The Life of Jay Silverheels

Silverheels was born on May 26, 1912, in Canada

He was an Indigenous Canadian actor and athlete

He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger on the American Western television series The Lone Ranger

In the late 1940s, he played in major films, including Captain from Castile starring Tyrone Power

He achieved his greatest fame as Tonto on The Lone Ranger

He appeared in the film sequels: The Lone Ranger (1956) and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958)

When The Lone Ranger television series ended, Silverheels continued to be typecast as a Native American

On January 6, 1960, he portrayed a Native American fireman trying to extinguish a forest fire in the episode "Leap of Life" in the syndicated series, Rescue 8, starring Jim Davis and fellow Canadian Lang Jeffries.

Silverheels was born in 1928 in the Six Nations Indian Reserve in Ontario, Canada

He was raised on the reserve and learned to ride, shoot, and fight with the local tribe

He began his acting career in the early 1960s and quickly became typecast as the Native American Tonto in the television series The Lone Ranger

He appeared in three episodes of the television series Daniel Boone and three episodes of The Brady Bunch

In the early 1960s, he supported the Indian Actors Workshop, where Native American actors refined their skills

He died from a stroke in 1980

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.

Silverheels was a horse that starred in many Westerns during the 1930s.

He was a popular horse and was often used in films.

He had a memorable name and was friends with many other horses.

Silverheels died in the 1950s.