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