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HE WAS A FAITHFUL INDIAN COMPANION

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             Jay Smith Silverheels (
Harold J. Smith) 

                      (May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980)  

Silverheels was a Canadian Mohawk First Nations actor, well
known for his role as Tonto, the faithful Indian companion of the
character, The Lone Ranger in the long-running ABC television
series (1949-1957). Jay also worked in over 35 movies including
Key Largo (1948), Broken Arrow (1950), and True Grit (1969). He 
continued to make films until he suffered a stroke in 1974. 

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Jay Silverheels as Tonto with The Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore)
 

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BILL PAXTON HAS TURNED 58

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Actor/Director William "Bill" Paxton has had starring roles in 
films such as Apollo 13 (1995), and Twister (1996). He also
appeared in Aliens (1986), and True Lies (1994).

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Bill Paxton in Aliens

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Paxton in True Lies

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Bill Paxton as seen in Tombstone

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GARY COOPER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1901

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   Gary Cooper (Frank James Cooper) (May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961)

Cooper’s career spanned from 1925 until shortly before his death, and
comprised more than one hundred films, one of which was in 1952 when
he played Marshall Will Kane in High Noon. Before fame, Cooper was a
newspaper editorial cartoonist in Helena, Montana.

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WESTERN ACTOR TURNED 79 TODAY

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Actor James Child Drury, Jr. is best known for his playing the title
role in the weekly Western television series The Virginian on NBC
from 1962 to 1971.

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JAMES GARNER IS 85 YEARS OLD TODAY

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James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner) starred in ABC’s ‘Maverick’
from 1957 to 1962 and ‘The Rockford Files’ on NBC-TV from 1974 to
1980. Garner worked briefly as a model for Jantzen bathing suits.

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