Person
Chief Thundercloud
Acting · 1899–1955 · Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Biography
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
North West Mounted Police
Wandering Spirit
The Fighting Seabees
Indian Seabee (uncredited)
Sonora Stagecoach
Chief Thundercloud
Union Pacific
Indian (uncredited)
The Half-Breed
Apache (uncredited)
Western Union
Indian Leader
Renegade Girl
Chief White Cloud
Shut My Big Mouth
Indian Interpreter
I Killed Geronimo
Geronimo
Colt .45
Walking Bear
Filmography
- 1952The Half-BreedApache (uncredited)
- 1952Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk TerritoryBlack Hawk
- 1951Santa FeChief Longfeather
- 1950I Killed GeronimoGeronimo
- 1950The Iroquois TrailOttawa Chief (uncredited)
- 1950Colt .45Walking Bear
- 1950A Ticket to Tomahawk
- 1950The Traveling SaleswomanRunning Deer
- 1950AmbushTana
- 1950Davy Crockett, Indian ScoutSleeping Fox
- 1949Mrs. MikeIndian (uncredited)
- 1949Call of the ForestStormcloud
- 1947The Senator Was IndiscreetIndian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
- 1947The PrairieEagle Feather
- 1946Renegade GirlChief White Cloud
- 1946Badman's TerritoryChief Tahlequah
- 1946Romance of the WestChief Eagle Feather
- 1946The Phantom RiderChief Yellow Wolf
- 1944Sonora StagecoachChief Thundercloud
- 1944Outlaw TrailThundercloud
- 1944The Fighting SeabeesIndian Seabee (uncredited)
- 1943The Law Rides AgainThundercloud
- 1943Daredevils of the WestIndian Chief
- 1942Overland MailChief Many Moons
- 1942Lady in a JamThundercloud (uncredited)
- 1942Shut My Big MouthIndian Interpreter
- 1941Silver StallionFreshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
- 1941Pirates on HorsebackFlying Cloud
- 1941Western UnionIndian Leader
- 1940Hudson's BayOrimha
- 1940North West Mounted PoliceWandering Spirit
- 1940WyomingLightfoot
- 1940TyphoonKehi
- 1940Young Buffalo BillAkuna
- 1940Hi-Yo SilverTonto
- 1940Murder on the YukonHenchman Manti
- 1939GeronimoGeronimo
- 1939Fighting MadIndian
- 1939The Cat and the CanaryIndian Guide
- 1939Union PacificIndian (uncredited)
- 1939The Lone Ranger Rides AgainTonto
- 1938Flaming FrontiersThunder Cloud
- 1938The Great Adventures of Wild Bill HickokChief Gray Eagle
- 1938The Lone RangerTonto
- 1937Renfrew of the Royal MountedIndian henchman
- 1937The Riders of the Whistling SkullHigh Priest
- 1936Ride, Ranger, RideLittle Wolf
- 1936RamonaPablo
- 1936For the ServiceIndian Brave (uncredited)
- 1936Custer's Last StandYellow Wolf
- 1936Silly BilliesIndian
- 1936Custer's Last StandYoung Wolf
- 1935Saddle AcesCanejo Rider Jose
- 1935Rustler's ParadiseHenchman (as Thunder Cloud)
- 1935Wagon TrailHenchman
- 1935Cyclone of the SaddleYellow Wolf
- 1935Rustlers of Red DogChief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]
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