Birthday:
Apr 12, 1899
Place of Birth: Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Place of Birth: Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Chief Thundercloud
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Mike | Indian (uncredited) | 1949 |
| The Riders of the Whistling Skull | High Priest | 1937 |
| The Senator Was Indiscreet | Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud) | 1947 |
| Western Union | Indian Leader | 1941 |
| Rustler's Paradise | Henchman (as Thunder Cloud) | 1935 |
| Badman's Territory | Chief Tahlequah | 1946 |
| The Cat and the Canary | Indian Guide | 1939 |
| The Iroquois Trail | 1950 | |
| Colt .45 | Walking Bear | 1950 |
| The Half-Breed | Apache (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Renegade Girl | Chief White Cloud | 1946 |
| Hudson's Bay | Orimha | 1941 |
| Ramona | Pablo | 1936 |
| Renfrew of the Royal Mounted | Indian henchman | 1937 |
| Call of the Forest | Stormcloud | 1949 |
| Wagon Trail | Henchman | 1935 |
| Typhoon | Kehi | 1940 |
| The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Chief Gray Eagle | 1938 |
| Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory | Black Hawk | 1952 |
| Custer's Last Stand | Young Wolf | 1936 |
| Outlaw Trail | Thundercloud | 1944 |
| The Phantom Rider | Chief Yellow Wolf | 1946 |
| Flaming Frontiers | Thunder Cloud | 1938 |
| The Lone Ranger | Tonto | 1938 |
| The Law Rides Again | Thundercloud | 1943 |
| Young Buffalo Bill | Akuna | 1940 |
| The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Tonto | 1939 |
| Cyclone of the Saddle | Yellow Wolf | 1935 |
| Union Pacific | Indian (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Fighting Mad | Indian | 1939 |
| Ambush | Tana | 1950 |
| Murder on the Yukon | Henchman Manti | 1940 |
| For the Service | Indian Brave (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Silver Stallion | Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud) | 1941 |
| Wyoming | Lightfoot | 1940 |
| North West Mounted Police | Wandering Spirit | 1940 |
| Hi-Yo Silver | Tonto | 1940 |
| Geronimo | Geronimo | 1939 |
| The Fighting Seabees | Indian Seabee (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Silly Billies | Indian | 1936 |
| Shut My Big Mouth | Indian Interpreter | 1942 |
| Davy Crockett, Indian Scout | Sleeping Fox | 1950 |
| I Killed Geronimo | Geronimo | 1950 |
| The Prairie | Eagle Feather | 1947 |
| Sonora Stagecoach | Chief Thundercloud | 1944 |
| Daredevils of the West | Indian Chief | 1943 |
| Custer's Last Stand | Yellow Wolf | 1936 |
| Romance of the West | Chief Eagle Feather | 1946 |
| Pirates on Horseback | Flying Cloud | 1941 |
| Overland Mail | Chief Many Moons | 1942 |
| Rustlers of Red Dog | Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11] | 1935 |
| Saddle Aces | Canejo Rider Jose | 1935 |
| Santa Fe | Chief Longfeather | 1951 |
| Ride, Ranger, Ride | Little Wolf | 1936 |
| Lady in a Jam | Thundercloud (uncredited) | 1942 | Series | Cast | Year |
