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Jay Silverheels (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980) was an Indigenous Canadian actor and athlete. He was well known for his role as Tonto , the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger [3] [4] in the American Western television series The Lone Ranger .
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Jay Silverheels Jr. is an American actor best known for his roles in the television series The Lone Ranger and The High Chaparral. He was born on May 15, 1961 in Los Angeles, California. Silverheels Jr. began his career in the entertainment industry at the age of five, appearing in television commercials.
Jay Silverheels Jr.. Actor: Kid Power. Jay Silverheels Jr. was born on 15 May 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Kid Power (1972).
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Oct 17, 2009 · Chief Steve Silverheels has Seneca/Mohawk Iroquois heritage from his father, Jay Silverheels who played Tonto in the TV series “The Lone Ranger.” He has Jewish heritage from his mother.
Jay Silverheels Jr.. Actor: Kid Power. Jay Silverheels Jr. was born on 15 May 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Kid Power (1972).
- May 15, 1961
Apr 9, 1991 · Wikipedia.org. Steve Silverheels, the son of Tonto (Jay Silverheels) of the Long Ranger admired his father for his success and achievement as the first Native American actor to make it on the big screen and TV. Jay was named Harold John Smith when he was born on the Six Nations First Nation near Brantford, Ontario.
Jay Silverheels. Actor: The Lone Ranger. Jay Silverheels was born on Canada's Six Nation's Reserve and was one of 10 children. 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 through the 1940s before gaining notice as the Osceola brother in a Humphrey Bogart film Key Largo (1948). Most of Silverheels' roles consisted of...