Charlie Hill
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Charles Allan Hill (July 6, 1951 – December 30, 2013) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and founder of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin.
He wrote for Roseanne, a television show.
Early life and education
Born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1951, he and his family migrated as a child on the Oneida reservation in 1962.
He graduated from West De Pere High School and enrolled at University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he concentrated on speech and drama. He appeared in the Broom Street Theatre Company.
He was a member of Hanay Geiogomah's Native American Theatre Ensemble in the 1970s. The ensemble performed Coyote Tracks and Foghorn at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan, where the ensemble was in residence. In 1973 and 1974, the group toured Germany and the United States.
After college, Hill moved to Los Angeles and performed as an actor and comedian.
Career
Hill's first network appearance was on The Richard Pryor Show in 1977. He also appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and made multiple appearances on Late Night with David Letterman.
Hill was chosen to host for the First Americans in the Arts awards show in Hollywood three times. One time, he co-hosted with the Oneida singer Joanne Shenandoah. As a stand-up comedian, he appeared in venues internationally and was a regular at The Comedy Store in Hollywood.
Hill appeared on many television shows, and hosted an evening of Native American comedians on a Showtime special. He was the subject of the PBS documentary On and Off The Res' with Charlie Hill (1999), directed by Sandra Osawa.
Hill was interviewed about American Indian Movement activist Dennis Banks in the documentary A Good Day to Die.
Hill starred in the 1984 film Harold of Orange, written by Gerald Vizenor.
Awards and recognition
- 2009: Ivy Bethune Tri-Union Diversity Award
- 2010: "Native America on the Web" honored Hill for his "lifetime of promoting positive images of Native Peoples and bridging cultural differences through the healing power of humor"
- 2022: On July 6, the Google Doodle was dedicated to Hill in recognition of his challenging harmful stereotypes in the entertainment industry as well as being the first Native comedian to be on national television.