Actor, Musician, Singer. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Man at Powwow' in the crime mystery thriller film, "Thunderheart" (1992). He was also a consultant on the film. The film which was directed by Michael Apted, and which was written for the screen by John Fusco, and which also starred Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, and Graham Greene, tells the story of a young mixed-blood FBI agent who is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation. He will also be best remembered in the world of cinema for the film, "Pow Wow Highway" (1989), in which there is a character named 'Buddy Red Bow' that is partial, if not totally, based on him. He was born as Warfield Richard Red Bow in Red Shirt, South Dakota, to Stephen Red Bow (1921-1999), and his wife Mazie E. Two Bulls Red Bow (1925-1999), on June 26, 1948. A South Dakota Oglala Lakota Indian he grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near his birthplace of Red Shirt, North Dakota. He was educated in Rapid City, North Dakota, but later dropped out of high school because he wanted to become an actor. He served in Vietnam with the rank of Private First Class in the United States Marines. Following his military service, he resumed his interest in an acting career and also became involved in music. Besides, "Pow Wow Highway" (1989), and "Thunderheart" (1992), he also played in "How The West Was Won" (1962), "Stagecoach" (1966, with Ann-Margret, and Bing Crosby), and "Young Guns II" (1990). He was also featured in two film documentaries, "The Sioux Nation" (1970), and "Hard Rider" (1972). Known for almost always wearing a broad-brimmed "reservation hat" with colorful beaded hatbands, and carrying his guitar, he released three albums that had a country twang sound, including, "Hard Rider" (1972, soundtrack to the documentary film), "BRB" (1981), and "Journey To The Spirit World" (1983). His recordings include, "The Arrival," "Where's Ben Black Elk Today?" "My Friend, The Buffalo," "Run, Indian, Run," "Introduction," "Wounded," "Indian Love Song," "Thunderbird & Departure," "Pow Wow Woman," "Winds Of Life," "Reservation Boy," "My Once Indian Girl," "Reservation Cowboy," "Albuquerque's Calling Me," and "Brother Of The Road." His single, 'Run, Indian, Run," became a somewhat popular song during the takeover of Wounded Knee in 1973. His album, "Black Hills Dreamer" (1995), was released after his death, and his album, "BRB" (1981), was re-released in 2000, also after his death. He passed away following a long illness at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, North Dakota, on March 28, 1993, at the of 44, and he was buried in Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery in his native Red Shirt, North Dakota. He was married to Cheryl Lynne Oyler Red Bow, with whom he had three children, Tammy Red Bow, Richard Todd Red Bow, and Autumn Rose Red Bow. The song, "Indian Man" (1977), by the Charlie Daniels Band, was also dedicated to his memory. For his dedication to music, he was posthumously inducted as the second musician into the Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame in 1998.