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"The Lone Ranger" (1949): Season 1: Episode 3 -- Tonto and the Lone Ranger capture Cavendish and his entire gang.
"CBS Television News" (1948): : -- Harry Smith speaks with senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield about Karl Rove's resignation and what it means for the Republican party in 2008.
"The Lone Ranger" (1949): Season 1: Episode 7 -- Neither Pete nor Pedro like working, but the Lone Ranger persuades them to help a young woman save her ranch.
"The Lone Ranger" (1949): Season 1: Episode 9 -- Claim-jumping and murder are pinned on two greenhorns who strike it rich, until the Lone Ranger traps the real killer.
"The Lone Ranger" (1949): Season 1: Episode 10 -- The Lone Ranger shows little guy, Pat St. Ives, that he doesn’t need high-heeled boots to be a big man.

Overview

Date of Birth:
26 May 1912, Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada more
Date of Death:
5 March 1980, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Jay Silverheels was born on a reservation in Canada to a Mohawk chief... more
Trivia:
On "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962), Silverheels told Johnny Carson that he had married... more
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Awards:
2 wins more
NewsDesk:
(16 articles)
Paul Shaffer on David Letterman's extortion scandal: "(silence)"
 (From AOL - TVSquad. 7 October 2009, 5:02 PM, PDT)
Warning! Don't get too close to CBS Early Show host Harry Smith!
 (From AOL - TVSquad. 14 September 2009, 1:00 PM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Harry Smith

Filmography

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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. The Stan Freberg Commercials (1999) (V)   Tonto (segment "Show Us Your Pizza Roll Pack") 1999 - 6.7 (10)
AKAs:
  • Tip of the Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998
- 2. "Dusty's Trail" (1973)   Indian Chief (1 episode, 1974) 1974 - 6.4 (31)
1 TV episode:
- 3. A Different Drum (1974) Jim Swift Hands 1974 - -
- 4. "Cannon" (1971)   Jimmy One Eye (1 episode, 1973) 1973 - 7.3 (243)
1 TV episode:
- 5. Santee (1973) John Crow 1973 - 5.7 (130)
- 6. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973) The Chief 1973 - 5.6 (478)
- 7. One Little Indian (1973) Jimmy Wolf 1973 - 6.5 (173)
- 8. "Love, American Style" (1969)   (segment "Love and the Test of Manhood") (1 episode, 1972) 1972 - 6.5 (288)
- 9. "Cade's County" (1971)   Chief Wild Horse (1 episode, 1971) 1971 - 7.4 (37)
1 TV episode:
- 10. "The Brady Bunch" (1969)   Chief Eagle Cloud (1 episode, 1971) 1971 - 7.0 (1,530)
1 TV episode:
- 11. Cat Ballou (1971/II) (TV) Indian Chief 1971 - 7.3 (8)
- 12. "The Psychiatrist" (1971)   (1 episode, 1971) 1971 - 7.7 (17)
- 13. The Phynx (1970) Tonto 1970 - 4.7 (36)
- 14. Pursuit of Treasure (1970) 1970 - -
- 15. True Grit (1969) (uncredited) Condemned man at hanging 1969 - 7.3 (7,399)
- 16. Smith! (1969) McDonald Lasheway 1969 - 6.3 (52)
- 17. "The Virginian" (1962)   Den'Gwatzi (1 episode, 1968) 1968 - 7.6 (228)
AKAs:
  • The Men from Shiloh (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 18. "Gentle Ben" (1967)   Willie Sam Gopher (1 episode, 1967) 1967 - 6.8 (71)
- 19. "Pistols 'n' Petticoats" (1966)   Great Bear (2 episodes, 1966-1967) 1967 - 6.4 (42)
- 20. "The Rounders" (1966)   John Tallgrass (1 episode, 1966) 1966 - 6.2 (6)
1 TV episode:
- 21. "Daniel Boone" (1964)   Latawa / Sashona (2 episodes, 1965) 1965 - 7.5 (214)
- 22. Indian Paint (1965) Chief Hevatanu 1965 - 6.0 (45)
- 23. "Branded" (1965)   Wild Horse (1 episode, 1965) 1965 - 7.9 (104)
1 TV episode:
- 24. "Laramie" (1959)   (1 episode, 1962) 1962 - 8.0 (88)
- 25. "Rawhide" (1959)   Pawnee Joe (1 episode, 1961) 1961 - 8.2 (407)
- 26. "Gunslinger" (1961)   Hopi Indian (1 episode, 1961) 1961 - 7.3 (9)
1 TV episode:
- 27. "Wagon Train" (1957)   The Serpent (1 episode, 1961) 1961 - 7.6 (210)
AKAs:
  • Major Adams, Trail Master
- 28. "Disneyland" (1954)   Natchez (3 episodes, 1960) 1960 - 8.4 (277)
AKAs:
  • Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title)
  • The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title)
  • The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title)
  • The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title)
  • Walt Disney (USA: new title)
  • Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title)
  • Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title)
- 29. "Rescue 8" (1958)   Charlie (1 episode, 1960) 1960 - 6.9 (22)
1 TV episode:
- 30. "Wanted: Dead or Alive" (1958)   Charley Red Cloud (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 8.2 (200)
1 TV episode:
- 31. Alias Jesse James (1959) (uncredited) Tonto 1959 - 6.5 (378)
- 32. The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958) Tonto 1958 - 6.7 (151)
- 33. Return to Warbow (1958) Indian Joe 1958 - 4.8 (27)
- 34. "The Lone Ranger" (1949)   Tonto (217 episodes, 1949-1957) 1957 - 8.1 (238)
- 35. Walk the Proud Land (1956)   Geronimo 1956 - 6.5 (158)
AKAs:
  • Apache Agent
- 36. The Lone Ranger (1956) Tonto 1956 - 6.8 (237)
- 37. The Vanishing American (1955) Beeteia 1955 - 6.0 (32)
- 38. The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1955) (TV) Tonto 1955 - 9.6 (17)
- 39. Masterson of Kansas (1954) Yellow Hawk 1954 - 5.8 (34)
- 40. Four Guns to the Border (1954)   Yaqui 1954 - 5.8 (29)
AKAs:
  • Shadow Valley (USA: alternative title)
- 41. The Black Dakotas (1954) Black Buffalo 1954 - 5.8 (22)
- 42. Drums Across the River (1954) Taos 1954 - 6.1 (126)
- 43. Saskatchewan (1954)   Cajou 1954 - 6.3 (164)
AKAs:
  • O'Rourke of the Royal Mounted (UK)
- 44. War Arrow (1953) Satanta 1953 - 5.5 (113)
- 45. The Nebraskan (1953) Spotted Bear 1953 - 4.7 (56)
- 46. Jack McCall Desperado (1953) Red Cloud, Sioux Chief 1953 - 5.7 (44)
- 47. Last of the Comanches (1953)   (uncredited) Indian 1953 - 6.4 (140)
AKAs:
  • The Sabre and the Arrow (UK)
- 48. The Pathfinder (1952) Chingachgook 1952 - 5.9 (31)
- 49. Yankee Buccaneer (1952) Lead Warrior 1952 - 6.1 (65)
- 50. The Story of Will Rogers (1952) (uncredited) Joe Arrow 1952 - 6.7 (79)
- 51. Brave Warrior (1952) Tecumseh 1952 - 4.1 (30)
- 52. The Half-Breed (1952) (uncredited) Apache 1952 - 5.2 (64)
- 53. The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) Geronimo 1952 - 6.2 (112)
- 54. The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1952) Tonto 1952 - 8.0 (74)
- 55. The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)   Benders 1951 - 6.2 (37)
AKAs:
  • Thunder Across the Pacific (UK)
- 56. Red Mountain (1951) Little Crow 1951 - 6.2 (76)
- 57. Cyclone Fury (1951) (uncredited) Indian ('Laramie' stock footage) 1951 - 6.9 (24)
- 58. Broken Arrow (1950) (uncredited) Geronimo 1950 - 7.3 (1,929)
- 59. The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) Lakohna 1949 - 6.3 (43)
- 60. Sand (1949)   (uncredited) Indian 1949 - 6.5 (12)
AKAs:
  • Will James' Sand (USA: reissue title)
- 61. Trail of the Yukon (1949) Poleon 1949 - -
- 62. Lust for Gold (1949)   (uncredited) Walter (Deputy) 1949 - 7.1 (283)
AKAs:
  • For Those Who Dare (UK: new title)
- 63. Laramie (1949) (uncredited) Running Wolf 1949 - 6.4 (28)
- 64. Song of India (1949) (uncredited) Villager 1949 - 6.7 (48)
- 65. Family Honeymoon (1949) (uncredited) Elevator boy 1949 - 6.0 (67)
- 66. Yellow Sky (1948) (uncredited) Indian 1948 - 7.6 (983)
- 67. The Feathered Serpent (1948) Diego - Thug with Knife 1948 - 7.4 (146)
- 68. Singin' Spurs (1948) Abel 1948 - -
- 69. Key Largo (1948) (uncredited) Tom Osceola 1948 - 8.0 (13,915)
- 70. Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) (uncredited) Little Dog 1948 - 6.5 (60)
- 71. Captain from Castile (1947) (uncredited) Coatl 1947 - 6.8 (525)
- 72. The Prairie (1947) Running Deer 1947 - 4.8 (5)
- 73. The Last Round-up (1947) (uncredited) Sam Luther 1947 - 5.7 (22)
- 74. Unconquered (1947) (uncredited) Indian 1947 - 7.1 (574)
- 75. Northwest Outpost (1947)   (uncredited) Indian Scout 1947 - 5.5 (34)
AKAs:
  • End of the Rainbow (UK)
- 76. Gas House Kids Go West (1947) (uncredited) Kingsley's henchman 1947 - 6.0 (8)
- 77. Singin' in the Corn (1946)   Indian Brave 1946 - -
AKAs:
  • Give and Take (UK)
- 78. Canyon Passage (1946) (uncredited) Indian who breaks mandolin 1946 - 7.0 (319)
- 79. Romance of the West (1946) (uncredited) Young Bear 1946 - 5.4 (29)
- 80. Song of the Sarong (1945) (uncredited) Spearman 1945 - -
- 81. Lost in a Harem (1944) (uncredited) Guard at Execution 1944 - 6.5 (517)
- 82. Haunted Harbor (1944)   (uncredited) Native [Chs. 11-12] 1944 - 6.6 (24)
AKAs:
  • Pirates' Harbor (USA: reissue title)
- 83. The Tiger Woman (1944)   (uncredited) Native at shack shoot-out [Ch. 7] 1944 - 7.2 (53)
AKAs:
  • Perils of the Darkest Jungle (USA: reissue title)
- 84. Passage to Marseille (1944) (uncredited) Sailor Crewman on Boat Deck 1944 - 6.7 (1,222)
- 85. Raiders of the Border (1944) (uncredited) Indian at Trading Post 1944 - -
- 86. I Am an American (1944) (uncredited) Indian 1944 - 5.5 (11)
- 87. The Phantom (1943) (uncredited) Astari Warrior [Chs. 9-10] 1943 - 8.5 (102)
- 88. Northern Pursuit (1943) (uncredited) Indian 1943 - 6.3 (292)
- 89. The Girl from Monterrey (1943) (as Harry Smith) Fighter Tito Flores 1943 - 4.1 (9)
- 90. Daredevils of the West (1943) (as Harry Smith) Kiaga 1943 - 7.3 (11)
- 91. Good Morning, Judge (1943) (uncredited) Indian 1943 - -
- 92. Perils of Nyoka (1942)   (uncredited) Tuareg 1942 - 7.3 (77)
AKAs:
  • Nyoka and the Lost Secrets of Hippocrates
  • Nyoka and the Tigermen (USA: reissue title)
- 93. Valley of the Sun (1942) (uncredited) Indian 1942 - 6.0 (74)
- 94. This Woman Is Mine (1941)   (uncredited) Indian Marauder 1941 - 7.1 (6)
AKAs:
  • Fury at Sea (USA: reissue title)
- 95. Jungle Girl (1941)   (uncredited) Lion Man Guard [Chs. 2-3, 15] 1941 - 7.8 (79)
AKAs:
  • Edgar Rice Burrough's Jungle Girl (USA: informal alternative title)
- 96. Western Union (1941)   (uncredited) 1941 - 6.9 (756)
AKAs:
  • Zane Grey's Western Union (Australia)
- 97. Hudson's Bay (1941) (uncredited) Indian 1941 - 6.6 (139)
- 98. Too Many Girls (1940) (uncredited) Indian 1940 - 6.1 (277)
- 99. Make a Wish (1937) (uncredited) Undetermined Role 1937 - 6.2 (35)
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962)   Himself (1 episode, 1969) 1969 - 8.3 (462)
AKAs:
  • The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- 2. "Wide Wide World" (1955)   Himself (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - 6.0 (7)
1 TV episode:
Archive Footage
- 1. Kemosabe Version 1.0 (2007) Tonto
- 2. Jay Silverheels: The Man Behind the Mask (2000) Tonto
- 3. "Disneyland"  
2 TV episodes:
- 4. The Far Out West (1967) Great Bear

Additional Details

Other Works:
TV commercial with Clayton Moore for Jeno's Pizza Rolls (1960s) more
Genres:
Western | Adventure | Family | Drama more
Plot Keywords:
Beautiful Woman | Native American | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title more

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