Jay Silverheels
Jay Silverheels was born on a reservation in Canada to a Mohawk chief. He was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938. He worked in a number of films though the 1940s before he gained some notice as the Osceola brother in Humphrey Bogart's film Key Largo (1948). Most of his roles consisted of bit parts as "Indian." In 1949, he would work in a movie...
Jay Silverheels was born on a reservation in Canada to a Mohawk chief. He was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938. He worked in a number of films though the 1940s before he gained some notice as the Osceola brother in Humphrey Bogart's film Key Largo (1948). Most of his roles consisted of bit parts as "Indian." In 1949, he would work in a movie...
Known For
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
as Indian Guide at Pier (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
as Native Lookout
The Lone Ranger
as Tonto
Cast Credits
Lone Ranger: Lost Episodes
as Tonto
Santee
as John Crow
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
as The Chief
One Little Indian
as Jimmy Wolf
Cat Ballou
as Indian Chief
The Phynx
as Tonto
True Grit
as Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)
Smith!
as McDonald Lasheway
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
as Great Bear
Indian Paint
as Chief Hevatanu
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
as Natchez
Alias Jesse James
as Tonto (uncredited)
Return to Warbow
as Indian Joe
Walk the Proud Land
as Geronimo
The Lone Ranger
as Tonto
The Vanishing American
as Beeteia
Masterson of Kansas
as Yellow Hawk
Four Guns to the Border
as Yaqui
The Black Dakotas
as Black Buffalo
Drums Across the River
as Taos
Saskatchewan
as Cajou
War Arrow
as Satanta
The Nebraskan
as Spotted Bear
Jack McCall, Desperado
as Red Cloud
Last of the Comanches
as Indian (uncredited)
The Pathfinder
as Chingachgook