Jay Silverheels
- Schauspiel
- 26. Mai 1912 · Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
- 5. März 1980
Biografie
Jay Silverheels was born on a reservation in Canada to a Mohawk chief. He was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938. He worked in a number of films though the 1940s before he gained some notice as the Osceola brother in Humphrey Bogart's film Key Largo (1948). Most of his roles consisted of bit parts as "Indian." In 1949, he would work in a movie called The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) with another "B movie" actor named Clayton Moore. It was later that same year that Jay would be hired to play the faithful Indian companion, Tonto, in the television series "The Lone Ranger" (1949). This role, while still playing the "Indian," would bring Jay the fame that his motion picture career never did. As Tonto, on his horse Scout, Jay could show up where the Ranger could not and some of the time he would be shot at or beat up for his trouble. Jay would play Tonto in all the episodes except for those that he missed when he had his heart attack. In those episodes, he was replaced by the Ranger's nephew, Dan. However, Clayton Moore would miss the third season when he was replaced by John Hart. Jay would reprise the role of Tonto in two big-screen color movies with Moore, The Lone Ranger (1956) and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958). After the series ended in 1957, Jay could not escape the typecasting of Tonto. He would continue to appear in an occasional film and television show, but he would become a spokesman to improve the portrayal of Indians on TV.
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Filmografie
- The Lone Ranger: Who Was That Masked Man · Tonto
- The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
- Lone Ranger: Lost Episodes · Tonto
- Santee, der Einzelgänger · John Crow
- Der Mann, der die Katzen tanzen ließ · The Chief
- Ein Kamel im Wilden Westen · Jimmy Wolf
- In Pursuit of Treasure
- Cannon
- Cat Ballou · Indian Chief
- The Phynx · Tonto
- Drei Mädchen und drei Jungen · Chief Eagle Cloud
- Der Marshal · Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)
- Smith! - Ein Mann gegen alle · McDonald Lasheway
- The Movie Orgy · Tonto (archive footage)
- Pistols 'n' Petticoats · Great Bear
- Pistolen und Petticoats · Great Bear
- Nishko, der Indianerjunge · Chief Hevatanu
- Geächtet
- Daniel Boone · Sashona, Chenrogan
- Die Leute von der Shiloh-Ranch · Den'Gwatzi, Spotted Hand
- Gunslinger · Hopi Indian
- Geronimos Rache - Das Gesetz bin ich · Natchez
- Ein Schuss und 50 Tote · Tonto (uncredited)
- Tausend Meilen Staub · Pawnee Joe
- Josh · Charley Red Cloud
- The Western: A Lost TV Special · Selbst
- Der Held mit der Maske · Tonto
- Harte Männer - harte Fäuste · Indian Joe
- Ritt in den Tod · Geronimo
- Der weiße Reiter · Tonto
- Der letzte Indianer · Beeteia
- Gangster, Spieler und ein Sheriff · Yellow Hawk
- Die Nacht der Rache · Yaqui
- The Black Dakotas · Black Buffalo
- Adlerschwinge · Taos
- Saskatchewan · Cajou
- Verschwörung auf Fort Clark · Satanta
- Bis zur letzten Kugel · Spotted Bear
- Der letzte Trumpf · Red Cloud
- Dürstende Lippen · Indian (uncredited)
- Sein Freund, der Lederstrumpf · Chingachgook
- Unter falscher Flagge · Lead Warrior
- Brave Warrior · Chief Tecumseh
- Die Schlacht am Apachenpass · Geronimo
- An der Spitze der Apachen · Apache (uncredited)
- Lone Ranger - Die Legende · Tonto
- Höllenreiter der Nacht · Benders
- Die Hölle der roten Berge · Little Crow
- Der gebrochene Pfeil · Geronimo (uncredited)
- The Cowboy and the Indians · Lakohna
- Der Lone Ranger · Tonto
- Sand · Indian (uncredited)
- Trail of the Yukon · Poleon
- Der Berg des Schreckens · Walter
- Laramie · Running Wolf (uncredited)
- Tulsa · Creek Indian (uncredited)
- Herrin der toten Stadt · Indian (uncredited)
- The Feathered Serpent · Diego (uncredited)
- Family Honeymoon · Elevator Boy (uncredited)
- Singin' Spurs · Abel
- Gangster in Key Largo · Tom Osceola (uncredited)
- Rache ohne Gnade · Little Dog (uncredited)
- Der Schatz der Sierra Madre · Indian Guide at Pier (uncredited)
- Der Hauptmann von Kastilien · Coatl (uncredited)
- The Prairie · Running Deer
- The Last Round-up
- Gas House Kids Go West · Kingsley's Henchman (uncredited)
- Tahiti Nights · Lua
- I Am an American · Indian (uncredited)
- Abenteuer im Harem · Guard at Execution (uncredited)
- Fahrkarte nach Marseille · Sailor Crewman on Boat Deck (uncredited)
- The Phantom · Astari Warrior (uncredited)
- Blutiger Schnee · Indian (uncredited)
- The Girl from Monterrey · Fighter Tito Flores
- Nyoka - Herrin der Beduinen · Tuareg
- Valley of the Sun · Indian (uncredited)
- This Woman Is Mine · Indian Marauder
- Überfall der Ogalalla · Indian
- Hudson's Bay · Indian (uncredited)
- Too Many Girls · Indian (uncredited)