Spoiler : Remembering actor JAY SILVERHEELS (birth name Harold J. Smith), who was born on May 26. Silverheels (1912 – 1980) was well known for his role as Tonto, the faithful Native American companion of the character, The Lone Ranger in a long-running American television series. As Tonto, he also appeared in the films The Lone Ranger (1956) and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958). Other film credits include Captain from Castile starring Tyrone Power, I Am an American (1944), Key Largo with Humphrey Bogart (1948), Lust for Gold with Glenn Ford (1949), Broken Arrow (1950) with James Stewart, War Arrow (1953) with Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler and Noah Beery, Jr., Drums Across the River (1954), Walk the Proud Land (1956) with Audie Murphy and Anne Bancroft, Alias Jesse James (1959) with Bob Hope, and Indian Paint (1964) with Johnny Crawford.

Spoiler : He appeared in more movies than I thought. Going to rewatch and see if I can see him in some of these. Liked him in Lone Ranger series

Spoiler : Remember watching all of those as a kid, thought he was an incredible actor... always played honorable and strong character roles.

Spoiler : Great actor,love to watch him ! He played with some of our biggest & best !

Spoiler : Loved this man ,great I am a long Ranger fan RIPJay SILVERHEEL

Spoiler : Remembering Jay Silverheels, born May 26, 1912. Jay Silverheels was born on Canada's Six Nation's Reserve and was one of 10 children. Jay was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938. He worked in a number of films through the 1940s before gaining notice as the Osceola brother in a Humphrey Bogart film "Key Largo" (1948).

Spoiler : In 1949, he worked in the movie "The Cowboy and the Indians" (1949) with another "B movie" actor Clayton Moore. Later that year, Silverheels was hired to play the faithful Indian companion, Tonto, in the TV series "The Lone Ranger" (1949) series, which brought him the fame that his motion picture career never did.

Spoiler : Silverheels recreated the role of Tonto in two big-screen color movies with Moore - "The Lone Ranger" (1956) and "The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold" (1958). After the TV series ended in 1957, Silverheels could not escape the typecasting of Tonto. He would continue to appear in an occasional film and television show but became a spokesperson to improve the portrayal of Indians in the media. On Thursday, July 17, 1979, at noon, Jay Silverheels received a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame dedication ceremony. Jay passed away on March 5, 1980.