He made the transition to sound films, appearing in The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929) as Li Po, in Moby Dick (1930) as Queequeg to John Barrymore's Captain Ahab, and in the Boris Karloff film The Mummy (1932) as "the Nubian". He was also the Native Chief on Skull Island in the classic King Kong (1933) (and its sequel The Son of Kong, 1933) and appeared in Frank Capra's classic Lost Horizon (1937) as one of the porters. One of his later films was John Ford's She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), in which he played Native American Chief Red Shirt. He retired from the movie industry in 1950. Johnson died of natural causes on January 9, 1978, in Yucaipa, California. He is buried in the Garden of Peace at Eternal Valley Memorial Park in Newhall, California. Selected filmography Intolerance (1916) as Babylonian Soldier (uncredited) Kinkaid, Gambler (1916) as Romero Valdez 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) (uncredited) Fighting for Love (1917) as Johnny Little Bear Love Aflame (1917) as Cannibal King The Terror (1917) as Mike Tregurtha Mr. Dolan of New York (1917) as Thomas Jefferson Jones The Hero of the Hour (1917) as Native American The Red Ace (1917) as Little Bear Bull's Eye (1917) as Sweeney Bodin The Law of Nature (1917) The Lure of the Circus (1918) as Silent Andy The Midnight Man (1919) as Spike Lightning Bryce (1919) as Dopey Sam's Henchman (Episode #5) / Arnold's Butler (Episodes #12 & #13) (uncredited) Under Crimson Skies (1920) as Baltimore Bucko The Adorable Savage (1920) as Ratu Madri Sunset Sprague (1920) as The Crow The Leopard Woman (1920) as Chaké - Madame's Slave The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) as Conquest (uncredited) The Wallop (1921) as Espinol The Bronze Bell (1921) as Chatterji Serenade (1921) as Capt. Ramirez The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922) as Friday Tracks (1922) as Leon Serrano The Loaded Door (1922) as Blackie Lopez Captain Fly-by-Night (1922) as Indian (uncredited) Drums of Fate (1923) as Native King Haunted Valley (1923) Burning Words (1923) as Bad Pierre The Ten Commandments (1923) as The Bronze Man (Prologue) A Man's Mate (1924) as Lion The Thief of Bagdad (1924) as The Indian Prince The Midnight Express (1924) as Deputy Sheriff Little Robinson Crusoe (1924) as Marimba, Cannibal Chief Dante's Inferno (1924) as Devil Whipping Woman (uncredited) The Navigator (1924) as Cannibal Chief (uncredited) The Dancers