Jay Silverheels

Jay Silverheels Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: May 26, 1912

Death Date: March 5, 1980

Birth Place: Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Son of a Mohawk chief who entered film in the late 1940s, and made his mark as Tonto in both the TV series and film versions of "The Lone Ranger."

Credits

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

Actor
The Chief
Movie
1973

Santee

Actor
John Crow
Movie
1973

One Little Indian

Actor
Jimmy Wolf
Movie
1973

Cannon

Guest Star
Jimmy One Eye
Series
1971

Men From Shiloh

Guest Star
Spotted Hand
Show
1970

Love, American Style

Actor
Series
1969

The Brady BunchStream

Guest Star
Series
1969
78%

Gentle Ben

Guest Star
Series
1967

Branded-1965

Guest Star
Series
1965

Daniel Boone

Guest Star
Series
1964

Indian Paint

Actor
Chief Hevatanu
Movie
1964

Not Above Suspicion

Actor
Movie
1960

LaramieStream

Guest Star
Toma
Series
1959

RawhideStream

Guest Star
Series
1959

Alias Jesse James

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1959

One Mask Too Many

Actor
Movie
1958

The Truth

Actor
Movie
1958

The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1958

Return to Warbow

Actor
Indian Joe
Movie
1958

Wagon TrainStream

Guest Star
The Serpent
Series
1957

The Lone RangerStream

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1956
90%

Trackers

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1956

Lone Ranger: The Search

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1956

Justice of the West

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1956

More Than Magic

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1956

Count the Clues

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1956

Walk the Proud Land

Actor
Geronimo
Movie
1956
0%

The Search

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1956

The Lawless

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1955

Champions of Justice

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1955

Vengeance Vow

Actor
Movie
1955

Lone Ranger: Tale of Gold

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1955

The Vanishing American

Actor
Beeteia
Movie
1955

Masquerade

Actor
Tonto Posing as Red Dog
Movie
1955

Tale of Gold

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1955

Masterson of Kansas

Actor
Yellow Hawk
Movie
1954

Saskatchewan

Actor
Cajou
Movie
1954

Four Guns to the Border

Actor
Yaqui
Movie
1954

The Black Dakotas

Actor
Black Buffalo
Movie
1954

War Arrow

Actor
Satanta
Movie
1953

Jack McCall, Desperado

Actor
Red Cloud
Movie
1953

The Nebraskan

Actor
Spotted Bear
Movie
1953

Yankee Buccaneer

Actor
Lead Warrior
Movie
1952

The Battle at Apache Pass

Actor
Geronimo
Movie
1952

Last of the Comanches

Actor
Indian
Movie
1952

The Pathfinder

Actor
Chingachgook
Movie
1952

Brave Warrior

Actor
Tecumseh
Movie
1952

Broken ArrowStream

Actor
Geronimo
Movie
1950
90%

Lone Ranger

Actor
Tonto
Show
1949

The Lone RangerStream

Actor
Tonto
Series
1949

The Cowboy and the Indians

Actor
Lakohna
Movie
1949

Lone Ranger - Die Legende

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1949

Enter the Lone Ranger

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1949

Cowboy and the Indians

Actor
Lakohna
Movie
1949

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

Actor
Tonto
Movie
1949

Laramie

Actor
Running Wolf
Movie
1949

Key LargoStream

Actor
Tom Osceola (uncredited)
Movie
1948
97%

The Feathered Serpent

Actor
Movie
1948