Jay Silverheels
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Birth Name: Harold J. Smith
Born: 26 May 1912 Died: 5 March 1980
Country of origin: Canada
Height: 6' 0"
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A mixed-blood Mohawk Indian, Jay Silverheels was the son of a Canadian tribal chief. Silverheels excelled in sports during his youth and it was this prowess that brought him to Hollywood in 1938 as a stunt man. Though most of Silverheels' earliest film appearances went uncredited, it was difficult to ignore him in such roles as the Osceola boy in Key Largo (1948) and Geronimo in Broken Arrow (1950). In 1949, Silverheels was cast as Tonto on the pilot episode of TV's The Lone Ranger. Until the series shut down production in 1956, Silverheels essayed the role of the masked man's "faithful Indian companion," while Clayton
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1. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (2012)
Rating: | 642 Watched |
2. True Grit
Rating: | 349 Watched |
3. Key Largo (1948)
Rating: | 272 Watched |
4. The Sea Hawk
Rating: | 98 Watched |
5. Broken Arrow
Rating: | 67 Watched |
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1. The Brady Bunch (1969)
Rating: | 360 Watched |
2. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Rating: | 89 Watched |
3. The Lone Ranger (1949)
Rating: | 26 Watched |
4. Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
Rating: | 27 Watched |
5. Love, American Style (1969)
Rating: | 24 Watched |
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