
Chief Thundercloud
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 12, 1899
- Died
- December 1, 1955 (aged 56)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography

The Half-Breed
Movie · as Apache (uncredited)

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
Movie · as Black Hawk

Santa Fe
Movie · as Chief Longfeather

The Iroquois Trail
Movie · as Ottawa Chief (uncredited)

Colt .45
Movie · as Walking Bear

Ambush
Movie · as Tana

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
Movie · as Sleeping Fox

I Killed Geronimo
Movie · as Geronimo

A Ticket to Tomahawk
Movie

The Traveling Saleswoman
Movie · as Running Deer

Mrs. Mike
Movie · as Indian (uncredited)

Call of the Forest
Movie · as Stormcloud

The Senator Was Indiscreet
Movie · as Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)

The Prairie
Movie · as Eagle Feather

Badman's Territory
Movie · as Chief Tahlequah

Renegade Girl
Movie · as Chief White Cloud

The Phantom Rider
Movie · as Chief Yellow Wolf

Romance of the West
Movie · as Chief Eagle Feather

Outlaw Trail
Movie · as Thundercloud

The Fighting Seabees
Movie · as Indian Seabee (uncredited)

Sonora Stagecoach
Movie · as Chief Thundercloud

The Law Rides Again
Movie · as Thundercloud

Daredevils of the West
Movie · as Indian Chief

Shut My Big Mouth
Movie · as Indian Interpreter

Overland Mail
Movie · as Chief Many Moons

Lady in a Jam
Movie · as Thundercloud (uncredited)

King of the Stallions
Movie · as Hahawi

Western Union
Movie · as Indian Leader

Silver Stallion
Movie · as Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)

Pirates on Horseback
Movie · as Flying Cloud

Hudson's Bay
Movie · as Orimha

Typhoon
Movie · as Kehi

Young Buffalo Bill
Movie · as Akuna

Murder on the Yukon
Movie · as Henchman Manti

Wyoming
Movie · as Lightfoot

North West Mounted Police
Movie · as Wandering Spirit

Hi-Yo Silver
Movie · as Tonto

The Cat and the Canary
Movie · as Indian Guide

The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Movie · as Tonto

Union Pacific
Movie · as Indian (uncredited)

Fighting Mad
Movie · as Indian

Geronimo
Movie · as Geronimo

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Movie · as Chief Gray Eagle

The Lone Ranger
Movie · as Tonto

Flaming Frontiers
Movie · as Thunder Cloud

The Riders of the Whistling Skull
Movie · as High Priest

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
Movie · as Indian henchman

Ramona
Movie · as Pablo

Custer's Last Stand
Movie · as Young Wolf

For the Service
Movie · as Indian Brave (uncredited)

Silly Billies
Movie · as Indian

Custer's Last Stand
Movie · as Yellow Wolf

Ride, Ranger, Ride
Movie · as Little Wolf

Rustler's Paradise
Movie · as Henchman (as Thunder Cloud)

Wagon Trail
Movie · as Henchman

Cyclone of the Saddle
Movie · as Yellow Wolf

Rustlers of Red Dog
Movie · as Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]

Saddle Aces
Movie · as Canejo Rider Jose