Tote Du Crow
{{short description|Native American silent film actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Tote Du Crow
| image = Tote Du Crow in The Mark of Zorro.jpg
| imagesize = 240px
| caption = Du Crow as Bernardo in The Mark of Zorro (1920)
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| birth_place = Watsonville, California
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| othername = George Skyrock
| occupation = Film actor, circus performer, vaudevillian
| yearsactive = 1915–1926
| spouse = Florence Ashbrooke
| relatives =
}}
Tote Du Crow (also known as George Skyrock or Shyroch) was a film actor and circus performer who acted in many silent films during the early days of Hollywood.
Biography
Tote was born in Watsonville, California, to parents of Castilian and French origins.{{Cite web|date=13 June 1909|title=Clowns—Their Life, Sorrows, and Work|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/72432001/?terms=%22totius%20ducrow%22&match=1|access-date=2021-03-27|website=Oakland Tribune|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=21 August 1909|title=Clown Seeks Divorce|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/87691718/?terms=%22tote%20ducrow%22&match=1|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The San Francisco Call|language=en}} According to some accounts, as children, Tote and his brother Daniel ran away from home to join the circus; other sources say their father apprenticed them out to a circus showman.{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Ann|title=Circus Time Brings Memories to Famous Clown of Yesteryear|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18788714/dan_du_crow/|work=The Pittsburgh Press|date=10 June 1928|location=The Pittsburgh Press|page=16|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = 30 March 2018}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Screenings|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18789225/tote_du_crow/|work=Muncie Evening Press|date=8 March 1924|location=Indiana, Muncie|page=2|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = 30 March 2018}} {{Open access}}
Tote Du Crow portrayed Bernardo in the silent Zorro films.
He played 36 minor roles from 1915 until his death. His last film is The Blue Streak from 1926. He was married from Florence Ashbrooke from 1889 until 1909, after separating in 1904.{{Cite news |date=21 August 1909 |title=Clown Seeks Divorce |pages=20 |work=San Francisco Call |url=https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=NYC18890427.2.43&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN---------- |access-date=7 November 2023 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}{{Cite news |date=1910-01-05 |title=Gets Divorce When Hubby Turns Clown; Actress Could Not Stand Mate Who Left the Legitimate for Circus |pages=9 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-gets-divorce/134811078/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Selected filmography
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- 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 Man of the Forest (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)
- Women and Gold (1925)
- Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925) as Bernardo
- Spook Ranch (1925)
- The Prairie Pirate (1925)
- The Blue Streak (1926)
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References
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External links
- {{commons category-inline|Tote Du Crow}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0238872|name=Tote Du Crow}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male silent film actors
Category:People from Watsonville, California