| Jay Silverheels | |
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| Born | May 26, 1912 Six Nations Indian Reserve, Brantford, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | March 5, 1980 Woodland Hills, California, USA |
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Early history
Born Harold J. Smith on the Six Nations Indian Reserve, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, Silverheels excelled in athletics and lacrosse as a boy before leaving home to travel around North America, appearing in boxing and wrestling tournaments. Six Nations of the Grand River is the name applied to two contiguous Indian reserves southeast of Brantford Ontario, Canada &ndash Six Nations reserve Brantford is a city located on the Grand River in south-western Ontario, Canada. Lacrosse is a full contact Team sport played using a solid rubber ball and long handled racket called a crosse or Lacrosse stick. He lived for a time in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. In 1938 Silverheels placed second in the middleweight section of the Golden Gloves tournament. For the honor in Major League Baseball, see Gold Glove. The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for Amateur
Film career
Silverheels began working in motion pictures in 1937. During the early years of his screen career, he was billed variously as Harold Smith or Harry Smith, and appeared in low-budget features, westerns, and serials. From the late 1940s he played in more prestigious pictures, including Captain from Castille starring Tyrone Power, Key Largo with Humphrey Bogart, (1948), Broken Arrow (1950) with James Stewart, War Arrow (1953) with Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler and Noah Beery, Jr., 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. Tyrone Edmund Power Jr (May 5 1914 – November 15 1958 usually credited simply as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as " Ty Power " was an Key Largo is a 1948 Crime film starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G Broken Arrow is a western film released in 1950. It was directed by Delmer Daves and starred James Stewart and Jeff Chandler The year 1950 in film involved some significant events Events February 15 - Walt Disney Studios James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor The year 1953 in film involved some significant events Events September 16 — The Robe debuts as Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons on 17 August 1920 in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish film actress Jeff Chandler ( December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was an American Film Actor and Singer in the 1950s Noah Lindsey Beery ( August 10, 1913 – November 1, 1994) known professionally as Noah Beery Jr The year 1956 in film involved some significant events Events August 4 - The last film serial Blazing the Overland Also see Audie Murphy legacy. Audie Leon Murphy (June 20 1926 – May 28 Anne Bancroft ( September 17 1931 – June 6 2005) was an American method Actress. Alias Jesse James ( 1959) is a Bob Hope western comedy movie that featured a number of movie and television frontiersmen ( James Garner as Bob Hope, KBE KCSG ( May 29, 1903 &ndash July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr John Ernest Crawford (born March 26, 1946) in Los Angeles, California) is an American Actor, Singer, and He made a brief appearance in True Grit (1969), as a condemned criminal about to be executed. True Grit is a 1969 western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne as U
TV career
Silverheels was best known for his appearances as the Lone Ranger's friend Tonto. The Lone Ranger is an American, long-running Old-time radio and early Television show created by George W Tonto is a Fictional character, the Native American assistant of The Lone Ranger, a popular American Western character created by George In addition to starring in the Lone Ranger television series from 1949 to 1957, Silverheels appeared in the films The Lone Ranger (1956) and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958).
Following the end of the Lone Ranger television series, Silverheels found himself typecast as Tonto and had trouble finding further acting work. Silverheels was also hindered by a changing attitude, as some felt that the Tonto character was equivalent to a Native American Uncle Tom. Uncle Tom is a Pejorative for a black person who is perceived by others as behaving in a subservient manner to White American authority figures or Subsequently, Silverheels was forced to work as a salesman to supplement his acting income. He also began to concentrate on writing poetry influenced by his youth on the Six Nations Indian Reserve and appeared on television reciting his poetry.
Despite the typecasting, Silverheels had a tendency to poke fun at his character in later years. In 1969, he appeared as Tonto in a comedy sketch on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, seeking new employment away from the Lone Ranger. The sketch was featured on the 1973 record album Here's Johnny: Magic Moments From The Tonight Show.
Among his later appearances were an episode of The Brady Bunch, as a Native chief who befriends the Bradys in the Grand Canyon, and an episode of the short-lived Dusty's Trail, starring Bob Denver of Gilligan's Island fame. The Brady Bunch is an American Television Situation comedy based around a large blended family. The Grand Canyon Dusty's Trail was a 1973 - 1974 syndicated Television series set in the 1800s Robert Osbourne "Bob" Denver ( January 9 1935 – September 2 2005) was an American Gilligan's Island is an American TV sitcom originally produced by United Artists Television.
In the early 1960s, Silverheels helped to establish the Indian Actors Workshop in Echo Park, California as a place where Native American actors could develop their acting skills. Echo Park is a neighborhood in Los Angeles northwest of downtown. The workshop is still active.
Personal life
Silverheels was also quite fond of raising, breeding and racing horses in his spare time. Once, when asked about possibly running Tonto's famous Pinto horse Scout in a race, Jay laughed off the idea: "Heck, I can outrun Scout!"
Married in 1945, Silverheels was the father of two boys and a girl. A Pinto horse has a coat color that consists of large patches of white and another color He died of stroke in Woodland Hills, California and was cremated. A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain Woodland Hills is a district in the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. Cremation is the act of reducing a Corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire His ashes were returned home to Six Nations Indian Reserve. [1]
Legacy
In 1993, Silverheels was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Hall of Great Western Performers is a Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City Oklahoma, U The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. He was named to the Western New York Entertainment Hall of Fame and his portrait hangs in Buffalo, New York's Shea's Buffalo Theatre. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6538 Hollywood Boulevard. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Hollywood Boulevard is a boulevard in Hollywood Los Angeles California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest
See also
- Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. Motion pictures have been a part of the Culture of Canada since the beginning
References
- ^ Jay Silverheels. Retrieved on 2008-02-23. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable
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