Jay Silverheels

Jay Silverheels

Person

Jay Silverheels

Actor 1912-05-26 Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Jay Silverheels was born on a reservation in Canada to a Mohawk chief. He was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938. He worked in a number of films though the 1940s before he gained some notice as the Osceola brother in Humphrey Bogart's film Key Largo (1948). Most of his roles consisted of bit parts as "Indian." In 1949, he would work in a movie called The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) with another "B movie" actor named Clayton Moore. It was later that same year that J...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948 · Indian Guide at Pier (uncredited)

True Grit

True Grit

1969 · Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)

Key Largo

Key Largo

1948 · Tom Osceola (uncredited)

Broken Arrow

1950 · Geronimo (uncredited)

The Brady Bunch

The Brady Bunch

1969 · Chief Eagle Cloud

The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk

1940 · Native Lookout

Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky

1948 · Indian (uncredited)

Western Union

Western Union

1941 · Indian

Passage to Marseille

Passage to Marseille

1944 · Sailor Crewman on Boat Deck (uncredited)

Rawhide

Rawhide

1959 · Pawnee Joe

Cannon

Cannon

1971 · TV

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958 · Charley Red Cloud

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

1949 · Tonto

The Virginian

The Virginian

1962 · Den'Gwatzi

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

1964 · Sashona

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

1973 · The Chief

Captain from Castile

Captain from Castile

1947 · Coatl (uncredited)