Chief Thundercloud

Acting • 1899-04-12 • Santa Cruz County, Arizona

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

6.6

Colt .45

1950

4.6

Young Buffalo Bill

1940

5.4

Ambush

1950

7.3

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

1939

6.0

Call of the Forest

1949

7.0

Hi-Yo Silver

1940

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Filmography

1952
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk TerritoryFilm
Black Hawk
★ 4.8
1952
The Half-BreedFilm
Apache (uncredited)
★ 7.0
1951
Santa FeFilm
Chief Longfeather
★ 6.8
1950
Colt .45Film
Walking Bear
★ 6.6
1950
A Ticket to TomahawkFilm
★ 6.0
1950
AmbushFilm
Tana
★ 5.4
1950
Davy Crockett, Indian ScoutFilm
Sleeping Fox
★ 5.2
1950
The Iroquois TrailFilm
Ottawa Chief (uncredited)
★ 6.6
1950
The Traveling SaleswomanFilm
Running Deer
★ 5.2
1950
I Killed GeronimoFilm
Geronimo
★ 9.0
1949
Call of the ForestFilm
Stormcloud
★ 6.0
1949
Mrs. MikeFilm
Indian (uncredited)
★ 6.0
1947
The Senator Was IndiscreetFilm
Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
★ 6.3
1947
The PrairieFilm
Eagle Feather
★ 6.5
1946
Badman's TerritoryFilm
Chief Tahlequah
★ 6.3
1946
Renegade GirlFilm
Chief White Cloud
★ 4.2
1946
Romance of the WestFilm
Chief Eagle Feather
★ 9.0
1946
The Phantom RiderFilm
Chief Yellow Wolf
★ 6.5
1944
The Fighting SeabeesFilm
Indian Seabee (uncredited)
★ 6.2
1944
Sonora StagecoachFilm
Chief Thundercloud
★ 6.0
1944
Outlaw TrailFilm
Thundercloud
★ 7.0
1943
The Law Rides AgainFilm
Thundercloud
★ 6.8
1943
Daredevils of the WestFilm
Indian Chief
★ 7.0
1942
Lady in a JamFilm
Thundercloud (uncredited)
★ 5.6
1942
Shut My Big MouthFilm
Indian Interpreter
★ 8.3
1942
Overland MailFilm
Chief Many Moons
★ 10.0
1941
Western UnionFilm
Indian Leader
★ 6.0
1941
Pirates on HorsebackFilm
Flying Cloud
★ 6.3
1941
Silver StallionFilm
Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
★ 8.0
1940
North West Mounted PoliceFilm
Wandering Spirit
★ 6.4
1940
Hudson's BayFilm
Orimha
★ 6.1
1940
Young Buffalo BillFilm
Akuna
★ 4.6
1940
WyomingFilm
Lightfoot
★ 6.7
1940
TyphoonFilm
Kehi
★ 6.7
1940
Murder on the YukonFilm
Henchman Manti
★ 5.7
1940
Hi-Yo SilverFilm
Tonto
★ 7.0
1939
The Cat and the CanaryFilm
Indian Guide
★ 6.9
1939
Union PacificFilm
Indian (uncredited)
★ 6.7
1939
GeronimoFilm
Geronimo
★ 5.3
1939
The Lone Ranger Rides AgainFilm
Tonto
★ 7.3
1939
Fighting MadFilm
Indian
★ 4.5
1938
Flaming FrontiersFilm
Thunder Cloud
★ 5.1
1938
The Lone RangerFilm
Tonto
★ 7.0
1938
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill HickokFilm
Chief Gray Eagle
★ 9.0
1937
The Riders of the Whistling SkullFilm
High Priest
★ 5.7
1937
Renfrew of the Royal MountedFilm
Indian henchman
★ 4.6
1936
RamonaFilm
Pablo
★ 5.8
1936
Ride, Ranger, RideFilm
Little Wolf
★ 5.2
1936
Silly BilliesFilm
Indian
★ 8.5
1936
For the ServiceFilm
Indian Brave (uncredited)
★ 10.0
1936
Custer's Last StandFilm
Young Wolf
★ 5.3
1936
Custer's Last StandFilm
Yellow Wolf
★ 8.0
1935
Rustlers of Red DogFilm
Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]
★ 8.5
1935
Wagon TrailFilm
Henchman
★ 4.2
1935
Cyclone of the SaddleFilm
Yellow Wolf
★ 5.8
1935
Saddle AcesFilm
Canejo Rider Jose
★ 7.0
1935
Rustler's ParadiseFilm
Henchman (as Thunder Cloud)
★ 8.0