Chief Thundercloud

Known for: Acting

Born: 1899-04-12 – 1955-12-01 (aged 56)

From: 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.

Filmography (57)

MOVIE★ 7.0
The Half-Breed
1952
as Apache (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.8
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952
as Black Hawk
MOVIE★ 6.8
Santa Fe
1951
as Chief Longfeather
MOVIE★ 9.0
I Killed Geronimo
1950
as Geronimo
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Iroquois Trail
1950
as Ottawa Chief (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Colt .45
1950
as Walking Bear
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950
as Running Deer
MOVIE★ 5.4
Ambush
1950
as Tana
MOVIE★ 5.2
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
1950
as Sleeping Fox
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mrs. Mike
1949
as Indian (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Call of the Forest
1949
as Stormcloud
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
as Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Prairie
1947
as Eagle Feather
MOVIE★ 4.2
Renegade Girl
1946
as Chief White Cloud
MOVIE★ 6.3
Badman's Territory
1946
as Chief Tahlequah
MOVIE★ 9.0
Romance of the West
1946
as Chief Eagle Feather
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Phantom Rider
1946
as Chief Yellow Wolf
MOVIE★ 6.0
Sonora Stagecoach
1944
as Chief Thundercloud
MOVIE★ 7.0
Outlaw Trail
1944
as Thundercloud
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Indian Seabee (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Law Rides Again
1943
as Thundercloud
MOVIE★ 7.0
Daredevils of the West
1943
as Indian Chief
MOVIE★ 10.0
Overland Mail
1942
as Chief Many Moons
MOVIE★ 5.6
Lady in a Jam
1942
as Thundercloud (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.3
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
as Indian Interpreter
MOVIE★ 8.0
Silver Stallion
1941
as Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Pirates on Horseback
1941
as Flying Cloud
MOVIE★ 6.0
Western Union
1941
as Indian Leader
MOVIE★ 6.1
Hudson's Bay
1940
as Orimha
MOVIE★ 6.4
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Wandering Spirit
MOVIE★ 6.7
Wyoming
1940
as Lightfoot
MOVIE★ 6.7
Typhoon
1940
as Kehi
MOVIE★ 4.6
Young Buffalo Bill
1940
as Akuna
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hi-Yo Silver
1940
as Tonto
MOVIE★ 5.7
Murder on the Yukon
1940
as Henchman Manti
MOVIE★ 5.3
Geronimo
1939
as Geronimo
MOVIE★ 4.5
Fighting Mad
1939
as Indian
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Cat and the Canary
1939
as Indian Guide
MOVIE★ 6.7
Union Pacific
1939
as Indian (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
as Tonto
MOVIE★ 5.1
Flaming Frontiers
1938
as Thunder Cloud
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as Chief Gray Eagle
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Lone Ranger
1938
as Tonto
MOVIE★ 4.6
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
1937
as Indian henchman
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Riders of the Whistling Skull
1937
as High Priest
MOVIE★ 5.2
Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936
as Little Wolf
MOVIE★ 5.8
Ramona
1936
as Pablo
MOVIE★ 10.0
For the Service
1936
as Indian Brave (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Custer's Last Stand
1936
as Yellow Wolf
MOVIE★ 8.5
Silly Billies
1936
as Indian
MOVIE★ 5.3
Custer's Last Stand
1936
as Young Wolf
MOVIE★ 7.0
Saddle Aces
1935
as Canejo Rider Jose
MOVIE★ 8.0
Rustler's Paradise
1935
as Henchman (as Thunder Cloud)
MOVIE★ 4.2
Wagon Trail
1935
as Henchman
MOVIE★ 5.8
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935
as Yellow Wolf
MOVIE★ 8.5
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
as Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]