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Jay Silverheels
Data de nascimento:
26/05/1912
Local de nascimento:
Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Data de falecimento:
05/03/1980
Biografia
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 that same year that Jay would be hired to play the faithful Indian companion, Tonto, in the television series "The Lone Ranger" (1949). This role, while still playing the "Indian," would bring Jay the fame that his motion picture career never did. As Tonto, on his horse Scout, Jay could show up where the Ranger could not and some of the time he would be shot at or beat up for his trouble. Jay would play Tonto in all the episodes except for those that he missed when he had his heart attack. In those episodes, he was replaced by the Ranger's nephew, Dan. However, Clayton Moore would miss the third season when he was replaced by John Hart. Jay would reprise the role of Tonto in two big-screen color movies with Moore, The Lone Ranger (1956) and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958). After the series ended in 1957, Jay could not escape the typecasting of Tonto. He would continue to appear in an occasional film and television show, but he would become a spokesman to improve the portrayal of Indians on TV.
Filmes em que atuou
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The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s (2002)- 0.00 ★
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Lone Ranger: Lost Episodes (2001)- 0.00 ★Tonto
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Amor Feito de Ódio (1973)- 5.80 ★The Chief
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O Pequeno Índio (1973)- 6.30 ★Jimmy Wolf
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Santee (1973)- 5.30 ★John Crow
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In Pursuit of Treasure (1972)- 0.00 ★
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Cat Ballou (1971)- 0.00 ★Indian Chief
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The Phynx (1970)- 3.50 ★Tonto
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A Esperança dos Índios (1969)- 5.50 ★McDonald Lasheway
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Bravura Indômita (1969)- 7.40 ★Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)
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The Movie Orgy (1968)- 6.22 ★Tonto (archive footage)
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Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1967)- 0.00 ★Great Bear
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Indian Paint (1965)- 5.20 ★Chief Hevatanu
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Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge (1960)- 0.00 ★Natchez
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Valentão é Apelido (1959)- 5.90 ★Tonto (uncredited)
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O Cavaleiro Solitário e a Cidade de Ouro Perdida (1958)- 6.50 ★Tonto
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Return to Warbow (1958)- 5.75 ★Indian Joe
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O Justiceiro Mascarado 1956 (1956)- 6.10 ★Tonto
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Honra de Selvagens (1956)- 6.10 ★Geronimo
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O Derradeiro Levante (1955)- 4.00 ★Beeteia
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Tambores da Morte (1954)- 5.40 ★Taos
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Rebelião em Dakota (1954)- 5.10 ★Black Buffalo
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Saskatchewan (1954)- 5.92 ★Cajou
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Ases do Gatilho (1954)- 5.70 ★Yellow Hawk
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O Derradeiro Assalto (1954)- 4.50 ★Yaqui
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Alçapão Sangrento (1953)- 5.30 ★Red Cloud
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O Valente de Nebraska (1953)- 3.00 ★Spotted Bear
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Last of the Comanches (1953)- 6.40 ★Indian (uncredited)
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War Arrow (1953)- 5.60 ★Satanta
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Yankee Buccaneer (1952)- 5.80 ★Lead Warrior
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The Pathfinder (1952)- 4.00 ★Chingachgook
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Brave Warrior (1952)- 4.00 ★Chief Tecumseh
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The Legend Of The Lone Ranger (1952)- 6.00 ★Tonto
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O Levante dos Apaches (1952)- 6.30 ★Geronimo
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The Half-Breed (1952)- 5.00 ★Apache (uncredited)
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Red Mountain (1951)- 6.10 ★Little Crow
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The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)- 6.00 ★Benders
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Flechas de Fogo (1950)- 6.66 ★Geronimo
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O Vaqueiro e os Peles-Vermelhas (1949)- 6.80 ★Lakohna
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Sand (1949)- 4.50 ★Indian (uncredited)
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Enter the Lone Ranger (1949)- 3.50 ★Tonto
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Escravos da Ambição (1949)- 5.90 ★Walter
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A FERRADURA ACUSADORA (1949)- 6.50 ★Running Wolf (uncredited)
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Trail of the Yukon (1949)- 6.00 ★Poleon
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Tulsa (1949)- 6.18 ★Creek Indian (uncredited)
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Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)- 6.00 ★Little Dog (uncredited)
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Family Honeymoon (1948)- 5.70 ★Elevator Boy (uncredited)
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O Tesouro de Sierra Madre (1948)- 7.98 ★Indian Guide at Pier (uncredited)
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Paixões em Fúria (1948)- 7.49 ★Tom Osceola (uncredited)
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Singin' Spurs (1948)- 0.00 ★Abel
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Céu Amarelo (1948)- 6.91 ★Indian (uncredited)
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Charlie Chan e o Tesoura Azteca (1948)- 5.90 ★Diego (uncredited)
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Gas House Kids Go West (1947)- 6.00 ★Kingsley's Henchman (uncredited)
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The Prairie (1947)- 6.00 ★Running Deer
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Capitão de Castela (1947)- 7.20 ★Coatl (uncredited)
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Perdidos Num Harém (1944)- 5.50 ★Guard at Execution (uncredited)
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Tahiti Nights (1944)- 0.00 ★Lua
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The Girl from Monterrey (1943)- 0.00 ★Fighter Tito Flores
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Perseguidos (1943)- 5.90 ★Indian (uncredited)
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The Phantom (1943)- 6.22 ★Astari Warrior (uncredited)
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Perils of Nyoka (1942)- 0.00 ★Tuareg
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Valley of the Sun (1942)- 5.80 ★Indian
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This Woman Is Mine (1941)- 3.20 ★Indian Marauder
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Os Conquistadores (1941)- 6.00 ★Indian
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Kit Carson (1940)- 5.90 ★Indian
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O Gavião do Mar (1940)- 7.14 ★Native Lookout
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Garotas em Penca (1940)- 5.70 ★Indian
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The Lone Ranger: Who Was That Masked Man (1)- 0.00 ★Tonto