Jay Silverheels

Film & TV

Six 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…

Known for

• The Lone Ranger: Who Was That Masked Man — Tonto2013
• The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s2002
• Lone Ranger: Lost Episodes — Tonto2001
• The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing — The Chief1973
• One Little Indian — Jimmy Wolf1973
• Santee — John Crow1973
• In Pursuit of Treasure1972
• Cat Ballou — Indian Chief1971
• Cannon1971
• The Phynx — Tonto1970

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Jay

Gender

male

Citizenship

Canada

Place of birth

Brantford

Place of death

Woodland Hills

Occupation

television actor

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

Western

Sport

lacrosse

Image

Jay-silverheels-01.png

Number of children

5

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