Chief Thundercloud

★ Acting #114,923

1899 - 1955 (age 56) • Acting

Born: 4/12/1899 in Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Died: 12/1/1955 (age 56)

Known for: Acting

Chief Thundercloud

★ Acting #114,923

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

Colt .45

66%

Walking Bear

1950

Ambush

54%

Tana

1950

Young Buffalo Bill

46%

Akuna

1940

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory

48%

Black Hawk

1952

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

46%

Indian henchman

1937

Call of the Forest

60%

Stormcloud

1949

Typhoon

67%

Kehi

1940

Murder on the Yukon

57%

Henchman Manti

1940

The Half-Breed

70%

Apache (uncredited)

1952

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory

48%

Black Hawk

1952

Santa Fe

68%

Chief Longfeather

1951

I Killed Geronimo

90%

Geronimo

1950

The Iroquois Trail

66%

Ottawa Chief (uncredited)

1950

Colt .45

66%

Walking Bear

1950

A Ticket to Tomahawk

60%

1950

The Traveling Saleswoman

52%

Running Deer

1950

Ambush

54%

Tana

1950

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

52%

Sleeping Fox

1950

Mrs. Mike

60%

Indian (uncredited)

1949

Call of the Forest

60%

Stormcloud

1949

The Senator Was Indiscreet

62%

Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)

1947

The Prairie

65%

Eagle Feather

1947

Renegade Girl

42%

Chief White Cloud

1946

Badman's Territory

63%

Chief Tahlequah

1946

Romance of the West

90%

Chief Eagle Feather

1946

The Phantom Rider

65%

Chief Yellow Wolf

1946

Sonora Stagecoach

60%

Chief Thundercloud

1944

Outlaw Trail

70%

Thundercloud

1944

The Fighting Seabees

62%

Indian Seabee (uncredited)

1944

The Law Rides Again

68%

Thundercloud

1943

Daredevils of the West

70%

Indian Chief

1943

Overland Mail

100%

Chief Many Moons

1942

Lady in a Jam

56%

Thundercloud (uncredited)

1942

Shut My Big Mouth

83%

Indian Interpreter

1942

Silver Stallion

80%

Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)

1941

Pirates on Horseback

60%

Flying Cloud

1941