Chief Thundercloud

Born

4/12/1899

Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Chief Thundercloud

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 For57 Movies

North West Mounted Police
1940
★6.4
Union Pacific
1939
★6.7
Western Union
1941
★6.0
The Cat and the Canary
1939
★6.9
The Fighting Seabees
1944
★6.2
The Half-Breed
1952
★7.0
Badman's Territory
1946
★6.3
Geronimo
1939
★5.3
Colt .45
1950
★6.6
Santa Fe
1951
★6.8
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
★6.0
Saddle Aces
1935
★7.0
Ambush
1950
★5.4
Wyoming
1940
★6.7
Lady in a Jam
1942
★5.6
Sonora Stagecoach
1944
★6.0
The Iroquois Trail
1950
★6.6
Daredevils of the West
1943
★7.0
Renegade Girl
1946
★4.2
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
1950
★5.2
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950
★5.2
Custer's Last Stand
1936
★5.3
Overland Mail
1942
★10.0
Shut My Big Mouth
1942
★8.3
I Killed Geronimo
1950
★9.0
Typhoon
1940
★6.7
Call of the Forest
1949
★6.0
Ramona
1936
★5.8
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
★6.2
Hudson's Bay
1940
★6.1
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1952
★4.8
The Lone Ranger
1938
★7.0
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
★9.0
The Riders of the Whistling Skull
1937
★5.7
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
★8.5
Custer's Last Stand
1936
★8.0
Mrs. Mike
1949
★6.0
Hi-Yo Silver
1940
★7.0
Young Buffalo Bill
1940
★4.6
Silver Stallion
1941
★8.0
Pirates on Horseback
1941
★6.0
The Prairie
1947
★6.5
Fighting Mad
1939
★4.5
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
1937
★4.6
Outlaw Trail
1944
★7.0
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
★7.3
Silly Billies
1936
★8.5
Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936
★5.2
The Law Rides Again
1943
★6.8
For the Service
1936
★10.0
Flaming Frontiers
1938
★5.1
Romance of the West
1946
★9.0
Rustler's Paradise
1935
★8.0
Murder on the Yukon
1940
★5.7
Wagon Trail
1935
★4.2
The Phantom Rider
1946
★6.5
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935
★5.8