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Chief Thundercloud

Chief Thundercloud

Chief Thundercloud

1899-04-12

Santa Cruz County, Arizona

ACTING

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.

Best known for:

The Cat and the Canary

Western Union

Union Pacific

The Fighting Seabees

North West Mounted Police

Santa Fe

Colt .45

A Ticket to Tomahawk

Ambush

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

Badman's Territory

Young Buffalo Bill

Lady in a Jam

Hudson's Bay

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory

Renegade Girl

Ramona

Flaming Frontiers

The Senator Was Indiscreet

Wagon Trail

The Riders of the Whistling Skull

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

Geronimo

Wyoming

The Law Rides Again

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Filmography:

Wagon Trail (1935)
APPEREAD AS:
Henchman
Cyclone of the Saddle (1935)
APPEREAD AS:
Yellow Wolf
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
APPEREAD AS:
Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]
Saddle Aces (1935)
APPEREAD AS:
Canejo Rider Jose
Rustler's Paradise (1935)
APPEREAD AS:
Henchman (as Thunder Cloud)
Ride, Ranger, Ride (1936)
APPEREAD AS:
Little Wolf
Silly Billies (1936)
APPEREAD AS:
Indian
Ramona (1936)
APPEREAD AS:
Pablo

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Custer's Last Stand (1936)
APPEREAD AS:
Young Wolf
For the Service (1936)
APPEREAD AS:
Indian Brave (uncredited)
Custer's Last Stand (1936)
APPEREAD AS:
Yellow Wolf
The Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
High Priest
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Indian henchman
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Chief Gray Eagle
The Lone Ranger (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Tonto
Flaming Frontiers (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
Thunder Cloud

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The Cat and the Canary (1939)
5.7
APPEREAD AS:
Indian Guide
Union Pacific (1939)
5.2
APPEREAD AS:
Indian (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Tonto
Geronimo (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Geronimo
Fighting Mad (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Indian
North West Mounted Police (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Wandering Spirit
Young Buffalo Bill (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Akuna
Wyoming (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Lightfoot
Typhoon (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Kehi
Murder on the Yukon (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Henchman Manti
Hi-Yo Silver (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Tonto
Western Union (1941)
4.6
APPEREAD AS:
Indian Leader
Pirates on Horseback (1941)
APPEREAD AS:
Flying Cloud
Hudson's Bay (1941)
APPEREAD AS:
Orimha
Silver Stallion (1941)
APPEREAD AS:
Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
Lady in a Jam (1942)
APPEREAD AS:
Thundercloud (uncredited)
Shut My Big Mouth (1942)
APPEREAD AS:
Indian Interpreter
Overland Mail (1942)
APPEREAD AS:
Chief Many Moons
The Law Rides Again (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
Thundercloud
Daredevils of the West (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
Indian Chief
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
4.8
APPEREAD AS:
Indian Seabee (uncredited)
Outlaw Trail (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Thundercloud
Sonora Stagecoach (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Chief Thundercloud
Badman's Territory (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Chief Tahlequah
Renegade Girl (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Chief White Cloud
The Phantom Rider (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Chief Yellow Wolf
Romance of the West (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Chief Eagle Feather
The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
The Prairie (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Eagle Feather
Call of the Forest (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Stormcloud
Mrs. Mike (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Indian (uncredited)
Colt .45 (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Walking Bear
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Sleeping Fox
Ambush (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Tana
The Traveling Saleswoman (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Running Deer
I Killed Geronimo (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Geronimo
Santa Fe (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
Chief Longfeather
The Half-Breed (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
Apache (uncredited)
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
Black Hawk