Jay Silverheels
Biography Jay Silverheels was born on a reservation in Canada to a Mohawk chief. He was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938. He worked in a number of films though the 1940s before he gained some notice as the Osceola brother in Humphrey Bogart's film Key Largo (1948). Most of his roles consisted of bit parts as "Indian." In 1949, he would work in a movie called The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) with another "B movie" actor named Clayton Moore. It was later that same year that J
Personal Info
Id 1229431
Known For Acting
Known Credits 1
Gender Male
Birthday 1912-05-26
Place of Birth Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As Harold J. Smith Harry Silversmith Harry Smith Content Score
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Jay Silverheels Jay Silverheels was born on a reservation in Canada to a Mohawk chief. He was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938. He worked in a number of films though the 1940s before he gained some notice as the Osceola brother in Humphrey Bogart's film Key Largo (1948). Most of his roles consisted of bit parts as "Indian." In 1949, he would work in a movie called The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) with another "B movie" actor named Clayton Moore. It was later that same year that Jay would be hired to . . . . Read More moss
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The Lone Ranger: Who Was That Masked Man as Tonto 2002
The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s as 2001
Lone Ranger: Lost Episodes as Tonto 1973
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing as The Chief 1973
One Little Indian as Jimmy Wolf 1971
Cat Ballou as Indian Chief 1969
True Grit as Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited) 1969
Smith! as McDonald Lasheway 1968
The Movie Orgy as Tonto (archive footage) 1967
Pistols 'n' Petticoats as Great Bear 1965
Indian Paint as Chief Hevatanu 1960
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge as Natchez 1959
Alias Jesse James as Tonto (uncredited) 1958
The Western: A Lost TV Special as Self 1958
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold as Tonto 1958
Return to Warbow as Indian Joe 1956
Walk the Proud Land as Geronimo 1956
The Lone Ranger as Tonto 1955
The Vanishing American as Beeteia 1954
Masterson of Kansas as Yellow Hawk 1954
Four Guns to the Border as Yaqui 1954
The Black Dakotas as Black Buffalo 1954
Drums Across the River as Taos 1953
The Nebraskan as Spotted Bear 1953
Jack McCall, Desperado as Red Cloud 1953
Last of the Comanches as Indian (uncredited) 1952
The Pathfinder as Chingachgook 1952
Yankee Buccaneer as Lead Warrior 1952
Brave Warrior as Chief Tecumseh 1952
The Battle at Apache Pass as Geronimo 1952
The Half-Breed as Apache (uncredited) 1952
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger as Tonto 1951
The Wild Blue Yonder as Benders 1951
Red Mountain as Little Crow 1950
Broken Arrow as Geronimo (uncredited) 1949
The Cowboy and the Indians as Lakohna 1949
Sand as Indian (uncredited) 1949
Trail of the Yukon as Poleon 1949
Lust for Gold as Walter 1949
Laramie as Running Wolf (uncredited) 1949
Tulsa as Creek Indian (uncredited) 1948
Yellow Sky as Indian (uncredited) 1948
The Feathered Serpent as Diego (uncredited) 1948
Family Honeymoon as Elevator Boy (uncredited) 1948
Key Largo as Tom Osceola (uncredited) 1948
Fury at Furnace Creek as Little Dog (uncredited) 1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as Indian Guide at Pier (uncredited) 1947
Captain from Castile as Coatl (uncredited) 1947
The Prairie as Running Deer 1947
Gas House Kids Go West as Kingsley's Henchman (uncredited) 1944
I Am an American as Indian (uncredited) 1944
Lost in a Harem as Guard at Execution (uncredited) 1943
The Phantom as Astari Warrior (uncredited) 1943
Northern Pursuit as Indian (uncredited) 1943
The Girl from Monterrey as Fighter Tito Flores 1942
Perils of Nyoka as Tuareg 1942
Valley of the Sun as Indian (uncredited) 1941
This Woman Is Mine as Indian Marauder 1941
Western Union as Indian 1940
Hudson's Bay as Indian (uncredited) 1940
Too Many Girls as Indian 1940
The Sea Hawk as Native Lookout
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Pawnee Joe
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Sashona
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Charley Red Cloud
Coming Soon (221 episode) as Tonto
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Latawa
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Chenrogan
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Den'Gwatzi
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Spotted Hand
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Hopi Indian 
