Jay Silverheels began to publish poetry inspired by his youth on the Six Nations Indian Reserve and recited his work on television. In 1966, he guest-starred as John Tallgrass in the short-lived ABC comedy/western series "The Rounders", with Ron Hayes, Patrick Wayne, and Chill Wills. Despite the typecasting, Silverheels in later years often poked fun at his character. In 1969, he appeared as Tonto without The Lone Ranger in a comedy sketch on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". The sketch was featured on the 1973 record album "Here's Johnny: Magic Moments From The Tonight Show". "My name is Tonto. I hail
Samad (fictional character) Samad (fictional character) Samad (also Samad Agha; in Persian: صمد) is a fictional character created by Iranian director and actor, Parviz Sayyad. Samad was firstly characterized in a famous Iranian TV series, Sarkar Ostovar, as a country boy. In Sarkar Ostovar TV series there was a country naive boy without a name played by Parviz Sayyad who was frequently arrested for his ignorance. After doing a poll by Iran National Television, the series rated among the first popular shows and people were also asking why the country boy doesn't show up anymore. After that, Sayyad wrote a screenplay based on