Chief Thundercloud

Apr 12, 1899 - Dec 01, 1955 (56 years old) in Santa Cruz County, Arizona

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

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Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory

Black Hawk

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Cyclone of the Saddle

Yellow Wolf

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The Traveling Saleswoman

Running Deer

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The Prairie

Eagle Feather

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The Fighting Seabees

Indian Seabee (uncredited)

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The Half-Breed

Apache (uncredited)

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Silver Stallion

Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)

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Western Union

Indian Leader

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Lady in a Jam

Thundercloud (uncredited)

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Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

Indian henchman

Credits

The Half-Breed 1952

Apache (uncredited)

★ 5
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory 1952

Black Hawk

★ 4.2
Santa Fe 1951

Chief Longfeather

★ 6.8
I Killed Geronimo 1950

Geronimo

★ NR
The Iroquois Trail 1950

★ 5.8
Colt .45 1950

Walking Bear

★ 6.2
A Ticket to Tomahawk 1950

★ 5.8
The Traveling Saleswoman 1950

Running Deer

★ 4.5
Ambush 1950

Tana

★ 5.2
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout 1950

Sleeping Fox

★ 4.9
Mrs. Mike 1949

Indian (uncredited)

★ 2
Call of the Forest 1949

Stormcloud

★ 4.7
The Senator Was Indiscreet 1947

Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)

★ 5.4
The Prairie 1947

Eagle Feather

★ 6
Renegade Girl 1946

Chief White Cloud

★ 3.7
Badman's Territory 1946

Chief Tahlequah

★ 5.7
Romance of the West 1946

Chief Eagle Feather

★ NR
The Phantom Rider 1946

Chief Yellow Wolf

★ 6
Sonora Stagecoach 1944

Chief Thundercloud

★ 5
Outlaw Trail 1944

Thundercloud

★ NR
The Fighting Seabees 1944

Indian Seabee (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Law Rides Again 1943

Thundercloud

★ 6
Daredevils of the West 1943

Indian Chief

★ NR
Overland Mail 1942

Chief Many Moons

★ NR
Lady in a Jam 1942

Thundercloud (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Shut My Big Mouth 1942

Indian Interpreter

★ 8.5
Silver Stallion 1941

Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)

★ NR
Pirates on Horseback 1941

Flying Cloud

★ 3
Western Union 1941

Indian Leader

★ 6
Hudson's Bay 1940

Orimha

★ 5.8
North West Mounted Police 1940

Wandering Spirit

★ 6.4
Wyoming 1940

Lightfoot

★ 5.9
Typhoon 1940

Kehi

★ 5
Young Buffalo Bill 1940

Akuna

★ 3.8
Hi-Yo Silver 1940

Tonto

★ 6
Murder on the Yukon 1940

Henchman Manti

★ 3.5
Geronimo 1939

Geronimo

★ 4.6
Fighting Mad 1939

Indian

★ 3
The Cat and the Canary 1939

Indian Guide

★ 6.9
Union Pacific 1939

Indian (uncredited)

★ 6.6
The Lone Ranger Rides Again 1939

Tonto

★ 6
Flaming Frontiers 1938

Thunder Cloud

★ 4.8
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok 1938

Chief Gray Eagle

★ NR
The Lone Ranger 1938

Tonto

★ 6
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted 1937

Indian henchman

★ 3.5
The Riders of the Whistling Skull 1937

High Priest

★ 5.2
Ride, Ranger, Ride 1936

Little Wolf

★ 4.7
Ramona 1936

Pablo

★ 5.1
For the Service 1936

Indian Brave (uncredited)

★ NR
Silly Billies 1936

Indian

★ 8
Custer's Last Stand 1936

Young Wolf

★ 4.5
Saddle Aces 1935

Canejo Rider Jose

★ NR
Rustler's Paradise 1935

Henchman (as Thunder Cloud)

★ NR
Wagon Trail 1935

Henchman

★ 3.2
Cyclone of the Saddle 1935

Yellow Wolf

★ 5.2
Rustlers of Red Dog 1935

Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]

★ 8