Biography
William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846 β January 10, 1917), known as Buffalo Bill, was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman.
One of the most famous and well-known figures of the American Old West, Buffalo Bill's legend began to spread when he was only 23. Shortly thereafter he started performing in shows that displayed cowboy themes and episodes from the frontier and Indian Wars. He founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1883, taking his large company on tours in the United States and, beginning in 1887, in Great Britain and continental Europe.
He was born in Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), but he lived for several years in his father's hometown in modern-day Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, before the family returned to the Midwest and settled in the Kansas Territory. Buffalo Bill started working at the age of 11, after his father's death, and became a rider for the Pony Express at age 15. During the American Civil War, he served the Union from 1863 to the end of the war in 1865. Later he served as a civilian scout for the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars, receiving the Medal of Honor in 1872.
Filmography
all 18
Movies 18
self 12
Writer 2
Dinosaur Wars (2011)
Red and White: Gone with the West (2008)
Paris Nineteen Hundred (1948)
Yesterday Lives Again (1938)
Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931)
The Indians Are Coming (1930)
Buffalo Bill and Chief Iron Tail Swap Yarns in the Sign Language (1919)
The Adventures of Buffalo Bill (1917)
Ford Animated Weekly (1916)
The Indian Wars (1914)
The Life of Buffalo Bill (1912)
The Buffalo Bill Show (1912)
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East (1910)
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Parade (1901)
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 1 (1898)
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, No. 2 (1898)
Indian War Council (1894)
Buffalo Bill (1894)
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GenderMale
Birthday1846-02-26 (178 years old)
Birth NameWilliam Frederick Cody
Birth PlaceScott County, United States of America
FatherIsaac Cody
MotherMary Ann Bonsell Laycock
SiblingsHelen Cody
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsWilliam F. Cody
AwardsMedal of Honor
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