Jay Silverheels
Biography
Jay Silverheels was born on a Mohawk reservation in Canada to a Mohawk chief and descended from three Iroquois nations. A talented athlete, he excelled in lacrosse and boxing before entering film as a stuntman in 1938. He gained fame playing Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger, in the popular television series The Lone Ranger (1949-1957), reappearing in two films with Clayton Moore.