---
name: "Joseph Runningfox"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-runningfox"
fi1m_id: "joseph-runningfox"
imdb_id: "nm0750327"
tmdb_id: 97058
wikidata_id: "Q6286702"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:24:57.097469+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joseph Runningfox

## Identity

Joseph Runningfox

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-runningfox
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-runningfox
- **IMDb ID:** nm0750327
- **TMDB ID:** 97058
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6286702
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6286702, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750327/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97058

Actor. Born 1 January 1955 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1955, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- **Active:** 1980–1983
- **Also known as:** Joseph Running Fox
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6286702, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750327/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97058

## Biography

Joseph Runningfox is an American actor of Pueblo heritage. Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, he has appeared in film and television since the early 1980s.

His early screen credits include *Seems Like Old Times* (1980) and *Porky's II: The Next Day* (1983), in which he played John Henry. Later roles encompass *Ravenous* (1999), *Rites of Passage* (2012) and recurring television work in *Dark Winds* (2022–) as Henry Leaphorn and *The Politician* (2019) as Shaman George.

Runningfox is a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Porky's II: The Next Day* (1983), Fi1m 61, as John Henry (as Joseph Runningfox) — [page](https://film.one/film/porkys-ii-the-next-day.md)
- *Seems Like Old Times* (1980), Fi1m 68, as Thomas — [page](https://film.one/film/seems-like-old-times.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dark Winds* (2022), series, as Henry Leaphorn — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/dark-winds.md)
- *Valley of the Gods* (2020), as Third Eye
- *The Politician* (2019), series, as Shaman George
- *Viva Diva* (2017), as Gustavo
- *Sky* (2016), as Militant Indian
- *Savaged* (2014), as Grey Wolf
- *Rites of Passage* (2012), as Chumash Elder
- *A Thief Of Time* (2004), as Amos Whistler
- *Ravenous* (1999), as George
- *Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee* (1994), as Leonard Crow Dog
- *Geronimo* (1993), as Geronimo
- *To Save a Child* (1991), as Toby Coldcreek
- *Blood Red* (1989), as Samuel Joseph
- *Roanoak* (1986), series, as Wanchese
- *Revolution* (1985), as Iroquois Indian
- *Porky's II: The Next Day* (1983), as John Henry (as Joseph Runningfox) — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/porkys-ii-the-next-day.md)
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Proud Eagle — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Wanchese
- *The Avenging* (1982), as Pablo
- *Seems Like Old Times* (1980), as Thomas — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/seems-like-old-times.md)
- *Ishi: The Last of His Tribe* (1978), as Ishi as a Teenager

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