Chief Thundercloud

Born: 1899-04-12

Victor Daniels (April 12, 1899 – December 1, 1955), known professionally as Chief Thundercloud, was an American character actor in Westerns. He is noted for being the first actor to play the role of Tonto, the Lone Ranger's Native-American companion, on the screen.


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Western Union

as Indian Leader
Released: 1941-02-21

When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he...

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Union Pacific

as Indian (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-05

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad...

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The Cat and the Canary

as Indian Guide
Released: 1939-10-27

Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six...

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Santa Fe

as Chief Longfeather
Released: 1951-04-01

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find...

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The Fighting Seabees

as Indian Seabee (uncredited)
Released: 1944-01-27

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the...

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Colt .45

as Walking Bear
Released: 1950-05-27

Gun salesman Steve Farrell gets two of his new Colt .45 pistols stolen from him by ruthless...

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North West Mounted Police

as Wandering Spirit
Released: 1940-10-22

Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him)...

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Badman's Territory

as Chief Tahlequah
Released: 1946-05-04

After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is...

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Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

as Sleeping Fox
Released: 1950-01-06

It's 1848 and a wagon train with an Army escort is heading west through Indian territory, It's...

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Ambush

as Tana
Released: 1950-01-13

A Westerner searches for a white woman held by the Apaches.

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Ramona

as Pablo
Released: 1936-09-25

Half-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his...

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Geronimo

as Geronimo
Released: 1939-11-26

The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a...

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Sonora Stagecoach

as Chief Thundercloud
Released: 1944-06-10

The Trail Blazers are bringing in a prisoner to stand trial for bank robbery, when several...

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The Riders of the Whistling Skull

as High Priest
Released: 1937-01-04

When Professor Marsh disappears while searching for the lost city of Lukachukai, his daughter...

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Renegade Girl

as Chief White Cloud
Released: 1946-12-25

A special agent hunts a female outlaw out West.

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Silly Billies

as Indian
Released: 1936-03-20

The boys are a dentist and his assistant traveling to the Old West to open a new practice. Once...

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The Half-Breed

as Apache (uncredited)
Released: 1952-05-03

An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites.

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Silver Stallion

as Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
Released: 1941-05-27

The Kid and his pals are horse thieves wanted by the law. As he takes a horse from Jan Walton...

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The Lone Ranger

as Tonto
Released: 1938-02-13

In 1865, Captain Mark Smith of the Confederate Army leads a band of deserters to conquer Texas...

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Hi-Yo Silver

as Tonto
Released: 1940-04-10

Edited version of the 1938 Republic serial "The Lone Ranger."

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Typhoon

as Kehi
Released: 1940-05-16

Two men searching for black pearls are marooned on an island when their crew mutinies. There...

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Shut My Big Mouth

as Indian Interpreter
Released: 1942-02-19

A shy horticulturist becomes involved with a local criminal in the old west.

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Ride, Ranger, Ride

as Little Wolf
Released: 1936-11-30

It is the story of Gene's, a Cavalry scout, who manages to quell an Indian uprising.

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Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

as Indian henchman
Released: 1937-09-29

Counterfeit bills are being printed in Canada and shipped across the border hidden in blocks of...

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Fighting Mad

as Indian
Released: 1939-11-05

Ann Fenwick is a witness to a bank robbery in the U.S. and the bandits, led by Trigger and Leon...

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Young Buffalo Bill

as Akuna
Released: 1940-04-11

It's 1860 and the old Spanish land grants are being surveyed. Montez is after part of Don Regas'...

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Outlaw Trail

as Thundercloud
Released: 1944-04-29

Carl Beldon has disappeared and the Trail Blazers have been sent to investigate. Arriving in...

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Flaming Frontiers

as Thunder Cloud
Released: 1938-07-05

Tom Grant has found a rich gold vein and Bart Eaton is after it. Tom's sister Mary heads for the...

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Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory

as Black Hawk
Released: 1952-02-08

Story concerns the efforts of Buffalo Bill to protect the Indian's land from a gang who want to...

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Murder on the Yukon

as Henchman Manti
Released: 1940-02-25

Unknown to Joan Manning, her trading post partner Weathers is operating a counterfeiting ring....

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Custer's Last Stand

as Young Wolf
Released: 1936-01-02

Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous...

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The Senator Was Indiscreet

as Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
Released: 1947-12-31

A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the...

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The Lone Ranger Rides Again

as Tonto
Released: 1939-02-25

Homesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants...

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Overland Mail

as Chief Many Moons
Released: 1942-09-22

Two investigators for a stagecoach company are assigned to find out why the company's stages...

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Custer's Last Stand

as Yellow Wolf
Released: 1936-04-02

The feature length version of the serial by the same name. A mystical medicine arrow, the key to...

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The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

as Chief Gray Eagle
Released: 1938-06-30

A group of "Phantom Raiders" interfere with a cattle drive from Texas to Abilene; fortunately,...

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Call of the Forest

as Stormcloud
Released: 1949-11-18

A prospector is looking for a lost gold mine and finds aid in his search through the efforts of...

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The Iroquois Trail

as uncredited
Released: 1950-06-15

An American scout and his Indian friend help the English troops against the French during the...

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Wyoming

as Lightfoot
Released: 1940-09-13

With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be...

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The Prairie

as Eagle Feather
Released: 1947-11-27

The Prairie is set at the time of the Louisiana Purchase. Hoping to find their destiny in the...

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The Phantom Rider

as Chief Yellow Wolf
Released: 1946-01-26

A new town doctor arrives at the same time as local Indians needprotection from troublemaking...

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Pirates on Horseback

as Flying Cloud
Released: 1941-05-23

Hoppy, Lucky and California search for a mine owned by Trudy Pendleton after it was taken from...

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Hudson's Bay

as Orimha
Released: 1941-01-03

Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire...

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Wagon Trail

as Henchman
Released: 1935-04-08

The son of Sheriff Clay Hartley, of the frontier town Elder, has gotten into bad company and...

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For the Service

as Indian Brave (uncredited)
Released: 1936-06-01

Cowboy star Buck Jones made his directorial debut with the Universal western For the Service....

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Mrs. Mike

as Indian (uncredited)
Released: 1949-12-23

This film is based on the novel, Mrs. Mike, which is based on the real life woman, Kathy...

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Rustler's Paradise

as Henchman (as Thunder Cloud)
Released: 1935-05-01

Cheyenne joins El Diablo's gang looking for his long time missing wife and daughter. After...

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Romance of the West

as Chief Eagle Feather
Released: 1946-03-19

The happy Indians live in Antelope Valley and Eddie is the new Indian Agent. Everything seems...

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Saddle Aces

as Canejo Rider Jose
Released: 1935-06-01

Two prisoners, Steve Brandt and Nick Montana, chained to each other, escape by jumping from the...

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Cyclone of the Saddle

as Yellow Wolf
Released: 1935-04-03

Sent by the Army, Andy Thomas poses as a renegade to find out who has been harassing the wagon...

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Rustlers of Red Dog

as Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]
Released: 1935-01-01

A movie serial in 12 chapters: After gold is discovered in the town of Nugget, the titular band...

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I Killed Geronimo

as Geronimo
Released: 1950-08-08

Going undercover as the notorious "Waco Kid," U.S. Army Captain Jeff Packard manages to...

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The Law Rides Again

as Thundercloud
Released: 1943-08-06

When a band of American Indians breaks a treaty with the federal government, U.S. Marshals Ken...

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Daredevils of the West

as Indian Chief
Released: 1943-05-01

A gang of land-grabbers tries to prevent safe passage of the Foster Stage Company through...

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