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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 in the American Western television series The Lone Ranger.
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.
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.
Mar 25, 2021 · Jay Silverheels was a pioneer for indigenous people in the world of Hollywood, best known for playing the Lone Ranger's sidekick Tonto.
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.
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.
The Lone Ranger: Created by George W. Trendle, George W. George. With Jay Silverheels, Clayton Moore, John Hart, Bill Ward. The adventures of the masked hero and his Native American partner.
Although the radio program ended in 1954 and the television show in 1957, the Lone Ranger’s adventures continued in various forms, including the movies The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) and The Lone Ranger (2013). …played by indigenous Canadian actor Jay Silverheels.
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 today...
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.
