6 Best Chief Yowlachie Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 9, 2026

Comedy feel good

Chief Yowlachie was a Yakama actor and opera singer who became a familiar Hollywood character actor, appearing in dozens of westerns and comedies from the 1920s through the 1950s. Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory exposes a gang disguised as Indians, Warpath follows an eight-year hunt for a love’s murderers, Dawn on the Great Divide stops outlaws sabotaging a railroad supply line, and El Paso turns an ex-Confederate to vigilante justice. You Gotta Stay Happy and Kill the Umpire round out the list.

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952) 01

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952)

TMDB ★ 4.8

Chief Yowlachie is in this western where Buffalo Bill uncovers a gang disguising themselves as Indians to cause a conflict.

Directed by Bernard B. Ray · 1h 06m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Best Westerns Ever Amazon Channel

Warpath (1951) 02

Warpath (1951)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Chief Yowlachie features in this western about a man whose eight-year hunt for his love's murderers leads him into the ranks of the U.S. Cavalry.

Directed by Byron Haskin · 1h 35m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

Dawn on the Great Divide (1942) 03

Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)

TMDB ★ 5.3

Chief Yowlachie appears in this western where a wagon train leader must stop outlaws disguised as Indians from sabotaging a railroad.

Directed by Howard Bretherton · 1h 03m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: FlixFling · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

El Paso (1949) 04

El Paso (1949)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Chief Yowlachie features in this western about an ex-Confederate officer who abandons the legal system for vigilante justice after finding his town corrupt.

Directed by Lewis R. Foster · 1h 43m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

You Gotta Stay Happy (1948) 05

You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Chief Yowlachie appears in this Joan Fontaine and James Stewart comedy about a runaway heiress fleeing her own wedding night who talks a reluctant cargo pilot into flying her across the country.

Directed by H. C. Potter · 1h 40m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

Kill the Umpire (1950) 06

Kill the Umpire (1950)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Chief Yowlachie appears in this baseball comedy about a failed ex-ballplayer who reluctantly becomes an umpire and finds himself the target of a furious mob after a controversial call.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon · 1h 18m · Rated NR

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.