Tote Du Crow

Tote Du Crow
Tote Du Crow (right) with Douglas Fairbanks (left) in the 1920 film The Mark of Zorro
Born	1858 Watsonville, California
Died	12 December 1927(1927-12-12) (aged 68–69)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1915–1926

Tote Du Crow (1858 – (1927-12-12)12 December 1927) was a Native American silent film actor originally from Watsonville, California.

His brother was Dan Du Cote, who became a circus clown. As children, the pair ran away from their Watsonville, California, home to join the circus.^[1] Tote Du Crow also gained fame as a circus clown before he became an actor.^[2]

Du Crow portrayed Bernardo in the silent Zorro films. Gene Sheldon later popularized this role for Disney in the late 1950s.

He played 36 minor roles from 1915 until his death. His last film is The Blue Streak from 1926.

Selected filmography

• The Americano (1917) – Alberto de Castille
• The Fighting Trail (1917)
• Rimrock Jones (1918)
• The Ghost Flower (1918)
• Hugon, The Mighty (1918)
• Treasure of the Sea (1918)
• The Prospector's Vengeance (1920)
• Hair Trigger Stuff (1920)
• The Rattler's Hiss (1920)
• The Pride of Palomar (1922)
• Thundergate (1923)
• Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925) as Bernardo
• The Moon Riders (1920)
• The Mark of Zorro (1920) as Bernardo, Zorro's deaf/mute assistant
• The White Horseman (1921)
• The Vermilion Pencil (1922)
• The Social Buccaneer (1923)
• Little Robinson Crusoe (1924)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
• The Saddle Hawk (1925)
• Spook Ranch (1925)
• The Blue Streak (1926)

References

External links

• Tote Du Crow on IMDb