Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Will Sampson (September 27, 1934 - June 3, 1987), a Native American, was an American actor and painter. Sampson's most notable roles were as "Chief Bromden" in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and "Taylor The Medicine Man" in the second movie of the Poltergeist movie series. He died of post-operative kidney failure and pre-operative malnutrition problems. Some people have suggested that this was due to a supposed curse on the production of the Poltergeist movie series. Partial filmography Poltergeist II - The Other Side (1986) The White Buffalo (1977) Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) External links IMDb entry on Sampson http://www13.addr.com/~rodneygrant/will.htm This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.