Can you name "Native American" actor who was best known as the "crying Indian" in that old '70s commercial?

It was an anti-littering commercial. He was an actor and appeared in movies and on TV for decades. (Turns out he was actually Sicillian!)

Can you name "Native American" actor who was best known as the "crying Indian" in that old '70s commercial?
Espera DeCorti





(better known as "Iron Eyes Cody")
Reply:Iron Eyes Cody
Reply:Yes it was Iron Eyes Cody. That commercial used to make me cry too and I wasn't even in my teens yet.
Reply:Iron Eyes Cody --- He past away in 1999 age of 94.
Reply:I believe that was only a rumor, and he was part Native American. His name was Chief Iron Eyes Cody.
Reply:Michael Pate?
Reply:holy crap! how do you people know that?