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