Silverheels at The Meadows Racetrack in Pennsylvania, 1970s
Born
Harold Jay Smith
May 26, 1912
Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario, Canada
Died
March 5, 1980 (aged 67)
Calabasas, California, US
Nationality
Mohawk / Canadian
Occupation(s)
Actor, stunt man, athlete, poet, salesman
Years active
1937–1980
Known for
Tonto
Television
Tonto in The Lone Ranger (TV series)
Spouses
Bobbi Smith (m. 19??; div. 1943)
Mary Diroma
(m. 1945)
Children
6
Jay Silverheels (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980)[1] was an Indigenous Canadian actor and athlete.[2] He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger[3][4] in the American Western television series The Lone Ranger.
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^"Lacrosse: 1936 North Shore Indians" (PDF). Hero in You. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2011. His job in Hollywood was to help his partner, "The Lone Ranger" stop the devious plots of hardened outlaws.
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during a contract dispute Moore was replaced for a season by John Hart. JaySilverheels, a Mohawk from the Six Nations Indian Reserve in Ontario, Canada, was...
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network from 1949 to 1957, with Clayton Moore in the starring role. JaySilverheels, a member of the Mohawk Aboriginal people in Canada, played The Lone...
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man. Silverheels joined him for occasional reunions during the early 1960s. Throughout his career, Moore expressed respect and love for Silverheels.[citation...
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(A) 1893-1985 "JaySilverheels". The Lone Ranger.tv. Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2011-11-21. JaySilverheels suffered a stroke...
originally aired on the ABC network. The series starred Clayton Moore and JaySilverheels as the Lone Ranger and Tonto, except for season three when John Hart...
(Leatherstocking 2: The Last of the Mohicans), both filmed in 1920. JaySilverheels, best known for his role as Tonto on The Lone Ranger, played Chingachgook...
Slaughter. His last appearance was in the film Indian Paint (1965) with JaySilverheels. In the mid-1950s, Hogan was married to dancer Jacquelyn Gibson. He...
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