Chief Thundercloud
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 12 April 1899 · Santa Cruz County, Arizona
- Died
- 1 December 1955
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.
Known for
Acting 57
- 1952The Half-Breed as Apache (uncredited)
- 1952Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory as Black Hawk
- 1951Santa Fe as Chief Longfeather
- 1950I Killed Geronimo as Geronimo
- 1950The Iroquois Trail as Ottawa Chief (uncredited)
- 1950Colt .45 as Walking Bear
- 1950A Ticket to Tomahawk
- 1950The Traveling Saleswoman as Running Deer
- 1950Ambush as Tana
- 1950Davy Crockett, Indian Scout as Sleeping Fox
- 1949Mrs. Mike as Indian (uncredited)
- 1949Call of the Forest as Stormcloud
- 1947The Senator Was Indiscreet as Indian (as Chief Thunder Cloud)
- 1947The Prairie as Eagle Feather
- 1946Renegade Girl as Chief White Cloud
- 1946Badman's Territory as Chief Tahlequah
- 1946Romance of the West as Chief Eagle Feather
- 1946The Phantom Rider as Chief Yellow Wolf
- 1944Sonora Stagecoach as Chief Thundercloud
- 1944Outlaw Trail as Thundercloud
- 1944The Fighting Seabees as Indian Seabee (uncredited)
- 1943The Law Rides Again as Thundercloud
- 1943Daredevils of the West as Indian Chief
- 1942Overland Mail as Chief Many Moons
- 1942Lady in a Jam as Thundercloud (uncredited)
- 1942Shut My Big Mouth as Indian Interpreter
- 1941Silver Stallion as Freshwater Jackson (as Chief 'Tonto' Thundercloud)
- 1941Pirates on Horseback as Flying Cloud
- 1941Western Union as Indian Leader
- 1940Hudson's Bay as Orimha
- 1940North West Mounted Police as Wandering Spirit
- 1940Wyoming as Lightfoot
- 1940Typhoon as Kehi
- 1940Young Buffalo Bill as Akuna
- 1940Hi-Yo Silver as Tonto
- 1940Murder on the Yukon as Henchman Manti
- 1939Geronimo as Geronimo
- 1939Fighting Mad as Indian
- 1939The Cat and the Canary as Indian Guide
- 1939Union Pacific as Indian (uncredited)
- 1939The Lone Ranger Rides Again as Tonto
- 1938Flaming Frontiers as Thunder Cloud
- 1938The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as Chief Gray Eagle
- 1938The Lone Ranger as Tonto
- 1937Renfrew of the Royal Mounted as Indian henchman
- 1937The Riders of the Whistling Skull as High Priest
- 1936Ride, Ranger, Ride as Little Wolf
- 1936Ramona as Pablo
- 1936For the Service as Indian Brave (uncredited)
- 1936Custer's Last Stand as Yellow Wolf
- 1936Silly Billies as Indian
- 1936Custer's Last Stand as Young Wolf
- 1935Saddle Aces as Canejo Rider Jose
- 1935Rustler's Paradise as Henchman (as Thunder Cloud)
- 1935Wagon Trail as Henchman
- 1935Cyclone of the Saddle as Yellow Wolf
- 1935Rustlers of Red Dog as Chief Grey Wolf [Chs. 1, 5, 11]