Biography
Jay Silverheels
Acting
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 M…
Career works
83
Movies
72
Series
11
Career average
6.5/10
Birth date
05/26/1912
Place of birth
Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Date of death
03/05/1980
Filmography highlights
Movies
The Lone Ranger: Who Was That Masked Man
2013
The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
2002
Lone Ranger: Lost Episodes
2001
Santee
1973 · 5.5
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
1973 · 5.8
One Little Indian
1973 · 6.3
In Pursuit of Treasure
1972 · 10.0
Cat Ballou
1971 · 7.0
The Phynx
1970 · 3.7
True Grit
1969 · 7.3
Smith!
1969 · 5.9
The Movie Orgy
1968 · 6.6
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967
Indian Paint
1965 · 6.0
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
1960 · 8.0
Series
