Chief Thundercloud -- born Victor Daniels (1899–1955) was a Cherokee Native American Indian actor who had been given the honorary title of Chief. He worked as a mining foreman, boxer and guide and as a laborer on cattle ranches and rodeos before going to Hollywood in the late 1920s.
He is best known for his role of faithful sidekick "Tonto" in the serial The Lone Ranger (1938) and its sequel The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939).
He also played the title role of Paramount Pictures' Geronimo (1939).
His Santa Susana locations filmography includes:
Saddle Aces (1935) starring Rex Bell, Ruth Mix and Buzz Barton (Chatsworth Train Tunnel) Resolute
Custer's Last Stand (1936) [serial] starring Rex Lease, Lona Andre, William Farnum (Iverson Ranch) Stage & Screen
The Plainsman (1936) starring Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur and James Ellison (Iverson Ranch) Paramount
The Bold Caballero (1936) starring Robert Livingston, Heather Angel and Sig Ruman (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937) starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune - Republic
The Lone Ranger (1938) [serial] starring Lee Powell, Chief Thundercloud and Lynne Roberts (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939) [serial] starring Robert Livingston, Chief Thundercloud and Duncan Renaldo (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Man of Conquest (1939) starring Richard Dix, Gail Patrick and Edward Ellis (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Geronimo (1939) starring Preston Foster, Ellen Drew and Andy Devine (Iverson Ranch) Paramount
Young Buffalo Bill (1940) starring Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes and Pauline Moore (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Shut My Big Mouth (1942) starring Joe E. Brown, Adele Mara and Victor Jory (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942) [serial] starring Bill Elliott, Slim Summerville, Carmen Morales (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Daredevils of the West (1943) [serial] starring Allan Lane, Kay Aldridge and Eddie Acuff (Iverson Ranch) Republic
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The Law Rides Again (1943) starring Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson and Jack La Rue (Corriganville) Monogram
The Fighting Seabees (1944) starring John Wayne, Susan Hayward and Dennis O'Keefe (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Outlaw Trail (1944) starring Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele and Chief Thundercloud (Corriganville) Monogram
Sonora Stagecoach (1944) starring Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele and Chief Thundercloud (Corriganville) Monogram
Raiders of Ghost City (1944) [serial] starring Dennis Moore, Wanda McKay and Lionel Atwill (Iverson Ranch) Universal
Black Arrow (1944) [serial] starring Mark Roberts, Adele Jergens and Robert Williams (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
The Phantom Rider (1946) [serial] [aka Ghost Riders of the West] starring Robert Kent, Peggy Stewart and LeRoy Mason (Iverson Ranch) Republic
Romance of the West (1946) starring Eddie Dean, Emmett Lynn and Joan Barton (Iverson Ranch)(Corriganville) PRC
Renegade Girl (1946) starring Ann Savage, Alan Curtis and Edward Brophy (Iverson Ranch) Screen Guild
Blazing Across the Pecos (1948) starring Charles Starrett, Patricia Barry and Paul Campbell (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
The Traveling Saleswoman (1950) starring Joan Davis, Andy Devine and Adele Jergens (Iverson) Columbia
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950) starring George Montgomery, Ellen Drew and Phillip Reed (Iverson Ranch) United Artists
Ambush (1950) starring Robert Taylor, John Hodiak and Arlene Dahl (Corriganville) MGM
Colt .45 (1950) starring Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman and Zachary Scott (Iverson Ranch) Warner Bros.
Indian Territory (1950) starring Gene Autry, Champion and Gail Davis (Corriganville) Columbia
"The Gene Autry Show" (TV Series) starring episode: The Poisoned Waterhole (1950)
Last of the Buccaneers (1950) starring Paul Henreid, Jack Oakie and Karin Booth (Corriganville) Columbia
Santa Fe (1951) starring Randolph Scott, Janis Carter and Jerome Courtland (Iverson Ranch) Columbia
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952) starring Clayton Moore, Slim Andrews, Charles Harvey and Rodd Redwing (Corriganville) United Artists
"Death Valley Days" (TV Series) starring episode: The Saint's Portrait (1954)
"Buffalo Bill, Jr." (TV Series) starring episode: Fight for Geronimo (1955)
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