theodore Wharton
Origin USA
Genres Historical
Actors Buffalo Bill
Roles Self (as William F. Cody)
Rating68% 3.4080653.4080653.4080653.4080653.408065
The film recreates four battles - the Battle of Summit Springs, the Battle of Warbonnet Creek, the Battle of the Mission and the Battle of Wounded Knee - which were fought by the United States Cavalry and various tribes of the Sioux Indians. The movie also features re-enactments of the Campaign of the Ghost Dance or Messiah Craze War, and the capture of Chief Big Foot. The feature also depicted Indian war dances, burning of camps and tepees, horse rustling and scalping. The end of the picture included scenes of Indian children attending modern schools and Indian farmers bringing in their crops.

Scriptwriter

Battling with Buffalo Bill
Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931)
, 3h37
Directed by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Tom Tyler, Lucile Browne, William Desmond, Francis Ford, Rex Bell, George Regas
Roles Novel
Rating58% 2.916082.916082.916082.916082.91608
The plot is a variation on the standard B-Western "Land Grab" plot: Gold has been discovered in the area and gambler Jim Rodney intends to make sole claim to it by pushing the rightful owners off the land and taking it for himself. To do so he has his henchmen kill an Indian woman, provoking attacks from her tribe. This brings Buffalo Bill and the United States Cavalry into the town. Buffalo Bill proceeds to defeat Rodney and his schemes.