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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Vintage 1970 Chevy Blazer Jay Silverheels Lone Ranger TV Commercial

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Jay Silverheels on the Tonight Show

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Description: 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 ... (more)