Chief Thundercloud
April 12, 1899 (125 years old) in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Victor Daniels (April 12, 1899 – December 1, 1955), known professionally as Chief Thundercloud, was an American character actor in Westerns. He is noted for being the first actor to play the role of Tonto, the Lone Ranger's Native-American companion, on the screen.
Known For
Credits
- 1952 · The Half-Breed as Apache (uncredited)
- 1952 · Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory as Black Hawk
- 1951 · Santa Fe as Chief Longfeather
- 1950 · I Killed Geronimo as Geronimo
- 1950 · The Iroquois Trail as
- 1950 · Colt .45 as Walking Bear
- 1950 · Ambush as Tana
- 1950 · Davy Crockett, Indian Scout as Sleeping Fox
- 1949 · Mrs. Mike as Indian (uncredited)
- 1949 · Call of the Forest as Stormcloud
- 1947 · The Senator Was Indiscreet as Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
- 1947 · The Prairie as Eagle Feather
- 1946 · Renegade Girl as Chief White Cloud
- 1946 · Badman's Territory as Chief Tahlequah
- 1946 · Romance of the West as Chief Eagle Feather
- 1946 · The Phantom Rider as Chief Yellow Wolf
- 1944 · Sonora Stagecoach as Chief Thundercloud
- 1944 · Outlaw Trail as Thundercloud
- 1944 · The Fighting Seabees as Indian Seabee (uncredited)
- 1943 · The Law Rides Again as Thundercloud
- 1943 · Daredevils of the West as Indian Chief
- 1942 · Overland Mail as Chief Many Moons
- 1942 · Lady in a Jam as Thundercloud (uncredited)
- 1942 · Shut My Big Mouth as Indian Interpreter
- 1941 · Silver Stallion as Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
- 1941 · Pirates on Horseback as Flying Cloud
- 1941 · Western Union as Indian Leader
- 1941 · Hudson's Bay as Orimha
- 1940 · North West Mounted Police as Wandering Spirit
- 1940 · Wyoming as Lightfoot
- 1940 · Typhoon as Kehi
- 1940 · Young Buffalo Bill as Akuna
- 1940 · Hi-Yo Silver as Tonto
- 1940 · Murder on the Yukon as Henchman Manti
- 1939 · Geronimo as Geronimo
- 1939 · Fighting Mad as Indian
- 1939 · The Cat and the Canary as Indian Guide
- 1939 · Union Pacific as Indian (uncredited)
- 1939 · The Lone Ranger Rides Again as Tonto
- 1938 · Flaming Frontiers as Thunder Cloud
- 1938 · The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as Chief Gray Eagle
- 1938 · The Lone Ranger as Tonto
- 1937 · Renfrew of the Royal Mounted as Indian henchman
- 1937 · The Riders of the Whistling Skull as High Priest
- 1936 · Ride, Ranger, Ride as Little Wolf
- 1936 · Ramona as Pablo
- 1936 · For the Service as Indian Brave (uncredited)
- 1936 · Custer's Last Stand as Yellow Wolf
- 1936 · Silly Billies as Indian
- 1936 · Custer's Last Stand as Young Wolf
- 1935 · Saddle Aces as Canejo Rider Jose
- 1935 · Rustler's Paradise as Henchman (as Thunder Cloud)
- 1935 · Wagon Trail as Henchman
- 1935 · Cyclone of the Saddle as Yellow Wolf
- 1935 · Rustlers of Red Dog as Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]