Jay Silverheels

Acting •1912-05-26 •Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada

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 Bogart's 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 Ranger's 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.

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代表作

碧血金沙

1948 · Indian Guide at Pier (uncredited)

Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge

Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge

1960 · Natchez

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

盖世枭雄

1948 · Tom Osceola (uncredited)

大地惊雷

1969 · Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)

Rawhide

1959 · Pawnee Joe

长胜将军

1947 · Coatl (uncredited)

1940 · Native Lookout

The Cowboy and the Indians

The Cowboy and the Indians

1949 · Lakohna

Daniel Boone

1964 · Sashona

Daniel Boone

1964 · Chenrogan

Daniel Boone

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The Lone Ranger: Who Was That Masked Man

2013 •Tonto

The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s

2002

Lone Ranger: Lost Episodes

2001 •Tonto

骚妇与大贼

1973 •The Chief

One Little Indian

1973 •Jimmy Wolf

Santee

1973 •John Crow

In Pursuit of Treasure

1972

Cat Ballou

1971 •Indian Chief

Cannon

1971

乐韵送温情

1970 •Tonto

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大地惊雷

1969 •Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)

Smith!

1969 •McDonald Lasheway

脱线家族

1969

电影狂欢

1968 •Tonto (archive footage)

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

1967 •Great Bear

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

1966

Indian Paint

1965 •Chief Hevatanu

Branded

1965

Daniel Boone

1964 •Sashona

Daniel Boone

1964 •Chenrogan

Daniel Boone

1964 •Latawa

维吉尼亚人

1962 •Den'Gwatzi

维吉尼亚人

1962 •Spotted Hand

Gunslinger

1961 •Hopi Indian

Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge

1960 •Natchez

糊涂劫车案

1959 •Tonto (uncredited)

Rawhide

1959 •Pawnee Joe

The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold

1958 •Tonto

Return to Warbow

1958 •Indian Joe

The Western: A Lost TV Special

1958 •Self

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958 •Charley Red Cloud

The Lone Ranger

1956 •Tonto

Walk the Proud Land

1956 •Geronimo

The Vanishing American

1955 •Beeteia

枪林歼霸

1954 •Taos

The Black Dakotas

1954 •Black Buffalo

萨斯喀彻温

1954 •Cajou

Masterson of Kansas

1954 •Yellow Hawk

边城四霸天

1954 •Yaqui

Jack McCall, Desperado

1953 •Red Cloud

The Nebraskan

1953 •Spotted Bear

悍将灭狼烟

1953 •Satanta

冲破万人关

1953 •Indian (uncredited)

Yankee Buccaneer

1952 •Lead Warrior

The Half-Breed

1952 •Apache (uncredited)

The Pathfinder

1952 •Chingachgook

Brave Warrior

1952 •Chief Tecumseh

血战葫芦谷

1952 •Geronimo

The Legend Of The Lone Ranger

1952 •Tonto

赤壁烽烟

1951 •Little Crow

The Wild Blue Yonder

1951 •Benders

折箭为盟

1950 •Geronimo (uncredited)

Tulsa

1949 •Creek Indian (uncredited)

The Cowboy and the Indians

1949 •Lakohna

Sand

1949 •Indian (uncredited)

嗜金如命

1949 •Walter

Laramie

1949 •Running Wolf (uncredited)

Trail of the Yukon

1949 •Poleon

独行侠

1949 •Tonto

陈查理和羽蛇

1948 •Diego (uncredited)

Fury at Furnace Creek

1948 •Little Dog (uncredited)

Family Honeymoon

1948 •Elevator Boy (uncredited)

碧血金沙

1948 •Indian Guide at Pier (uncredited)

盖世枭雄

1948 •Tom Osceola (uncredited)

Singin' Spurs

1948 •Abel

金沙镇

1948 •Indian (uncredited)

长胜将军

1947 •Coatl (uncredited)

Gas House Kids Go West

1947 •Kingsley's Henchman (uncredited)

The Prairie

1947 •Running Deer

The Last Round-up

1947

Tahiti Nights

1944 •Lua

Lost in a Harem

1944 •Guard at Execution (uncredited)

I Am an American

1944 •Indian (uncredited)

北方追击

1943 •Indian (uncredited)

The Phantom

1943 •Astari Warrior (uncredited)

The Girl from Monterrey

1943 •Fighter Tito Flores

Perils of Nyoka

1942 •Tuareg

Valley of the Sun

1942 •Indian (uncredited)

This Woman Is Mine

1941 •Indian Marauder

西部联盟

1941 •Indian

勇冠三军

1940 •Indian

海鹰

1940 •Native Lookout

Too Many Girls

1940 •Indian

Hudson's Bay

1940 •Indian (uncredited)