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Jay Silverheels
Actor 1912 - 1980

Jay Silverheels

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... Read full bio →

Featured Characters

Roles you can spot in Whatthemovie snapshots

18 roles
Shot from Walk the Proud Land
Character Geronimo
Shot from Fury at Furnace Creek
Character Little Dog (uncredited)
Title screen of The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing No snapshots yet
Character The Chief
Title screen of The Phynx No snapshots yet
Character Tonto

The Phynx

1970

Title screen of True Grit No snapshots yet
Character Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)

True Grit

1969

The Movie Orgy No snapshots yet
Character Tonto (archive footage)
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold No snapshots yet
Character Tonto
Title screen of The Lone Ranger No snapshots yet
Character Tonto
Title screen of Drums Across the River No snapshots yet
Character Taos
Title screen of Four Guns to the Border No snapshots yet
Character Yaqui
Title screen of Saskatchewan No snapshots yet
Character Cajou
Title screen of Last of the Comanches No snapshots yet
Character Indian (uncredited)
Title screen of War Arrow No snapshots yet
Character Satanta

War Arrow

1953

The Battle at Apache Pass No snapshots yet
Character Geronimo
Red Mountain No snapshots yet
Character Little Crow
Title screen of Broken Arrow No snapshots yet
Character Geronimo (uncredited)
Laramie No snapshots yet
Character Running Wolf (uncredited)

Laramie

1949

Best snapshot from Lust for Gold No snapshots yet
Character Walter

Filmography

Every title this person appears in

34 titles
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing 1973
The Phynx
The Phynx 1970
True Grit
True Grit 1969
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy 1968
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold 1958
Walk the Proud Land
Walk the Proud Land 1956
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger 1956
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan 1954
Four Guns to the Border
Four Guns to the Border 1954
Drums Across the River
Drums Across the River 1954
War Arrow
War Arrow 1953
Last of the Comanches
Last of the Comanches 1953
The Battle at Apache Pass
The Battle at Apache Pass 1952
Red Mountain
Red Mountain 1951
Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow 1950
Tulsa
Tulsa 1949
Trail of the Yukon
Trail of the Yukon 1949
The Lone Ranger TV
The Lone Ranger 1949
Sand
Sand 1949
Lust for Gold
Lust for Gold 1949
Laramie
Laramie 1949
Yellow Sky
Yellow Sky 1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
The Feathered Serpent
The Feathered Serpent 1948
Key Largo
Key Largo 1948
Fury at Furnace Creek
Fury at Furnace Creek 1948
Captain from Castile
Captain from Castile 1947
Passage to Marseille
Passage to Marseille 1944
Lost in a Harem
Lost in a Harem 1944
The Phantom
The Phantom 1943
The Girl from Monterrey
The Girl from Monterrey 1943
Perils of Nyoka
Perils of Nyoka 1942
Western Union
Western Union 1941
The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk 1940

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