The inspiration for Peter came from a Life magazine photo article from 1940, and Keats' desire to have minority children of New York as central characters in his stories. Peter appears in six more books growing from a small boy in The Snowy Day to pre-adolescence in A Letter to Amy. 1 Life and career.
His asserted ancestry was just as artificial as the tear that rolled down his cheek in that television spot â the tear was glycerine, and the Indian a second-generation Italian-American. Iron Eyes Cody was born Espera DeCorti on April 3, 1904 in the small town of Kaplan, Louisiana. The son of Italian immigrants, he and his brothers moved to Hollywood in 1924, changed their last name from the already shortened Corti to Cody, and began working in the motion picture industry. It was about this time Iron Eyes began presenting himself to the world as a Native American.
Cody Garrett Runnels (born June 30, 1985) is an American professional wrestler currently performing for Ring of Honor (ROH), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and the international independent circuit. He previously worked in WWE under the ring name Cody Rhodes and later Stardust.