Jay Silverheels

Jay Silverheels

Acting

Born May 26, 1912 · Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Jay Silverheels was born on a reservation in Canada to a Mohawk chief. He was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938. He worked in a number of films though…

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

1964

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

1964

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

1964

The Virginian

The Virginian

1962

The Virginian

The Virginian

1962

Cannon

Cannon

1971

Rawhide

Rawhide

1959

Acting(83)

2013The Lone Ranger: Who Was That Masked ManTonto

2002The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s

2001Lone Ranger: Lost EpisodesTonto

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1973SanteeJohn Crow

1973The Man Who Loved Cat DancingThe Chief

1973One Little IndianJimmy Wolf

1972In Pursuit of Treasure

1971Cat BallouIndian Chief

1970The PhynxTonto

1969The Brady BunchChief Eagle Cloud

1969True GritCondemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)

1969Smith!McDonald Lasheway

1968The Movie OrgyTonto (archive footage)

1967Pistols 'n' PetticoatsGreat Bear

1966Pistols 'n' Petticoats

1965Indian PaintChief Hevatanu

1964Daniel BooneSashona

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

1962The VirginianDen'Gwatzi

1961GunslingerHopi Indian

1960Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's RevengeNatchez

1959Alias Jesse JamesTonto (uncredited)

1959RawhidePawnee Joe

1958Wanted: Dead or AliveCharley Red Cloud

1958The Western: A Lost TV SpecialSelf

1958The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of GoldTonto

1958Return to WarbowIndian Joe

1956Walk the Proud LandGeronimo

1956The Lone RangerTonto

1955The Vanishing AmericanBeeteia

1954Masterson of KansasYellow Hawk

1954Four Guns to the BorderYaqui

1954The Black DakotasBlack Buffalo

1954Drums Across the RiverTaos

1954SaskatchewanCajou

1953War ArrowSatanta

1953The NebraskanSpotted Bear

1953Jack McCall, DesperadoRed Cloud

1953Last of the ComanchesIndian (uncredited)

1952The PathfinderChingachgook

1952Yankee BuccaneerLead Warrior

1952Brave WarriorChief Tecumseh

1952The Battle at Apache PassGeronimo

1952The Half-BreedApache (uncredited)

1952The Legend Of The Lone RangerTonto

1951The Wild Blue YonderBenders

1951Red MountainLittle Crow

1950Broken ArrowGeronimo (uncredited)

1949The Cowboy and the IndiansLakohna

1949The Lone RangerTonto

1949SandIndian (uncredited)

1949Trail of the YukonPoleon

1949Lust for GoldWalter

1949LaramieRunning Wolf (uncredited)

1949TulsaCreek Indian (uncredited)

1948Yellow SkyIndian (uncredited)

1948The Feathered SerpentDiego (uncredited)

1948Family HoneymoonElevator Boy (uncredited)

1948Singin' SpursAbel

1948Key LargoTom Osceola (uncredited)

1948Fury at Furnace CreekLittle Dog (uncredited)

1948The Treasure of the Sierra MadreIndian Guide at Pier (uncredited)

1947Captain from CastileCoatl (uncredited)

1947The PrairieRunning Deer

1947The Last Round-up

1947Gas House Kids Go WestKingsley's Henchman (uncredited)

1944Tahiti NightsLua

1944I Am an AmericanIndian (uncredited)

1944Lost in a HaremGuard at Execution (uncredited)

1943The PhantomAstari Warrior (uncredited)

1943Northern PursuitIndian (uncredited)

1943The Girl from MonterreyFighter Tito Flores

1942Perils of NyokaTuareg

1942Valley of the SunIndian (uncredited)

1941This Woman Is MineIndian Marauder

1941Western UnionIndian

1940Hudson's BayIndian (uncredited)

1940Too Many GirlsIndian (uncredited)

1940Kit CarsonIndian

1940The Sea HawkNative Lookout

A Different DrumJim Swift Hands