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Jay Silverheels

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Biography

JAY was the son of a Mohawk Chief. He excelled in sports such as lacrosse and amateur boxing. He then entered HOLLYWOOD in 1938…more

Born

5/26/1912, Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Died

3/5/1980

Birth Name

Harold J. Smith Silverheels

Gender

Male

Credits

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Role
- The Lone Ranger
  Tonto
  - S 5: Ep 39 Outlaws in Grease Paint
    6/6/57
  - S 5: Ep 34 Mission for Tonto
    6/2/57
  - S 5: Ep 38 Blind Witness
    5/30/57
  - S 5: Ep 37 The Angel and the Outlaw
    5/23/57
  - S 5: Ep 36 The Banker's Son
    5/16/57
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Guest Star (20)

Role
- Dusty's Trail
  Indian Chief
  - S 1: Ep 26 Pechango Berries
    3/12/74
- Cannon
  Jimmy One Eye
  - S 3: Ep 14 Valley of the Damned
    12/5/73
- Love, American Style
  Chief
  - S 3: Ep 80 Love and the Test of Manhood
    2/11/72
- Cade's County
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 Gray Wolf
    10/31/71
- The Brady Bunch
  Chief Dan Eagle Cloud
  - S 3: Ep 3 The Brady Braves
    10/1/71
- The Psychiatrist
  medicine man
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Longer Trail
    2/24/71
- Gentle Ben
  Willie Sam Gopher
  - S 1: Ep 6 Invasion of Willie Sam Gopher
    10/15/68
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 194 June 1, 1967
    6/1/67
  - S 12: Ep 194 May 30, 1974
    5/30/74
  - S 9: Ep 227 July 27, 1971
    7/27/71
- Pistols and Petticoats
  Great Bear
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Hank And The Indian War
    10/15/66
- The Rounders
  John Tallgrass
  - S 1: Ep 6 Don't Buffalo Me
    10/4/66
- Daniel Boone
  Sashona
  - S 2: Ep 14 The Christmas Story
    12/23/65
- Daniel Boone
  Latawa
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Quietists
    2/25/65
- Branded
  Wild Horse
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Test
    2/7/65
- Daniel Boone
  Chenrogen
  - S 1: Ep 11 Mountain of the Dead
    12/17/64
- Laramie
  Toma
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Day Of The Savage
    3/13/62
- Rawhide
  Pawnee Joe
  - S 4: Ep 11 Gentleman's Gentleman
    12/15/61
- Gunslinger
  Hopi Indian
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Recruit
    3/23/61
- Wagon Train
  The Serpent
  - S 4: Ep 20 The Path of the Serpent
    2/8/61
- Texas John Slaughter
  Natchez
  - S 2: Ep 7 Geronimo's Revenge
    4/4/60
  - S 2: Ep 6 Kentucky Gunslick
    2/26/60
  - S 2: Ep 5 Apache Friendship
    2/19/60
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Charley Red Cloud
  - S 2: Ep 14 Man on Horseback
    12/5/59

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- Jay's first major speaking role was as Seminole local John Oscelo in Key Largo (1948), with co-stars Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Edward G. Robinson.
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- The Screen Actors' Guild has Jay's birthday erroneously listed as May 26, 1919, when both family and US Government records show he was indeed born on May 26, 1912.
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- Jay took his stage name of Silverheels from his track days as a youth, when, wearing white shoes, he ran so fast his feet appeared to be streaks of white. Since he thought it would be awkward for a Native American to have the name of Whiteheels, he chose Silver instead.
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