Jay Silverheels from Toronto and I speak Esperanto." In 1970, he appeared in a commercial for Chevrolet as a Native American chief who rescues two lost hunters who ignored his advice in that year's Chevy Blazer. The William Tell Overture is heard in the background. Silverheels spoofed his Tonto character in a Stan Freberg Jeno's Pizza Rolls TV commercial opposite Clayton Moore, and in "The Phynx", opposite John Hart, both having played The Lone Ranger in the original television series. He appeared in three episodes of NBC's "Daniel Boone", starring Fess Parker as the real life frontiersman. His later appearances included an
Jay Kirby Jay Kirby Jay Kirby (born William Bennett George, January 28, 1920 – July 30, 1964) was an American actor in films and television. He was best known for playing Johnny Travers, the youthful sidekick of Hopalong Cassidy in six films in the 1940s. In 1948, he and his wife Carmelle George were divorced and the custody of their one-year old son, Jeffrey, was given to his wife. Kirby was born n Kansas City, Missouri. He began acting in films in 1942, when he was cast to replace Russell Hayden as the boyish partner to cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy. He was