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Jay Silverheels (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980) [1] was an Indigenous Canadian actor and athlete. [2] 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 .
Mar 25, 2021 · He even made a brief appearance in True Grit. But the role Jay Silverheels will always be best known for is playing the Lone Ranger's trusty sidekick. Actor Jay Silverheels who played Tonto in the ...
Mar 6, 1980 · By From news dispatches. March 5, 1980 at 7:00 p.m. EST. WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. -- Jay Silverheels, 62, who costarred in the long-running "Lone Ranger" television series as the faithful Indian ...
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...
- May 26, 1912
- March 5, 1980
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Origin. In most versions of the Lone Ranger story, Tonto is the last surviving member of a wandering band of Potawatomi Native Americans. His tribe, in some versions including a sister, is massacred when he is young boy. A white boy named John Reid finds Tonto still alive and cares for him until he heals. Before they part company, Tonto gives ...
This article contains information from Wikipedia. Jay Silverheels (May 26, 1912 - March 5, 1980) was a Canadian Mohawk actor. He was best known as Tonto, the faithful Native American companion of The Lone Ranger in a long-running American television series. Born Harold J. Smith on the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, near Brantford, Ontario, Canada, Silverheels excelled in ...
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 ...
