Del Gue is a fictional character from the 1972 film Jeremiah Johnson, played by actor Stefan Gierasch.
Stefan Gierasch (February 5, 1926 – September 6, 2014) was an American film and television actor. Gierasch made over 100 screen appearances, mostly in American television, beginning in 1951.
He appeared in many films including The Hustler (1961), The Traveling Executioner (1970), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), What’s Up Doc? (1872), High Plains Drifter (1973), Carrie (1976), Silver Streak (1976), Victory at Entebbe (1976), The Champ (1979) Blood Beach (1980) and Perfect (1985).
Taken from the Movie Jeremiah Johnson (1972),
“I ain't never seen 'em, but my common sense tells me the Andes is foothills, and the Alps is for children to climb! Keep good care of your hair! These here is God's finest scupturings! And there ain't no laws for the brave ones! And there ain't no asylums for the crazy ones! And there ain't no churches, except for this right here! And there ain't no priests excepting the birds. By God, I are a mountain man, and I'll live 'til an arrow or a bullet finds me. And then I'll leave my bones on this great map of the magnificent...”
Jeremiah Johnson : [Jeremiah and Caleb find Del Gue buried to his neck in sand] Are you all right?
Del Gue : Sure, sure, I got a fine horse under me!
[sneezes]
Del Gue : Got one of them feathers in my nose.
Jeremiah Johnson : You keep sneezing, it'll come out all right. Haven't seen anyone pass by recent, have you?
Del Gue : Nobody's gone in front of me. Can't say what's happened behind me, though.
Jeremiah Johnson : The Injuns put you here?
Del Gue : T'weren't Mormons. A Chief, name of Mad Wolf. Nice fella, don't talk a hell of a lot. Say, you wouldn't have an extra hat on you, would you? Shade's getting' scarce in these parts.
Jeremiah Johnson : What'd you shave your head for?
Del Gue : Mad Wolf figures like every other Injun I know. Says this scalp isn't fit for no decent man's lodgepole. Ain't the first time I've protected my head in such a way. Name's Del Gue, with an "e".