Chief Thundercloud
Acting1899Santa Cruz County, Arizona
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
Acting History
1952
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
as Black Hawk
The Half-Breed
as Apache (uncredited)
1951
Santa Fe
as Chief Longfeather
1950
Colt .45
as Walking Bear
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
as Sleeping Fox
The Traveling Saleswoman
as Running Deer
Ambush
as Tana
I Killed Geronimo
as Geronimo
1949
Call of the Forest
as Stormcloud
Mrs. Mike
as Indian (uncredited)
1947
The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
The Prairie
as Eagle Feather
1946
Badman's Territory
as Chief Tahlequah
Romance of the West
as Chief Eagle Feather
Renegade Girl
as Chief White Cloud
The Phantom Rider
as Chief Yellow Wolf
1944
Outlaw Trail
as Thundercloud
Sonora Stagecoach
as Chief Thundercloud
The Fighting Seabees
as Indian Seabee (uncredited)
1943
The Law Rides Again
as Thundercloud
Daredevils of the West
as Indian Chief
1942
Lady in a Jam
as Thundercloud (uncredited)
Shut My Big Mouth
as Indian Interpreter
Overland Mail
as Chief Many Moons
1941
Pirates on Horseback
as Flying Cloud
Western Union
as Indian Leader
Silver Stallion
as Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
1940
Wyoming
as Lightfoot
Hudson's Bay
as Orimha
Typhoon
as Kehi
Murder on the Yukon
as Henchman Manti
North West Mounted Police
as Wandering Spirit
Hi-Yo Silver
as Tonto
Young Buffalo Bill
as Akuna
1939
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Tonto
Union Pacific
as Indian (uncredited)
Fighting Mad
as Indian
The Cat and the Canary
as Indian Guide
Geronimo
as Geronimo
1938
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Chief Gray Eagle
Flaming Frontiers
as Thunder Cloud
The Lone Ranger
as Tonto
1937
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
as Indian henchman
The Riders of the Whistling Skull
as High Priest
1936
Custer's Last Stand
as Young Wolf
Ramona
as Pablo
Ride, Ranger, Ride
as Little Wolf
For the Service
as Indian Brave (uncredited)
Silly Billies
as Indian
Custer's Last Stand
as Yellow Wolf
1935
Cyclone of the Saddle
as Yellow Wolf
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]
Wagon Trail
as Henchman
Saddle Aces
as Canejo Rider Jose