Acting
Chief Thundercloud
Acting · Born 1899-04-12 · Santa Cruz County, Arizona
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.
Credits · 57
FilmThe Half-Breed
1952 · Apache (uncredited)
FilmBuffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952 · Black Hawk
FilmSanta Fe
1951 · Chief Longfeather
FilmI Killed Geronimo
1950 · Geronimo
FilmThe Iroquois Trail
1950 · Ottawa Chief (uncredited)
FilmColt .45
1950 · Walking Bear
FilmA Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
FilmThe Traveling Saleswoman
1950 · Running Deer
FilmAmbush
1950 · Tana
FilmDavy Crockett, Indian Scout
1950 · Sleeping Fox
FilmMrs. Mike
1949 · Indian (uncredited)
FilmCall of the Forest
1949 · Stormcloud
FilmThe Senator Was Indiscreet
1947 · Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
FilmThe Prairie
1947 · Eagle Feather
FilmRenegade Girl
1946 · Chief White Cloud
FilmBadman's Territory
1946 · Chief Tahlequah
FilmRomance of the West
1946 · Chief Eagle Feather
FilmThe Phantom Rider
1946 · Chief Yellow Wolf
FilmSonora Stagecoach
1944 · Chief Thundercloud
FilmOutlaw Trail
1944 · Thundercloud
FilmThe Fighting Seabees
1944 · Indian Seabee (uncredited)
FilmThe Law Rides Again
1943 · Thundercloud
FilmDaredevils of the West
1943 · Indian Chief
FilmOverland Mail
1942 · Chief Many Moons
FilmLady in a Jam
1942 · Thundercloud (uncredited)
FilmShut My Big Mouth
1942 · Indian Interpreter
FilmSilver Stallion
1941 · Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
FilmPirates on Horseback
1941 · Flying Cloud
FilmWestern Union
1941 · Indian Leader
FilmHudson's Bay
1940 · Orimha
FilmNorth West Mounted Police
1940 · Wandering Spirit
FilmWyoming
1940 · Lightfoot
FilmTyphoon
1940 · Kehi
FilmYoung Buffalo Bill
1940 · Akuna
FilmHi-Yo Silver
1940 · Tonto
FilmMurder on the Yukon
1940 · Henchman Manti
FilmGeronimo
1939 · Geronimo
FilmFighting Mad
1939 · Indian
FilmThe Cat and the Canary
1939 · Indian Guide
FilmUnion Pacific
1939 · Indian (uncredited)
FilmThe Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939 · Tonto
FilmFlaming Frontiers
1938 · Thunder Cloud
FilmThe Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938 · Chief Gray Eagle
FilmThe Lone Ranger
1938 · Tonto
FilmRenfrew of the Royal Mounted
1937 · Indian henchman
FilmThe Riders of the Whistling Skull
1937 · High Priest
FilmRide, Ranger, Ride
1936 · Little Wolf
FilmRamona
1936 · Pablo
FilmFor the Service
1936 · Indian Brave (uncredited)
FilmCuster's Last Stand
1936 · Yellow Wolf
FilmSilly Billies
1936 · Indian
FilmCuster's Last Stand
1936 · Young Wolf
FilmSaddle Aces
1935 · Canejo Rider Jose
FilmRustler's Paradise
1935 · Henchman (as Thunder Cloud)
FilmWagon Trail
1935 · Henchman
FilmCyclone of the Saddle
1935 · Yellow Wolf
FilmRustlers of Red Dog
1935 · Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]