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Anthony Earl Numkena is a Actor American born on 20 august 1942 at Culver City (USA)

Anthony Earl Numkena

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Nationality USA
Birth 20 august 1942 (81 years) at Culver City (USA)

Anthony Earl Numkena, formerly known as Keena Nomkeena (born August 20, 1942) is a Hopi/Karok Indian who was a child actor from 1949-1958. He is the first of five children born to Anthony (Hopi) and Margaret (Karok) Numkena. In 1952, he became the first Native American child to appear in a motion picture in the role of "Comes Running", an Indian boy adopted by a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, in the film Pony Soldier, starring Tyrone Power and Cameron Mitchell.

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Harold Rosson
Harold Rosson
(1 films)
Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan
(2 films)
Gene Barry
Gene Barry
(2 films)
Mervyn LeRoy
Mervyn LeRoy
(1 films)
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Filmography of Anthony Earl Numkena (6 films)

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Westward Ho, The Wagons!, 1h30
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Fess Parker, Jeff York, Kathleen Crowley, Sebastian Cabot, George Reeves, Doreen Tracey
Roles Little Thunder
Rating57% 2.856022.856022.856022.856022.85602
Summary: A wagon train must find another way than fighting to cross hostile Pawnee territory in 19th Century America.
Escape to Burma, 1h27
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar, Murvyn Vye, Robert Warwick, Reginald Denny
Roles Kasha
Rating55% 2.7575852.7575852.7575852.7575852.757585
In British Burma the son of the Sawbwa, a local ruler has been killed, apparently by his European mining partner, Jim Brecan (Robert Ryan). The Sawbwa wants him caught and executed, while Captain Cardigan wants him caught for trial. Brecan flees through the jungle with a bag of rubies from the mine and reaches the estate of Gwen Moore (Barbara Stanwyck), who uses elephants to harvest teak. Brecan arrives there calling himself "Jim Martin". He and Gwen are attracted to each other. After he helps her deal with some problems, including a killer tiger, she makes him her manager.
Strange Lady in Town, 1h52
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Greer Garson, Dana Andrews, Cameron Mitchell, Lois Smith, Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Walter Hampden
Roles Tomascito Diaz
Rating60% 3.044993.044993.044993.044993.04499
Le docteur Julia Winslow Garth quitte Boston pour une nouvelle vie dans l'Ouest et s'installe près de Santa Fe en 1880. Elle arrive avec des innovations comme le stéthoscope et les antibiotiques.
Alaska Seas, 1h18
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Robert Ryan, Brian Keith, Jan Sterling, Gene Barry, Ralph Dumke, Fay Roope
Roles Andy - Indian Boy
Rating60% 3.049493.049493.049493.049493.04949
Matt Kelly (Robert Ryan) is released from jail and skips town in his boat without paying outstanding storage fees. Back in his home town he is hired by his old friend Jim Kimmerly (Brian Keith), the head of the local salmon fishermen who have formed a canning co-operative. The fishermen are battling against an organised gang who are robbing the fishing traps. Matt however, short on cash, joins the raiders, whilst Jim, unaware of his duplicity, keeps covering for him amongst the other fishermen. Furthermore Kelly has his eyes upon Jim’s fiancée, Nicki (Jan Sterling). Kelly's recklessness eventually causes the loss of Kimmerly's fishing boat in a glacier avalanche. He tries to make amends for his misdemeanours in an act of self-sacrifice.
Red Garters, 1h31
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Rosemary Clooney, Jack Carson, Gene Barry, Pat Crowley, Cass Daley, Frank Faylen
Roles Indian Boy, Assistant to Dr. J. Pott Troy (as Anthony Earl Numkena)
Rating59% 2.9508252.9508252.9508252.9508252.950825
A stranger in town meets pretty young Susan Martinez De La Cruz and accompanies her to a barbecue, where wealthy Jason Carberry is saying a few words for the recently departed Robin Randall, a citizen who got shot.
Pony Soldier, 1h22
Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tyrone Power, Robert Horton, Thomas Gomez, Cameron Mitchell, Stuart Randall, Anthony Earl Numkena
Roles Comes Running (as Anthony Earl Numkena)
Rating58% 2.9040352.9040352.9040352.9040352.904035
In 1876, the North-West Mounted Police send Constable Duncan MacDonald (Tyrone Power) and a blackmailed Blackfoot scout (Thomas Gomez) to get the Cree to sign Treaty 6 with The Crown. Initially hostile, the Cree are influenced by a Fata Morgana type mirage that they mistake for the power of Queen Victoria.