Tonto is a fictional character; he is the Native American (either Tonto Apache, Comanche, or Potawatomi) companion of the Lone Ranger, a popular American Western character created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker.

Jun 26, 2013 · In one particularly Tonto-heavy trailer for the upcoming film adaptation, Johnny Depp as the faithful Native American sidekick says rather ponderously to Armie Hammer’s Lone Ranger, “ Justice is...

Jay Silverheels (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980, Mohawk) [1] was a Canadian actor and athlete, descended from three Iroquois nations. [2] . He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger [3][4] in the American Western television series The Lone Ranger.

Ke-mo sah-bee (/ ˌ k iː m oʊ ˈ s ɑː b iː /; often spelled kemo sabe, kemosabe or kimosabe) is the term used by the fictional Native American sidekick Tonto as the "Native American" name for the Lone Ranger in the American Lone Ranger radio program and television show.

Familiar Canadian Indian actor who shot to fame as Tonto, the faithful Indian companion of the masked man on the US television series The Lone Ranger (1949). A member of the Mohawk tribe of Canada's Six Nations Reserve, Silverheels excelled at wrestling, horse racing, football, boxing, and hockey, and became a renowned lacrosse player.

Dec 9, 2013 · The name Tonto stuck with the young indian into his adult life. While out to obtain accomplish something that he would be known for, thus changing his name from Tonto he found his white friend laying amongst the dead of a Texas Ranger posse.

Jul 18, 1997 · According to Jim Jewell, there was an Indian storyteller at Kamp Kee-Mo Sah-Bee who would get rowdy when drunk, leading the other Indians to call him “tonto.” The commonly told story is that this is Potawatomi for “wild one.”

Tonto, American fictional character, companion of the Lone Ranger. Primarily through his presence on radio and television, Tonto was one of the best-known Native American characters in American popular culture.

According to the Writer’s guide to the Lone Ranger series, Tonto is the son of a chieftain of the Potawatomi tribe of Indians. He is about 26 years of age, speaks English brokenly and is usually serious. He speaks most of the Indian Languages and all …

Oct 24, 2016 · Silverheels, perhaps the first native actor to portray an Indian in a leading role in Hollywood, always played Tonto with dignity. But he was bothered by Tonto’s subservience to the Lone Ranger, and by the pidgin English Tonto was always forced to speak.