Acting
Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Born · Died
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.
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory· 1952
Black Hawk
The Half-Breed· 1952
Apache (uncredited)
Santa Fe· 1951
Chief Longfeather
A Ticket to Tomahawk· 1950
Ambush· 1950
Tana
Colt .45· 1950
Walking Bear
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout· 1950
Sleeping Fox
I Killed Geronimo· 1950
Geronimo
The Iroquois Trail· 1950
The Traveling Saleswoman· 1950
Running Deer
Call of the Forest· 1949
Stormcloud
Mrs. Mike· 1949
Indian (uncredited)
The Prairie· 1947
Eagle Feather
The Senator Was Indiscreet· 1947
Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
Badman's Territory· 1946
Chief Tahlequah
Renegade Girl· 1946
Chief White Cloud
Romance of the West· 1946
Chief Eagle Feather
The Phantom Rider· 1946
Chief Yellow Wolf
Outlaw Trail· 1944
Thundercloud
Sonora Stagecoach· 1944
Chief Thundercloud
The Fighting Seabees· 1944
Indian Seabee (uncredited)
Daredevils of the West· 1943
Indian Chief
The Law Rides Again· 1943
Thundercloud
Lady in a Jam· 1942
Thundercloud (uncredited)
Overland Mail· 1942
Chief Many Moons
Shut My Big Mouth· 1942
Indian Interpreter
Pirates on Horseback· 1941
Flying Cloud
Silver Stallion· 1941
Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
Western Union· 1941
Indian Leader
Hi-Yo Silver· 1940
Tonto
Hudson's Bay· 1940
Orimha
Murder on the Yukon· 1940
Henchman Manti
North West Mounted Police· 1940
Wandering Spirit
Typhoon· 1940
Kehi
Wyoming· 1940
Lightfoot
Young Buffalo Bill· 1940
Akuna
Fighting Mad· 1939
Indian
Geronimo· 1939
Geronimo
The Cat and the Canary· 1939
Indian Guide
The Lone Ranger Rides Again· 1939
Tonto
Union Pacific· 1939
Indian (uncredited)
Flaming Frontiers· 1938
Thunder Cloud
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok· 1938
Chief Gray Eagle
The Lone Ranger· 1938
Tonto
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted· 1937
Indian henchman
The Riders of the Whistling Skull· 1937
High Priest
Custer's Last Stand· 1936
Young Wolf
Custer's Last Stand· 1936
Yellow Wolf