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Jay Silverheels was a Mohawk actor and athlete. He was well known for his role as Tonto, the faithful Native American companion of the Lone Ranger in the long-running American western television series The Lone Ranger.
Birth Name
Harold J. Smith
Born
Sunday, 26 May 1912
Died
Wednesday, 05 March 1980
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV's Western Heroes | Tonto | 2013 |
| Pioneers of Television | Tonto - the Lone Ranger | 2008 |
| Hit Celebrity TV Commercials | Tonto - for Jeno's Pizza Rolls | 2004 |
| Television: The First Fifty Years | Tonto | 1999 |
| Action Heroes of Movies & T.V. | Tonto | 1989 |
| The Bobby Vinton Show | Self | 1975 |
| Dusty's Trail | Indian Chief | 1973 |
| Santee | John Crow | 1973 |
| The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing | The Chief | 1973 |
| One Little Indian | Jimmy Wolf | 1973 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| TV's Western Heroes | Tonto | 2013 |
| Pioneers of Television | Tonto - the Lone Ranger | 2008 |
| Hit Celebrity TV Commercials | Tonto - for Jeno's Pizza Rolls | 2004 |
| Television: The First Fifty Years | Tonto | 1999 |
| Action Heroes of Movies & T.V. | Tonto | 1989 |
| The Bobby Vinton Show | Self | 1975 |
| Dusty's Trail | Indian Chief | 1973 |
| Santee | John Crow | 1973 |
| The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing | The Chief | 1973 |
| One Little Indian | Jimmy Wolf | 1973 |
| Cade's County | Chief Wild Horse | 1971 |
| Cannon | Jimmy One Eye | 1971 |
| The Psychiatrist | Larrabee - Medicine Man | 1970 |
| The Phynx | Tonto | 1970 |
| Love, American Style | (segment "Love and the Test of Manhood") | 1969 |
| The Brady Bunch | Chief Eagle Cloud | 1969 |
| True Grit | Condemned Man at Hanging | 1969 |
| Smith! | McDonald Lasheway | 1969 |
| The Movie Orgy | Tonto (archive footage) | 1968 |
| Gentle Ben | Willie Sam Gopher | 1967 |
| Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Great Bear | 1966 |
| The Rounders | John Tallgrass | 1966 |
| Indian Paint | Chief Hevatanu | 1965 |
| Branded | Wild Horse | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Chenrogan / Latawa / Sashona | 1964 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Spotted Hand / Den'Gwatzi | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself / Himself - Tonto | 1961 |
| Frontier Circus | Chief Red Cloud | 1961 |
| Gunslinger | Hopi Indian | 1961 |
| Laramie | Toma | 1959 |
| Alias Jesse James | Tonto | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Pawnee Joe | 1959 |
| Rescue 8 | Charlie | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Charley Red Cloud | 1958 |
| The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold | Tonto | 1958 |
| Return to Warbow | Indian Joe | 1958 |
| Wagon Train | The Serpent | 1957 |
| Walk the Proud Land | Geronimo | 1956 |
| The Lone Ranger | Tonto | 1956 |
| The Vanishing American | Beeteia | 1955 |
| Wide Wide World | Self | 1955 |
| Four Guns to the Border | Yaqui | 1954 |
| Masterson of Kansas | Yellow Hawk | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Natchez / Jimmy Wolf | 1954 |
| The Black Dakotas | Black Buffalo | 1954 |
| Drums Across the River | Taos | 1954 |
| Saskatchewan | Cajou | 1954 |
| War Arrow | Satanta | 1954 |
| The Nebraskan | Spotted Bear | 1953 |
| Jack McCall, Desperado | Red Cloud | 1953 |
| Last of the Comanches | Indian | 1953 |
| The Pathfinder | Chingachgook | 1952 |
| Yankee Buccaneer | Lead Warrior | 1952 |
| The Story of Will Rogers | Joe Arrow | 1952 |
| Brave Warrior | Chief Tecumseh / Tecumseh | 1952 |
| The Battle at Apache Pass | Geronimo | 1952 |
| The Half-Breed | Apache | 1952 |
| The Legend of the Lone Ranger | Tonto | 1952 |
| The Lone Ranger Story | Tonto | 1952 |
| The Wild Blue Yonder | Benders | 1951 |
| Red Mountain | Little Crow | 1951 |
| Cyclone Fury | Indian | 1951 |
| Broken Arrow | Geronimo | 1950 |
| The Lone Ranger | Tonto | 1949 |
| The Cowboy and the Indians | Lakoma / Lakohna | 1949 |
| Sand | Indian | 1949 |
| Trail of the Yukon | Poleon | 1949 |
| Lust for Gold | Walter / Deputy Walter | 1949 |
| Tulsa | Creek Indian | 1949 |
| Laramie | Running Wolf | 1949 |
| Song of India | Villager | 1949 |
| Enter the Lone Ranger | Tonto | 1949 |
| Yellow Sky | Indian | 1948 |
| The Feathered Serpent | Diego | 1948 |
| Family Honeymoon | Elevator Boy | 1948 |
| Singin' Spurs | Abel | 1948 |
| Key Largo | Tom Osceola | 1948 |
| Fury at Furnace Creek | Little Dog | 1948 |
| The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Indian Guide at Pier | 1948 |
| Captain from Castile | Coatl | 1947 |
| The Prairie | Running Deer | 1947 |
| The Last Round-up | Sam Luther | 1947 |
| Unconquered | Indian | 1947 |
| Northwest Outpost | Indian Scout | 1947 |
| Gas House Kids Go West | Kingsley's Henchman | 1947 |
| Singin' in the Corn | Indian Brave | 1946 |
| Romance of the West | Young Bear | 1946 |
| Song of the Sarong | Spearman | 1945 |
| Tahiti Nights | Lua | 1944 |
| Lost in a Harem | Guard at Execution | 1944 |
| Haunted Harbor | Native [Chs. 11-12] | 1944 |
| Call of the Jungle | Native | 1944 |
| The Tiger Woman | Native at Shack Shoot-Out [Ch. 7] | 1944 |
| Passage to Marseille | Sailor Crewman on Boat Deck | 1944 |
| Raiders of the Border | Indian at Trading Post | 1944 |
| The Phantom | Astari Warrior | 1943 |
| Northern Pursuit | Indian | 1943 |
| The Girl from Monterrey | Fighter Tito Flores | 1943 |
| Daredevils of the West | Kiaga [Ch. 8-9] | 1943 |
| Good Morning, Judge | Indian | 1943 |
| Perils of Nyoka | Tuareg | 1942 |
| Valley of the Sun | Indian | 1942 |
| This Woman Is Mine | Indian Marauder | 1941 |
| Jungle Girl | Lion Man Guard [Chs. 2-3, 15] | 1941 |
| Western Union | Indian | 1941 |
| Hudson's Bay | Indian | 1940 |
| Too Many Girls | Indian | 1940 |
| Kit Carson | Indian | 1940 |
| The Sea Hawk | Native Lookout | 1940 |
| Make a Wish | Indian Guide | 1937 |
