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  1. Mar 6, 1980 · WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. -- Jay Silverheels, 62, who costarred in the long-running "Lone Ranger" television series as the faithful Indian Tonto, died Wednesday at the Motion Picture and...

  2. Mar 25, 2021 · By Courtney Campbell | March 25, 2021. Jay Silverheels helped make Tonto one of the most memorable characters in TV history. The loyal and trustworthy companion to the Lone Ranger was by his...

  3. Oct 24, 2016 · He is the Lone Ranger’s faithful sidekick, brave, loyal and just, variously described as Potawatomi or Comanche. And the actor who made Tonto come alive during the entire TV run of The Lone Ranger (1949-57) was a handsome, dark-haired, sometimes-Buffalonian named Jay Silverheels.

  4. Dec 16, 2023 · Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk-Seneca actor, played Tonto in The Lone Ranger, becoming one of the most prolific faces in the Western genre. Silverheels, previously a lacrosse player, took on the...

  5. Mar 6, 1980 · WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., March 5 (AP)--Jay Silverheels, who co-starred in "The Lone Ranger" television series as the faithful Indian sidekick Tonto, died of complications from pneumonia...

  6. Feb 4, 2008 · Jay Silverheels, actor (born on 26 May 1919 on the Six Nations reserve; died on 5 March 1980 in Woodland Hills, California). Silverheels is perhaps best known for his role as Tonto in the Lone Ranger films. Lone Ranger. Photo of Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels as Tonto (1956).

  7. Aug 31, 2023 · 26. 1.9K views 7 months ago. Jay Silverheels was a star lacrosse player before he became an extra & stuntman in Hollywood. Tired of how the Indigenous People were portrayed on screen, he worked...

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