Jay Silverheels

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 play the faithful Indian companion, Tonto, in the television series "The Lone Ranger" (1949). This role, while still playing the "Indian," would bring Jay the fame that his motion picture career never did. As Tonto, on his horse Scout, Jay could show up where the Ranger could not and some of the time he would be shot at or beat up for his trouble. Jay would play Tonto in all the episodes except for those that he missed when he had his heart attack. In those episodes, he was replaced by the Ranger's nephew, Dan. However, Clayton Moore would miss the third season when he was replaced by John Hart. Jay would reprise the role of Tonto in two big-screen color movies with Moore, The Lone Ranger (1956) and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958). After the series ended in 1957, Jay could not escape the typecasting of Tonto. He would continue to appear in an occasional film and television show, but he would become a spokesman to improve the portrayal of Indians on TV.

  • Teitl: Jay Silverheels
  • Poblogrwydd: 5.249
  • Yn adnabyddus Am: Acting
  • Pen-blwydd: 1912-05-26
  • Man Geni: Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
  • Tudalen hafan:
  • Hefyd yn hysbys fel: Harold J. Smith, Harry Silversmith, Harry Smith
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Jay Silverheels Ffilmiau

  • 1948
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    The Feathered Serpent

    The Feathered Serpent

    5.8 1948 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Orgy

    6.2 1968 HD

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  • 1960
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    Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge

    Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1944
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    Tahiti Nights

    Tahiti Nights

    1 1944 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

    The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

    5.8 1973 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Phynx

    The Phynx

    3.5 1970 HD

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  • 1973
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    One Little Indian

    One Little Indian

    6.3 1973 HD

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  • 1952
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    Yankee Buccaneer

    Yankee Buccaneer

    5.8 1952 HD

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  • 1973
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    Santee

    Santee

    5.3 1973 HD

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  • 1947
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    Captain from Castile

    Captain from Castile

    7.2 1947 HD

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  • 1943
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    Northern Pursuit

    Northern Pursuit

    5.9 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Phantom

    The Phantom

    6.2 1943 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Half-Breed

    The Half-Breed

    5 1952 HD

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  • 1967
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    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold

    The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold

    6.5 1958 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Lone Ranger

    The Lone Ranger

    6.1 1956 HD

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  • 1954
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    Drums Across the River

    Drums Across the River

    5.4 1954 HD

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  • 1949
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    Tulsa

    Tulsa

    6.275 1949 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Black Dakotas

    The Black Dakotas

    5.1 1954 HD

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  • 1948
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    Fury at Furnace Creek

    Fury at Furnace Creek

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1951
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    Red Mountain

    Red Mountain

    6.071 1951 HD

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  • 1954
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    Saskatchewan

    Saskatchewan

    5.9 1954 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Girl from Monterrey

    The Girl from Monterrey

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1965
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    Indian Paint

    Indian Paint

    5.3 1965 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Wild Blue Yonder

    The Wild Blue Yonder

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1953
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    Jack McCall, Desperado

    Jack McCall, Desperado

    5.3 1953 HD

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  • 1958
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    Return to Warbow

    Return to Warbow

    5.8 1958 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Vanishing American

    The Vanishing American

    4 1955 HD

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  • 1954
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    Masterson of Kansas

    Masterson of Kansas

    5.8 1954 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Nebraskan

    The Nebraskan

    3 1953 HD

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  • 1972
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    In Pursuit of Treasure

    In Pursuit of Treasure

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Pathfinder

    The Pathfinder

    4 1952 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Cowboy and the Indians

    The Cowboy and the Indians

    6.8 1949 HD

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  • 1954
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    Four Guns to the Border

    Four Guns to the Border

    4.5 1954 HD

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  • 1948
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    Family Honeymoon

    Family Honeymoon

    5.7 1948 HD

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  • 1950
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    Broken Arrow

    Broken Arrow

    6.655 1950 HD

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  • 1952
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    Brave Warrior

    Brave Warrior

    4 1952 HD

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  • 1953
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    War Arrow

    War Arrow

    5.6 1953 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    7.958 1948 HD

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  • 1949
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    Sand

    Sand

    4.5 1949 HD

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  • 1969
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    True Grit

    True Grit

    7.4 1969 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Battle at Apache Pass

    The Battle at Apache Pass

    6.3 1952 HD

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  • 1956
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    Walk the Proud Land

    Walk the Proud Land

    6.1 1956 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Legend Of The Lone Ranger

    The Legend Of The Lone Ranger

    6 1952 HD

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  • 1949
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    Enter the Lone Ranger

    Enter the Lone Ranger

    3.5 1949 HD

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  • 2002
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    The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s

    The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1949
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    Lust for Gold

    Lust for Gold

    5.9 1949 HD

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  • 1948
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    Key Largo

    Key Largo

    7.5 1948 HD

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  • 1942
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    Perils of Nyoka

    Perils of Nyoka

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1940
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    Kit Carson

    Kit Carson

    5.9 1940 HD

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  • 1947
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    Gas House Kids Go West

    Gas House Kids Go West

    6 1947 HD

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  • 1949
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    Laramie

    Laramie

    6.5 1949 HD

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  • 1953
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    Last of the Comanches

    Last of the Comanches

    6.4 1953 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Sea Hawk

    The Sea Hawk

    7.1 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Too Many Girls

    Too Many Girls

    5.7 1940 HD

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  • 1949
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    Trail of the Yukon

    Trail of the Yukon

    6 1949 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Prairie

    The Prairie

    6 1947 HD

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  • 1941
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    This Woman Is Mine

    This Woman Is Mine

    3.2 1941 HD

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  • 1941
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    Western Union

    Western Union

    6 1941 HD

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  • 1948
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    Singin' Spurs

    Singin' Spurs

    1 1948 HD

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  • 1942
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    Valley of the Sun

    Valley of the Sun

    5.8 1942 HD

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  • 1969
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    Smith!

    Smith!

    5.6 1969 HD

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  • 1948
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    Yellow Sky

    Yellow Sky

    6.9 1948 HD

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  • 1944
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    Lost in a Harem

    Lost in a Harem

    5.5 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    I Am an American

    I Am an American

    5.3 1944 HD

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  • 2001
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    Lone Ranger: Lost Episodes

    Lone Ranger: Lost Episodes

    1 2001 HD

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  • 1959
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    Alias Jesse James

    Alias Jesse James

    5.9 1959 HD

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  • 1971
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    Cat Ballou

    Cat Ballou

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Lone Ranger: Who Was That Masked Man

    The Lone Ranger: Who Was That Masked Man

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Brady Bunch

    The Brady Bunch

    6.7 1969 HD

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  • 1971
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    Cannon

    Cannon

    6.5 1971 HD

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  • 1966
    imgS1 E26

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    7.5 1966 HD

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  • 1959
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    Rawhide

    Rawhide

    7 1959 HD

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  • 1964
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    Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

    6.9 1964 HD

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  • 1965
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    Branded

    Branded

    6.4 1965 HD

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  • 1958
    imgS3 E26

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    6.9 1958 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Lone Ranger

    The Lone Ranger

    6.8 1949 HD

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  • 1964
    imgS6 E26

    Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

    6.9 1964 HD

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  • 1964
    imgS6 E26

    Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

    6.9 1964 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Virginian

    The Virginian

    6.429 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Virginian

    The Virginian

    6.429 1962 HD

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