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