Chief Thundercloud
Acting
Born: 1899-04-12 in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
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
Union Pacific
Indian (uncredited)
Renegade Girl
Chief White Cloud
Western Union
Indian Leader
North West Mounted Police
Wandering Spirit
The Fighting Seabees
Indian Seabee (uncredited)
Sonora Stagecoach
Chief Thundercloud
Badman's Territory
Chief Tahlequah
The Half-Breed
Apache (uncredited)
Colt .45
Walking Bear
Santa Fe
Chief Longfeather
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
Sleeping Fox
Ambush
Tana
Call of the Forest
Stormcloud
Hi-Yo Silver
Tonto
Mrs. Mike
Indian (uncredited)
Hudson's Bay
Orimha
A Ticket to Tomahawk
The Cat and the Canary
Indian Guide
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Tonto
Saddle Aces
Canejo Rider Jose
The Riders of the Whistling Skull
High Priest
Murder on the Yukon
Henchman Manti
Geronimo
Geronimo
Fighting Mad
Indian
Overland Mail
Chief Many Moons
The Iroquois Trail
Ottawa Chief (uncredited)
Custer's Last Stand
Young Wolf
Shut My Big Mouth
Indian Interpreter
The Phantom Rider
Chief Yellow Wolf
Pirates on Horseback
Flying Cloud
The Lone Ranger
Tonto
Wyoming
Lightfoot
Ramona
Pablo
For the Service
Indian Brave (uncredited)
Silly Billies
Indian
Custer's Last Stand
Yellow Wolf
The Law Rides Again
Thundercloud
Outlaw Trail
Thundercloud
Typhoon
Kehi
Young Buffalo Bill
Akuna