Jay Silverheels actor
- Todas las series de televisión conocidas. 12
- Total de películas conocidas 69
Jay Silverheels was born on a reservation in Canada to a Mohawk chief. He was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938. He worked in a number of films though the 1940s before he gained some notice as the Osceola brother in Humphrey Bogarts film Key Largo (1948). Most of his roles consisted of bit parts as Indian. In 1949, he would work in a movie called The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) with another B movie actor named Clayton Moore. It was later that same year that Jay would be hired to play the faithful Indian companion, Tonto, in the television series The Lone Ranger (1949). This role, while still playing the Indian, would bring Jay the fame that his motion picture career never did. As Tonto, on his horse Scout, Jay could show up where the Ranger could not and some of the time he would be shot at or beat up for his trouble. Jay would play Tonto in all the episodes except for those that he missed when he had his heart attack. In those episodes, he was replaced by the Rangers nephew, Dan. However, Clayton Moore would miss the third season when he was replaced by John Hart. Jay would reprise the role of Tonto in two big-screen color movies with Moore, The Lone Ranger (1956) and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958). After the series ended in 1957, Jay could not escape the typecasting of Tonto. He would continue to appear in an occasional film and television show, but he would become a spokesman to improve the portrayal of Indians on TV.
Diego (uncredited)
Película 1948
Tonto (archive footage)
Película 1968
Natchez
Película 1960
Lua
Película 1944
Tonto
Película 1970
Jimmy Wolf
Película 1973
Lead Warrior
Película 1952
Coatl (uncredited)
Película 1947
Indian (uncredited)
Película 1943
Astari Warrior (uncredited)
Película 1943
Apache (uncredited)
Película 1952
Tonto
Película 1956
Tonto
Película 1958
Taos
Película 1954
Creek Indian (uncredited)
Película 1949
Black Buffalo
Película 1954
Little Dog (uncredited)
Película 1948
Little Crow
Película 1951
Fighter Tito Flores
Película 1943
Chief Hevatanu
Película 1965
Benders
Película 1951
Red Cloud
Película 1953
Indian Joe
Película 1958
Beeteia
Película 1955
Yellow Hawk
Película 1954
Spotted Bear
Película 1953
Película 1972
Chingachgook
Película 1952
Lakohna
Película 1949
Yaqui
Película 1954
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Película 1948
Chief Tecumseh
Película 1952
Satanta
Película 1953
Indian Guide at Pier (uncredited)
Película 1948
Indian (uncredited)
Película 1949
Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)
Película 1969
Geronimo
Película 1952
Tonto
Película 1952
Tonto
Película 1949
Película 2002
Tom Osceola (uncredited)
Película 1948
Kingsley's Henchman (uncredited)
Película 1947
Running Wolf (uncredited)
Película 1949
Indian (uncredited)
Película 1953
Indian
Película 1940
Poleon
Película 1949
Running Deer
Película 1947
Indian Marauder
Película 1941
Abel
Película 1948
Indian
Película 1942
Indian (uncredited)
Película 1948
Guard at Execution (uncredited)
Película 1944
Indian (uncredited)
Película 1944
Tonto
Película 2001
Tonto (uncredited)
Película 1959
Indian Chief
Película 1971
Tonto
Película
Tv 1969
Tv 1971
Tv 1966
Pawnee Joe
Tv 1959
Sashona
Tv 1964
Tv 1965
Charley Red Cloud
Tv 1958
Tonto
Tv 1949
Latawa
Tv 1964
Chenrogan
Tv 1964
Den'Gwatzi
Tv 1962
Spotted Hand
Tv 1962
