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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 t

Born

May 26, 1912

Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Died

Mar 05, 1980

Known For

Acting

Movies

73 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.0

movie

Known For

True Grit

True Grit

1969

as Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948

as Indian Guide at Pier (uncredited)
Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow

1950

as Geronimo (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk

1940

as Native Lookout
Key Largo

Key Largo

1948

as Tom Osceola (uncredited)
Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky

1948

as Indian (uncredited)
True Grit
True Grit
1969 • as Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)
★ 7.3
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 • as Indian Guide at Pier (uncredited)
★ 8.0
Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow
1950 • as Geronimo (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Alias Jesse James
Alias Jesse James
1959 • as Tonto (uncredited)
★ 6.1
The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk
1940 • as Native Lookout
★ 7.2
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
1956 • as Tonto
★ 6.2
Key Largo
Key Largo
1948 • as Tom Osceola (uncredited)
★ 7.5
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
1973 • as The Chief
★ 6.0
Last of the Comanches
Last of the Comanches
1953 • as Indian (uncredited)
★ 6.4
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy
1968 • as Tonto (archive footage)
★ 6.8
Western Union
Western Union
1941 • as Indian
★ 6.0
Yellow Sky
Yellow Sky
1948 • as Indian (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Passage to Marseille
Passage to Marseille
1944 • as Sailor Crewman on Boat Deck (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Red Mountain
Red Mountain
1951 • as Little Crow
★ 6.7
War Arrow
War Arrow
1953 • as Satanta
★ 5.8
Lust for Gold
Lust for Gold
1949 • as Walter
★ 6.0
Walk the Proud Land
Walk the Proud Land
1956 • as Geronimo
★ 5.9
The Battle at Apache Pass
The Battle at Apache Pass
1952 • as Geronimo
★ 6.6
Lost in a Harem
Lost in a Harem
1944 • as Guard at Execution (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Captain from Castile
Captain from Castile
1947 • as Coatl (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Smith!
Smith!
1969 • as McDonald Lasheway
★ 5.8
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
1958 • as Tonto
★ 6.6
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
1954 • as Cajou
★ 5.9
Drums Across the River
Drums Across the River
1954 • as Taos
★ 5.8
Four Guns to the Border
Four Guns to the Border
1954 • as Yaqui
★ 5.0
The Wild Blue Yonder
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951 • as Benders
★ 7.0
Fury at Furnace Creek
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948 • as Little Dog (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Valley of the Sun
Valley of the Sun
1942 • as Indian (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Kit Carson
Kit Carson
1940 • as Indian
★ 6.1
Santee
Santee
1973 • as John Crow
★ 5.5
Family Honeymoon
Family Honeymoon
1948 • as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
★ 6.2
One Little Indian
One Little Indian
1973 • as Jimmy Wolf
★ 6.3
The Cowboy and the Indians
The Cowboy and the Indians
1949 • as Lakohna
★ 7.0
The Phynx
The Phynx
1970 • as Tonto
★ 3.6
Brave Warrior
Brave Warrior
1952 • as Chief Tecumseh
★ 4.9
Northern Pursuit
Northern Pursuit
1943 • as Indian (uncredited)
★ 6.2
The Half-Breed
The Half-Breed
1952 • as Apache (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Too Many Girls
Too Many Girls
1940 • as Indian (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Yankee Buccaneer
Yankee Buccaneer
1952 • as Lead Warrior
★ 6.0
The Pathfinder
The Pathfinder
1952 • as Chingachgook
★ 4.8
Trail of the Yukon
Trail of the Yukon
1949 • as Poleon
★ 7.5
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
2002
The Western: A Lost TV Special
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958 • as Self
The Last Round-up
The Last Round-up
1947
★ 7.3
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
1960 • as Natchez
★ 8.0
A Different Drum
A Different Drum
• as Jim Swift Hands
★ 7.0
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
1952 • as Tonto
★ 6.6
This Woman Is Mine
This Woman Is Mine
1941 • as Indian Marauder
★ 4.5
Perils of Nyoka
Perils of Nyoka
1942 • as Tuareg
★ 8.0
Masterson of Kansas
Masterson of Kansas
1954 • as Yellow Hawk
★ 6.1
Tulsa
Tulsa
1949 • as Creek Indian (uncredited)
★ 6.3
The Black Dakotas
The Black Dakotas
1954 • as Black Buffalo
★ 5.5
Return to Warbow
Return to Warbow
1958 • as Indian Joe
★ 5.9
In Pursuit of Treasure
In Pursuit of Treasure
1972
★ 10.0
The Feathered Serpent
The Feathered Serpent
1948 • as Diego (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Hudson's Bay
Hudson's Bay
1940 • as Indian (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Cat Ballou
Cat Ballou
1971 • as Indian Chief
★ 7.0
The Nebraskan
The Nebraskan
1953 • as Spotted Bear
★ 3.8
The Vanishing American
The Vanishing American
1955 • as Beeteia
★ 6.7
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I Am an American
1944 • as Indian (uncredited)
★ 6.4
The Girl from Monterrey
The Girl from Monterrey
1943 • as Fighter Tito Flores
★ 8.0
Gas House Kids Go West
Gas House Kids Go West
1947 • as Kingsley's Henchman (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Indian Paint
Indian Paint
1965 • as Chief Hevatanu
★ 6.0
Tahiti Nights
Tahiti Nights
1944 • as Lua
★ 9.0
Jack McCall, Desperado
Jack McCall, Desperado
1953 • as Red Cloud
★ 6.0
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967 • as Great Bear
The Prairie
The Prairie
1947 • as Running Deer
★ 6.5
Sand
Sand
1949 • as Indian (uncredited)
★ 5.6
The Phantom
The Phantom
1943 • as Astari Warrior (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Lone Ranger: Lost Episodes
Lone Ranger: Lost Episodes
2001 • as Tonto
Laramie
Laramie
1949 • as Running Wolf (uncredited)
★ 6.8
The Lone Ranger: Who Was That Masked Man
The Lone Ranger: Who Was That Masked Man
2013 • as Tonto
Singin' Spurs
Singin' Spurs
1948 • as Abel
★ 7.0