Chief Thundercloud
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-04-12 (56 years old)
Deathday
1955-12-01
Place of Birth
Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Also known As
Victor Daniels
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.
Acting
1949
as Indian (uncredited)
1937
as High Priest
1947
as Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
1941
as Indian Leader
1935
as Henchman (as Thunder Cloud)
1946
as Chief Tahlequah
1939
as Indian Guide
1950
as Walking Bear
1952
as Apache (uncredited)
1946
as Chief White Cloud
1941
as Orimha
1936
as Pablo
1937
as Indian henchman
1949
as Stormcloud
1935
as Henchman
1940
as Kehi
1938
as Chief Gray Eagle
1952
as Black Hawk
1936
as Young Wolf
1944
as Thundercloud
1946
as Chief Yellow Wolf
1938
as Tonto
1938
as Thunder Cloud
1943
as Thundercloud
1940
as Akuna
1939
as Tonto
1935
as Yellow Wolf
1939
as Indian (uncredited)
1939
as Indian
1950
as Tana
1940
as Henchman Manti
1936
as Indian Brave (uncredited)
1941
as Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
1940
as Lightfoot
1940
as Wandering Spirit
1940
as Tonto
1939
as Geronimo
1944
as Indian Seabee (uncredited)
1936
as Indian
1942
as Indian Interpreter
1950
as Sleeping Fox
1950
as Geronimo
1947
as Eagle Feather
1943
as Indian Chief
1944
as Chief Thundercloud
1936
as Yellow Wolf
1946
as Chief Eagle Feather
1941
as Flying Cloud
1942
as Chief Many Moons
1935
as Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]
1935
as Canejo Rider Jose
1951
as Chief Longfeather
1936
as Little Wolf
1942
as Thundercloud (uncredited)
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