Will Sampson
- Birthday
- Sep 27, 1933
- Birthplace
- Houston, Texas, USA
Bio: A full-blooded Muscogee-Creek Indian, Will Sampson spent most of his adult life as a successful artist. The towering Sampson was spotted at an art show by an assistant to actor/producer Michael Douglas; Douglas then cast Sampson in the important role of enigmatic sanitarium inmate Chief Bromden in the 1976 Oscar-winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It was the… More Bio: A full-blooded Muscogee-Creek Indian, Will Sampson spent most of his adult life as a successful artist. The towering Sampson was spotted at an art show by an assistant to actor/producer Michael Douglas; Douglas then cast Sampson in the important role of enigmatic sanitarium inmate Chief Bromden in the 1976 Oscar-winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It was the beginning of a ten-year acting career that would embrace both films (Buffalo Bill and the Indians, The Outlaw Josey Wales) and television. In the latter medium, Will Sampson had a recurring role on the Robert Urich private eye series Vegas (1978-1981), and starred as a taciturn Native American police officer in the 1977 TV pilot film Relentless. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Will Sampson Videos
The Outlaw Josey Wales
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Poltergeist 2: The Other Side
Buffalo Bill And The Indians Or Sitting Bull's History
Firewalker
Filmography
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Firewalker (1986)
- Tall Eagle
- 0%
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Poltergeist II: the Other Side (1986)
- Taylor
- 39%
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Insignificance (1985)
- Elevator Attendant
- 73%
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Fish Hawk (1979)
- Fish Hawk
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Vegas (1978)
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