Tote Du Crow

Tote Du Crow
Du Crow (right) with Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro (1920)
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.

Biography

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. Tote Du Crow also gained fame as a circus clown before he became an actor.

Du Crow portrayed Bernardo in the silent Zorro films. Gene Sheldon later popularized this role for Disney in the late 1950s. Sheldon's depiction of that character was a full-blooded Spaniard.

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

Selected filmography

• The Americano (1916) as Alberto de Castille
• The Fighting Trail (1917)
• Rimrock Jones (1918)
• Treasure of the Sea (1918)
• The Ghost Flower (1918)
• Hugon, The Mighty (1918)
• The Prospector's Vengeance (1920)
• Hair Trigger Stuff (1920)
• The Rattler's Hiss (1920)
• 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 Pride of Palomar (1922)
• The Social Buccaneer (1923)
• Thundergate (1923)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
• Little Robinson Crusoe (1924)
• The Saddle Hawk (1925)
• Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925) as Bernardo
• Spook Ranch (1925)
• The Blue Streak (1926)

External links

• Tote Du Crow at IMDb