In real-life, TV’s Tonto was the late Jay Silverheels. And his horse is Hi Ho Silverheels, a standardbred named in memory of the actor by a close friend, trainer Milan Smith. Acquired for only $ ...

In 1969, Jay Silverheels, the Mohawk Indian actor who played Tonto in the hit 1950s TV show “The Lone Ranger,” appeared in character on “The Tonight Show,” where Johnny Carson conducted a ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — As Banditland prepares for Saturday's home opener, we are celebrating a connection between Buffalo lacrosse history and an old west classic. You may remember him as "Tonto", the ...

Beginning in 1949, in films and on TV, Tonto was played by Jay Silverheels, an actor who in real life was the son of a Canadian Mohawk tribal chief. "You Kemo Sabe," he would say to the Lone Ranger.

The best-known iteration of Tonto remains the one played by Jay Silverheels in "The Lone Ranger" TV series, which ran from 1949 to 1957, a time during which "Indian termination policy" saw Indians ...

And yet the character Tonto is a noble figure, even as a sidekick, brave and loyal and resourceful. The Indian actor Jay Silverheels played him with remarkable dignity on television, considering ...

Chief Steve Silverheels has Seneca/Mohawk Iroquois heritage from his father, Jay Silverheels who played Tonto in the TV series “The Lone Ranger.” He has Jewish heritage from his mother.