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Jay Silverheels

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Atuação
Nascimento
26 de maio de 1912 · Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Falecimento
5 de março de 1980

Biografia

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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O Tesouro de Sierra Madre
Filme · 1948 · ★ 7,9
Pôster de Bravura Indômita
Bravura Indômita
Filme · 1969 · ★ 7,3
Pôster de Paixões em Fúria
Paixões em Fúria
Filme · 1948 · ★ 7,5
Pôster de Flechas de Fogo
Flechas de Fogo
Filme · 1950 · ★ 6,7
Pôster de A Família Sol-Lá-Si-Dó
A Família Sol-Lá-Si-Dó
Série · 1969 · ★ 6,7
Pôster de O Gavião do Mar
O Gavião do Mar
Filme · 1940 · ★ 7,2
Pôster de Céu Amarelo
Céu Amarelo
Filme · 1948 · ★ 7,0
Pôster de Os Conquistadores
Os Conquistadores
Filme · 1941 · ★ 6,0
Pôster de Passagem para Marselha
Passagem para Marselha
Filme · 1944 · ★ 6,7
Pôster de Couro Cru
Couro Cru
Série · 1959 · ★ 7,3
Pôster de Cannon
Cannon
Série · 1971 · ★ 6,7
Pôster de Wanted: Dead or Alive
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Série · 1958 · ★ 7,1

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