Nantaquas — Captain John Smith and Pocahontas Character Profile

About Nantaquas

A colonist falsely blamed for Macklin's death and punished by lashes. He intended to expose Wingfield's treason to Chief Powhatan but is murdered by Opechanco.

Character Facts

Played by

Shepard Menken

Appears in

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

• Capt. John Smith (Anthony Dexter)
• Pocahontas (Jody Lawrance)
• Fleming (Alan Hale Jr.)
• Rolfe (Robert Clarke)
• Turnbull (Henry Rowland)
• Opechanco (Stuart Randall)
• Kemp (Eric Colmar)
• Powhatan tribesman (uncredited) (Charles Soldani)
• Powhatan tribesman (uncredited) (Tony Urchel)
• Settler who Discovers Gold (uncredited) (Jack Kenny)
• Powhatan Maiden (uncredited) (Francesca De Scaffa)
• Macklin (uncredited) (William Cottrell)