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Actor Born: May 26, 1912 in Six Nations Indian Reservation, Ontario, Canada Death: March 5, 1980 in Woodland Hills, CA Biography: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 Moore" (and, briefly, "John Hart") was seen as the Ranger. Silverheels also co-starred in two spin-off "Lone Ranger" theatrical films and reprised the Tonto role in a memorable Jeno's Pizza Rolls advertisement of the 1960s ("Have-um pizza roll, kemo sabe?"). Silverheels' other... Full Biography
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