Chief Thundercloud

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

Western Union

The Fighting Seabees

North West Mounted Police

Colt .45

Ambush

Union Pacific

The Cat and the Canary

Badman's Territory

All Movies (57)

• The Half-Breed1952 · as Apache (uncredited)
• Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory1952 · as Black Hawk
• Santa Fe1951 · as Chief Longfeather
• I Killed Geronimo1950 · as Geronimo
• The Iroquois Trail1950 · as Ottawa Chief (uncredited)
• Colt .451950 · as Walking Bear
• A Ticket to Tomahawk1950
• The Traveling Saleswoman1950 · as Running Deer
• Ambush1950 · as Tana
• Davy Crockett, Indian Scout1950 · as Sleeping Fox
• Mrs. Mike1949 · as Indian (uncredited)
• Call of the Forest1949 · as Stormcloud
• The Senator Was Indiscreet1947 · as Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
• The Prairie1947 · as Eagle Feather
• Renegade Girl1946 · as Chief White Cloud
• Badman's Territory1946 · as Chief Tahlequah
• Romance of the West1946 · as Chief Eagle Feather
• The Phantom Rider1946 · as Chief Yellow Wolf
• Sonora Stagecoach1944 · as Chief Thundercloud
• Outlaw Trail1944 · as Thundercloud
• The Fighting Seabees1944 · as Indian Seabee (uncredited)
• The Law Rides Again1943 · as Thundercloud
• Daredevils of the West1943 · as Indian Chief
• Overland Mail1942 · as Chief Many Moons
• Lady in a Jam1942 · as Thundercloud (uncredited)
• Shut My Big Mouth1942 · as Indian Interpreter
• Silver Stallion1941 · as Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
• Pirates on Horseback1941 · as Flying Cloud
• Western Union1941 · as Indian Leader
• Hudson's Bay1940 · as Orimha
• North West Mounted Police1940 · as Wandering Spirit
• Wyoming1940 · as Lightfoot
• Typhoon1940 · as Kehi
• Young Buffalo Bill1940 · as Akuna
• Hi-Yo Silver1940 · as Tonto
• Murder on the Yukon1940 · as Henchman Manti
• Geronimo1939 · as Geronimo
• Fighting Mad1939 · as Indian
• The Cat and the Canary1939 · as Indian Guide
• Union Pacific1939 · as Indian (uncredited)
• The Lone Ranger Rides Again1939 · as Tonto
• Flaming Frontiers1938 · as Thunder Cloud
• The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1938 · as Chief Gray Eagle
• The Lone Ranger1938 · as Tonto
• Renfrew of the Royal Mounted1937 · as Indian henchman
• The Riders of the Whistling Skull1937 · as High Priest
• Ride, Ranger, Ride1936 · as Little Wolf
• Ramona1936 · as Pablo
• For the Service1936 · as Indian Brave (uncredited)
• Custer's Last Stand1936 · as Yellow Wolf
• Silly Billies1936 · as Indian
• Custer's Last Stand1936 · as Young Wolf
• Saddle Aces1935 · as Canejo Rider Jose
• Rustler's Paradise1935 · as Henchman (as Thunder Cloud)
• Wagon Trail1935 · as Henchman
• Cyclone of the Saddle1935 · as Yellow Wolf
• Rustlers of Red Dog1935 · as Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]