Pat Hogan (born Thurman Lee Haas; February 3, 1920 – November 21, 1966) was an American actor. He mostly played Native Americans over the course of his career. He portrayed Chief Red Stick in the film Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955).
Career Born in Oklahoma to Claude Red Elk and Ann McTigue, Hogan was a member of the Oneida tribe. He attended Roosevelt High School in St. Louis and Pasadena Junior College, where he studied art.
He appeared in many western television series and a few movies. Onstage, he starred in Arrowhead (1953), The Last Frontier (1955), Indian Paint (1965). Indian Paint starred his brothers-in-law, Johnny Crawford and Robert L. "Bobby" Crawford Jr. He was married to their sister, who now goes by the name of Nance Crawford. She was listed in his obituary as Nancy Scott. Three children survive, including Shawna, Brian, and Kathie.
Hogan debuted on film in Fix Bayonets (1952).
In 1954, Hogan portrayed Chief Red Stick in Walt Disney's "Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter" starring Fess Parker. In 1955, at 34, Hogan played the role of 20-year-old Crawford Goldsby, or the outlaw Cherokee Bill, in the syndicated television series, Stories of the Century, starring and narrated by Jim Davis. Hogan then portrayed Black Cloud in the CBS series Brave Eagle (1955–56) starring Keith Larsen in the title role. He played Sam Peachpit in the syndicated Casey Jones (1957) and Rivas in the NBC adventure series Northwest Passage (1958).
In the 1950s and 1960s, he guest-starred in such programs as The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, Broken Arrow, Crossroads, Zorro, Daniel Boone and Texas John Slaughter. His last appearance was in the film Indian Paint (1965) with Jay Silverheels.
In the mid-1950s, Hogan was married to dancer Jacquelyn Gibson.
Death He died from lung cancer on November 21, 1966, in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1944 Atlantic City 1951 Fixed Bayonets! Jonesy Uncredited1952 The Return of Gilbert & Sullivan Short1952 Lure of the Wilderness Harry Longden Uncredited1952 Yankee Buccaneer Seaman Uncredited1953 Pony Express Chief Yellow Hand Uncredited1953 Arrowhead Jim Eagle 1953 Gun Fury Johash Uncredited1953 Back to God's Country Uppy 1953 The Nebraskan Yellow Knife 1954 Overland Pacific Dark Thunder 1954 Man with the Steel Whip Indian Chief Serial, [Chs. 1, 2, 7]1954 Sign of the Pagan Sangiban 1955 Smoke Signal Delche 1955 Chief Crazy Horse Dull Knife 1955 Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier Chief Red Stick (archive footage)1955 Kiss of Fire Chief Pahvant 1955 The Last Frontier Mungo 1955-1956 Brave Eagle Black Cloud 19 epsidoes1956 Secret of Treasure Mountain Vahoe 1956 Pillars of the Sky Jacob 1956 7th Cavalry Young Hawk 1960 Ten Who Dared Indian chief Uncredited1960 North to Alaska Miner / Saloon Brawler Uncredited1960 Flaming Star Indian Warrior #2 Uncredited1962 Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man Billy Tabeshaw Uncredited1963 Savage Sam Broken Nose 1965 Indian Paint Sutamakis (final film role)
References
50 Years of the Television Western, by Ronald Jackson, Doug Abbott.
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