Chief Thundercloud

Personal Info

Birthday

April 12, 1899

Day of Death

1955-12-01

(56 years old)

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.

Known For

The Cat and the Canary

Western Union

Union Pacific

North West Mounted Police

The Traveling Saleswoman

Santa Fe

Colt .45

The Fighting Seabees

Filmography

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