Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1912-05-26
- Day of Death1980-03-05 (67 years)
- Place of BirthSix Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
- Also Known AsHarold J. SmithHarry SilversmithHarry Smith
Jay Silverheels
Biography
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2001
Lone Ranger: Lost Episodes
As: Tonto
- 1973
Santee
As: John Crow
- 1973
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
As: The Chief
- 1973
One Little Indian
As: Jimmy Wolf
- 1971
Cat Ballou
As: Indian Chief
- 1970
The Phynx
As: Tonto
- 1969
True Grit
As: Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)
- 1969
Smith!
As: McDonald Lasheway
1967Pistols 'n' Petticoats
As: Great Bear
1965Indian Paint
As: Chief Hevatanu
1964Daniel Boone
As: Sashona
- 1964
Daniel Boone
As: Latawa
- 1964
Daniel Boone
As: Chenrogan
1962The Virginian
As: Den'Gwatzi
- 1962
The Virginian
As: Spotted Hand
1960Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
As: Natchez
1959Alias Jesse James
As: Tonto (uncredited)
1959Rawhide
As: Pawnee Joe
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive
As: Charley Red Cloud
1958The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
As: Tonto
1958Return to Warbow
As: Indian Joe
1956Walk the Proud Land
As: Geronimo
1956The Lone Ranger
As: Tonto
1955The Vanishing American
As: Beeteia
1954Masterson of Kansas
As: Yellow Hawk
1954Four Guns to the Border
As: Yaqui
1954The Black Dakotas
As: Black Buffalo
1954Drums Across the River
As: Taos
1954Saskatchewan
As: Cajou
1953War Arrow
As: Satanta
1953The Nebraskan
As: Spotted Bear
1953Jack McCall, Desperado
As: Red Cloud
1953Last of the Comanches
As: Indian (uncredited)
1952The Pathfinder
As: Chingachgook
1952Yankee Buccaneer
As: Lead Warrior
1952Brave Warrior
As: Chief Tecumseh
1952The Battle at Apache Pass
As: Geronimo
1952The Half-Breed
As: Apache (uncredited)
1952The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
As: Tonto
1951The Wild Blue Yonder
As: Benders
1951Red Mountain
As: Little Crow
- 1950
Broken Arrow
As: Geronimo (uncredited)
1949The Cowboy and the Indians
As: Lakohna
1949The Lone Ranger
As: Tonto
1949Sand
As: Indian (uncredited)
1949Trail of the Yukon
As: Poleon
1949Lust for Gold
As: Walter
1949Laramie
As: Running Wolf (uncredited)
1949Tulsa
As: Creek Indian (uncredited)
1948Yellow Sky
As: Indian (uncredited)
1948The Feathered Serpent
As: Diego (uncredited)
1948Family Honeymoon
As: Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1948Singin' Spurs
As: Abel
- 1948
Key Largo
As: Tom Osceola (uncredited)
1948Fury at Furnace Creek
As: Little Dog (uncredited)
- 1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
As: Indian Guide at Pier (uncredited)
1947Captain from Castile
As: Coatl (uncredited)
1947The Prairie
As: Running Deer
1947Gas House Kids Go West
As: Kingsley's Henchman (uncredited)
1944Tahiti Nights
As: Lua
1944Lost in a Harem
As: Guard at Execution (uncredited)
1943The Phantom
As: Astari Warrior (uncredited)
1943Northern Pursuit
As: Indian (uncredited)
1943The Girl from Monterrey
As: Fighter Tito Flores
1942Perils of Nyoka
As: Tuareg
1942Valley of the Sun
As: Indian
1941This Woman Is Mine
As: Indian Marauder
1941Western Union
As: Indian
1940Too Many Girls
As: Indian
1940Kit Carson
As: Indian
- 1940
The Sea Hawk
As: Native Lookout