Chief Thundercloud

Actor

1899-04-12 – 1955-12-01 · Santa Cruz County, Arizona

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.

• Western Union (1941) — Indian Leader
• The Cat and the Canary (1939) — Indian Guide
• Union Pacific (1939) — Indian (uncredited)
• The Fighting Seabees (1944) — Indian Seabee (uncredited)
• North West Mounted Police (1940) — Wandering Spirit
• Santa Fe (1951) — Chief Longfeather
• Colt .45 (1950) — Walking Bear
• A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
• Ambush (1950) — Tana
• Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950) — Sleeping Fox
• Badman's Territory (1946) — Chief Tahlequah
• Young Buffalo Bill (1940) — Akuna
• Lady in a Jam (1942) — Thundercloud (uncredited)
• Hudson's Bay (1940) — Orimha
• Renegade Girl (1946) — Chief White Cloud
• Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952) — Black Hawk
• Flaming Frontiers (1938) — Thunder Cloud
• The Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937) — High Priest
• The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) — Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
• Ramona (1936) — Pablo
• Geronimo (1939) — Geronimo
• The Iroquois Trail (1950) — Ottawa Chief (uncredited)
• Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937) — Indian henchman
• Wagon Trail (1935) — Henchman