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