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