Chief Thundercloud Overview:

Character actor, Chief Thundercloud, was born Victor Daniels on Apr 12, 1899 in Muskogee, Indian Territory. Thundercloud died at the age of 56 on Dec 1, 1955 in Ventura, CA .

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This stern-faced native American actor was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, the oldest of nine children. Going through spells as a miner, boxer, ranchhand, and rodeo performer, he ended up in Hollywood as a stuntman in westerns, also doing extra work and bit parts. His first high-profile success came in his late forties when he portrayed Tonto in a couple of Lone Ranger serials. After that he played the title role in Geronimo, and even showed a talent for comedy as a bumbling Sitting Bull in Buffalo Bill. He retired from films in 1952, and died from cancer three years later.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).

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Chief Thundercloud Quotes:

Steve Farrell: Chief, if you break the peace now, you'll make enemies of a lot of innocent people.
Walking Bear: Dead enemies are best way to peace.


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Although he once played famed Apache warrior Geronimo, and bore a striking resemblance to him, Daniels was actually of Cherokee extraction.

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