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