Jay Silverheels

Jay Silverheels

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 (…

Filmography

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Virginian
The Virginian
1962 · TV
as Den'Gwatzi
The Virginian
The Virginian
1962 · TV
as Spotted Hand
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
1964 · TV
as Sashona
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
1964 · TV
as Latawa
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
1964 · TV
as Chenrogan
Rawhide
Rawhide
1959 · TV
as Pawnee Joe
Cannon
Cannon
1971 · TV
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · TV
as Charley Red Cloud
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
1949 · TV
as Tonto
The Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch
1969 · TV
as Chief Eagle Cloud
Branded
Branded
1965 · TV
True Grit
True Grit
1969 · Movie
as Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)
Gunslinger
Gunslinger
1961 · TV
as Hopi Indian
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 · Movie
as Indian Guide at Pier (uncredited)
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966 · TV
Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow
1950 · Movie
as Geronimo (uncredited)
Key Largo
Key Largo
1948 · Movie
as Tom Osceola (uncredited)
Last of the Comanches
Last of the Comanches
1953 · Movie
as Indian (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk
1940 · Movie
as Native Lookout
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger
1956 · Movie
as Tonto
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Movie
as Tonto (archive footage)
Yellow Sky
Yellow Sky
1948 · Movie
as Indian (uncredited)
Western Union
Western Union
1941 · Movie
as Indian