JAY "TONTO" SILVERHEELS - CONTRACT SIGNED 04/01/1966 - HFSID 258585

JAY SILVERHEELS
Actor Jay Silverheels, better known as Tonto on TV's The Lone Ranger, signed this AFTRA contract in 1966 to hire Allen Connor-Alexis Corfrio Associates as his radio and TV agent for 1 year in return for a 10 percent commission.
Contract signed "Jay Silverheels" as Artist in blue ink and by an agent of Allen Connor-Alexis Corfrio Associates, Inc. in black ink. Label in top right corner of page 1. 4 pages, 8½x11, 2 sheets, front and verso. April 1, 1966. Standard Exclusive Agency Contract by the American Federation of Television and Radio Aritsts. Silverheels signed this contract to hire Allen Connor-Alexis Corfrio Associatesas his radio and TV agent for 1 year in return for a 10 percent commission. Silverheels (1919-1980, born Harold J. Smith on the Six Nations Reservation, Brantford, Ontario, Canada) was the son of a Mohawk Indian Chief and made a name for himself as a star lacrosse player and amateur boxer before entering films in the mid-1940s. He appeared in many films, often in uncredited roles, before assuming his most famous role as faithful Indian companion Tonto in the TV series The Lone Ranger (1949-1957).Silverheels was a frequent guest star on TV and had small roles in several westerns after The Lone Ranger. Lightly toned and creased. Signatures touch. Light tears in left and bottom edges of page 1. Staple holes in top left corner of page 1. Bottom edge of page 1 is lightly discolored. Carbon copy marks. Lightly rounded and worn corners. Otherwise in fine condition.