Chief Thundercloud
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-04-12
Day of Death
1955-12-01 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Santa Cruz County, Arizona
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
(1952)
The Half-Breed
as Apache (uncredited)
(1952)
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
as Black Hawk
(1951)
Santa Fe
as Chief Longfeather
(1950)
Colt .45
as Walking Bear
(1950)
Ambush
as Tana
(1950)
(1950)
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
as Sleeping Fox
(1950)
I Killed Geronimo
as Geronimo
(1949)
Mrs. Mike
as Indian (uncredited)
(1949)
Call of the Forest
as Stormcloud
(1947)
The Prairie
as Eagle Feather
(1947)
The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
(1946)
Renegade Girl
as Chief White Cloud
(1946)
The Phantom Rider
as Chief Yellow Wolf
(1946)
Badman's Territory
as Chief Tahlequah
(1946)
Romance of the West
as Chief Eagle Feather
(1944)
The Fighting Seabees
as Indian Seabee (uncredited)
(1944)
Sonora Stagecoach
as Chief Thundercloud
(1944)
Outlaw Trail
as Thundercloud
(1943)
The Law Rides Again
as Thundercloud
(1943)
Daredevils of the West
as Indian Chief
(1942)
Overland Mail
as Chief Many Moons
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Thundercloud (uncredited)
(1942)
Shut My Big Mouth
as Indian Interpreter
(1941)
Western Union
as Indian Leader
(1941)
Hudson's Bay
as Orimha
(1941)
Silver Stallion
as Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
(1941)
Pirates on Horseback
as Flying Cloud
(1940)
North West Mounted Police
as Wandering Spirit
(1940)
Young Buffalo Bill
as Akuna
(1940)
Wyoming
as Lightfoot
(1940)
Typhoon
as Kehi
(1940)
Hi-Yo Silver
as Tonto
(1940)
Murder on the Yukon
as Henchman Manti
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Indian (uncredited)
(1939)
Geronimo
as Geronimo
(1939)
The Cat and the Canary
as Indian Guide
(1939)
Fighting Mad
as Indian
(1939)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Tonto
(1938)
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Chief Gray Eagle
(1938)
Flaming Frontiers
as Thunder Cloud
(1938)
The Lone Ranger
as Tonto
(1937)
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
as Indian henchman
(1937)
The Riders of the Whistling Skull
as High Priest
(1936)
Ramona
as Pablo
(1936)
For the Service
as Indian Brave (uncredited)
(1936)
Silly Billies
as Indian
(1936)
Custer's Last Stand
as Young Wolf
(1936)
Custer's Last Stand
as Yellow Wolf
(1936)
Ride, Ranger, Ride
as Little Wolf
(1935)
Wagon Trail
as Henchman
(1935)
Cyclone of the Saddle
as Yellow Wolf
(1935)
Saddle Aces
as Canejo Rider Jose
(1935)
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]
(1935)
Rustler's Paradise
as Henchman (as Thunder Cloud)