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The Virginian1962* 6.5
Cannon1971* 6.7
Daniel Boone1964* 7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive1958* 7.1
Rawhide1959* 7.3
The Lone Ranger1949* 6.8
The Brady Bunch1969* 6.7
Branded1965* 6.8
Pistols 'n' Petticoats1966* 7.6
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948* 8.0
True Grit1969* 7.3
Gunslinger1961* 6.3
Broken Arrow1950* 6.7
The Sea Hawk1940* 7.2
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing1973* 6.0
The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s2002* NR
The Lone Ranger1956* 6.2
Key Largo1948* 7.5
The Movie Orgy1968* 6.8
The Battle at Apache Pass1952* 6.6
Last of the Comanches1953* 6.4
Alias Jesse James1959* 6.1
Red Mountain1951* 6.7
Walk the Proud Land1956* 5.9
Four Guns to the Border1954* 5.0
Western Union1941* 6.0
Drums Across the River1954* 5.8
Lost in a Harem1944* 5.6
Saskatchewan1954* 5.9
Yellow Sky1948* 7.0
Valley of the Sun1942* 6.3
Passage to Marseille1944* 6.7
Family Honeymoon1948* 6.2
Yankee Buccaneer1952* 6.0
Captain from Castile1947* 7.2
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold1958* 6.6
The Wild Blue Yonder1951* 7.0
Smith!1969* 5.8
Lust for Gold1949* 6.0
One Little Indian1973* 6.3
Jay Silverheels
ActingBorn 26 May 1912Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
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 televisio…
Known For & Filmography
The Virginian1962* 6.5Cannon1971* 6.7Daniel Boone1964* 7.0Wanted: Dead or Alive1958* 7.1Rawhide1959* 7.3The Lone Ranger1949* 6.8The Brady Bunch1969* 6.7Branded1965* 6.8Pistols 'n' Petticoats1966* 7.6The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948* 8.0True Grit1969* 7.3Gunslinger1961* 6.3Broken Arrow1950* 6.7The Sea Hawk1940* 7.2The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing1973* 6.0The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s2002* NRThe Lone Ranger1956* 6.2Key Largo1948* 7.5The Movie Orgy1968* 6.8The Battle at Apache Pass1952* 6.6Last of the Comanches1953* 6.4Alias Jesse James1959* 6.1Red Mountain1951* 6.7Walk the Proud Land1956* 5.9Four Guns to the Border1954* 5.0Western Union1941* 6.0Drums Across the River1954* 5.8Lost in a Harem1944* 5.6Saskatchewan1954* 5.9Yellow Sky1948* 7.0Valley of the Sun1942* 6.3Passage to Marseille1944* 6.7Family Honeymoon1948* 6.2Yankee Buccaneer1952* 6.0Captain from Castile1947* 7.2The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold1958* 6.6The Wild Blue Yonder1951* 7.0Smith!1969* 5.8Lust for Gold1949* 6.0One Little Indian1973* 6.3Data by TMDB. Not endorsed or certified by TMDB.