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
Western Union
(1941)
Indian Leader
Union Pacific
(1939)
Indian (uncredited)
Santa Fe
(1951)
Chief Longfeather
Full Filmography
Acting
Wagon Trail
(1935)
Henchman
Cyclone of the Saddle
(1935)
Yellow Wolf
Rustlers of Red Dog
(1935)
Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]
Saddle Aces
(1935)
Canejo Rider Jose
Rustler's Paradise
(1935)
Henchman (as Thunder Cloud)
Ramona
(1936)
Pablo
Custer's Last Stand
(1936)
Young Wolf
For the Service
(1936)
Indian Brave (uncredited)
Silly Billies
(1936)
Indian
Custer's Last Stand
(1936)
Yellow Wolf
Ride, Ranger, Ride
(1936)
Little Wolf
The Riders of the Whistling Skull
(1937)
High Priest
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
(1937)
Indian henchman
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
(1938)
Chief Gray Eagle
The Lone Ranger
(1938)
Tonto
Flaming Frontiers
(1938)
Thunder Cloud
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
(1939)
Tonto
Union Pacific
(1939)
Indian (uncredited)
Fighting Mad
(1939)
Indian
Geronimo
(1939)
Geronimo
The Cat and the Canary
(1939)
Indian Guide
Typhoon
(1940)
Kehi
Young Buffalo Bill
(1940)
Akuna
Murder on the Yukon
(1940)
Henchman Manti
North West Mounted Police
(1940)
Wandering Spirit
Wyoming
(1940)
Lightfoot
Hi-Yo Silver
(1940)
Tonto
Western Union
(1941)
Indian Leader
Hudson's Bay
(1941)
Orimha
Silver Stallion
(1941)
Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
Pirates on Horseback
(1941)
Flying Cloud
Shut My Big Mouth
(1942)
Indian Interpreter
Overland Mail
(1942)
Chief Many Moons
The Law Rides Again
(1943)
Thundercloud
Daredevils of the West
(1943)
Indian Chief
Outlaw Trail
(1944)
Thundercloud
Sonora Stagecoach
(1944)
Chief Thundercloud
The Fighting Seabees
(1944)
Indian Seabee (uncredited)
Badman's Territory
(1946)
Chief Tahlequah
Renegade Girl
(1946)
Chief White Cloud
The Phantom Rider
(1946)
Chief Yellow Wolf
Romance of the West
(1946)
Chief Eagle Feather
The Senator Was Indiscreet
(1947)
Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
The Prairie
(1947)
Eagle Feather
Call of the Forest
(1949)
Stormcloud
Mrs. Mike
(1949)
Indian (uncredited)
Colt .45
(1950)
Walking Bear
Ambush
(1950)
Tana
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
(1950)
Sleeping Fox
I Killed Geronimo
(1950)
Geronimo
The Iroquois Trail
(1950)
Santa Fe
(1951)
Chief Longfeather
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
(1952)
Black Hawk
The Half-Breed
(1952)
Apache (uncredited)