Chief Thundercloud
Known for Acting · 57 credits
- Born
- 1899-04-12
- Died
- 1955-12-01
- Place of birth
- Santa Cruz County, Arizona
- Also known as
- Victor Daniels
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
Movies (57)
Renegade Girl
1946
as Chief White Cloud
Sonora Stagecoach
1944
as Chief Thundercloud
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Wandering Spirit
Western Union
1941
as Indian Leader
Union Pacific
1939
as Indian (uncredited)
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Indian Seabee (uncredited)
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
as Indian Interpreter
The Half-Breed
1952
as Apache (uncredited)
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
1950
as Sleeping Fox
I Killed Geronimo
1950
as Geronimo
Colt .45
1950
as Walking Bear
Call of the Forest
1949
as Stormcloud
Santa Fe
1951
as Chief Longfeather
The Cat and the Canary
1939
as Indian Guide
Silly Billies
1936
as Indian
Ramona
1936
as Pablo
Badman's Territory
1946
as Chief Tahlequah
Ambush
1950
as Tana
Saddle Aces
1935
as Canejo Rider Jose
The Riders of the Whistling Skull
1937
as High Priest
Pirates on Horseback
1941
as Flying Cloud
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935
as Yellow Wolf
Hudson's Bay
1940
as Orimha
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
as Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]
The Lone Ranger
1938
as Tonto
Custer's Last Stand
1936
as Young Wolf
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950
as Running Deer
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as Chief Gray Eagle
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
as Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
Overland Mail
1942
as Chief Many Moons
Young Buffalo Bill
1940
as Akuna
Wyoming
1940
as Lightfoot
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
1937
as Indian henchman
Lady in a Jam
1942
as Thundercloud (uncredited)
Hi-Yo Silver
1940
as Tonto
Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936
as Little Wolf
The Phantom Rider
1946
as Chief Yellow Wolf
The Prairie
1947
as Eagle Feather
The Iroquois Trail
1950
as Ottawa Chief (uncredited)
Custer's Last Stand
1936
as Yellow Wolf
Typhoon
1940
as Kehi
Outlaw Trail
1944
as Thundercloud
The Law Rides Again
1943
as Thundercloud
Flaming Frontiers
1938
as Thunder Cloud
Mrs. Mike
1949
as Indian (uncredited)
Daredevils of the West
1943
as Indian Chief
Wagon Trail
1935
as Henchman
Romance of the West
1946
as Chief Eagle Feather
Fighting Mad
1939
as Indian
Silver Stallion
1941
as Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952
as Black Hawk
Geronimo
1939
as Geronimo
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
as Tonto
For the Service
1936
as Indian Brave (uncredited)
Murder on the Yukon
1940
as Henchman Manti
Rustler's Paradise
1935
as Henchman (as Thunder Cloud)
About Chief Thundercloud
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. With 57 credits spanning from 1935 to 1952, Chief Thundercloud has appeared in 57 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Renegade Girl (1946) — as Chief White Cloud
- Sonora Stagecoach (1944) — as Chief Thundercloud
- North West Mounted Police (1940) — as Wandering Spirit
- Western Union (1941) — as Indian Leader
- Union Pacific (1939) — as Indian (uncredited)
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