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The Lone Ranger (TV series) The Lone Ranger is an American western drama television series that aired on the ABC Television network from 1949 to 1957, with Clayton Moore in the starring role. Jay Silverheels, a member of the Mohawk Aboriginal people in Canada, played The Lone Ranger's Indian companion Tonto. John Hart replaced Moore in the title role from 1952 to 1954 due to a contract dispute. Fred Foy, who had been both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 until its ending, was the announcer. Gerald Mohr was originally employed as the narrator for the television
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The Lone Ranger (TV series) The Lone Ranger is an American western drama television series that aired on the ABC Television network from 1949 to 1957, with Clayton Moore in the starring role. Jay Silverheels, a member of the Mohawk Aboriginal people in Canada, played The Lone Ranger's Indian companion Tonto. John Hart replaced Moore in the title role from 1952 to 1954 due to a contract dispute. Fred Foy, who had been both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 until its ending, was the announcer. Gerald Mohr was originally employed as the narrator for the television
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The Lone Ranger (1956 film) The Lone Ranger is a 1956 Western film based on "The Lone Ranger" television series, starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels. "The Lone Ranger" was the first of two theatrical features based on the popular TV series of the same name; the other one being "The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold" (1958), which was Bonita Granville's last film appearance. She retired from the screen to marry Jack Wrather. Set in the American Southwest, the territorial governor enlists the help of the Lone Ranger to investigate mysterious raids on white settlers by Indians
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and rescues Kilgore's daughter from captivity. Parts of the film were shot in Kanab Canyon, Barracks Canyon, and Johnson Canyon in Utah. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: The Lone Ranger (1956 film) The Lone Ranger is a 1956 Western film based on "The Lone Ranger" television series, starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels. "The Lone Ranger" was the first of two theatrical features based on the popular TV series of the same name; the other one being "The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold" (1958), which was Bonita Granville's last film appearance.
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The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold is a 1958 American Western film in Eastmancolor released by United Artists. The second of two theatrical features specifically based on and continuing the TV show "The Lone Ranger" it stars Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels, reprising their roles from the TV series. The first feature film was 1956's "The Lone Ranger". No further films based on this specific version of the characters were made after this one. Three Indians were brutally murdered by a gang of hooded outlaws. Each one possessed
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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
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expectations that the mask would make the switch workable, Hart was not accepted in the role, and his episodes were not seen again until the 1980s. At the end of the fifth year of the television series, Trendle sold the Lone Ranger rights to Jack Wrather, who bought them on August 3, 1954. Wrather immediately rehired Clayton Moore to play the Lone Ranger, and another 52 episodes were produced. Once again, they were broadcast as a full year of new episodes followed by a full year of reruns. The final season saw a number of changes, including an episode count
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character was played on the radio show by George Seaton, Earle Graser, and Brace Beemer. Clayton Moore portrayed the Lone Ranger on television, although during a contract dispute, Moore was replaced temporarily by John Hart, who wore a different style of mask. On the radio, Tonto was played by, among others, John Todd and Roland Parker; and in the television series, by Jay Silverheels, who was a Mohawk from the Six Nations Indian Reserve in Ontario, Canada. The Lone Ranger was so named because the character is the sole survivor of a group of six Texas Rangers. While details differ,
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In 1979, Jack Wrather, then owner of the rights to the character, obtained a restraining order against Moore, enjoining Moore from appearing in public in his mask. The actor began wearing oversized wraparound Foster Grant sunglasses, as a substitute for the mask. Moore later won a countersuit, allowing him to resume his costume. Clayton Moore series: Other Lone Rangers: In 1961 CBS produced "Return of the Lone Ranger", starring Tex Hill, as the pilot episode for a proposed TV series. At the time of the 1981 release of the film "The Legend of the Lone Ranger", the company owning the
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Robert Livingston. Tonto was played in both by Victor Daniels, billed as Chief Thundercloud. "The Lone Ranger" was a TV show that aired for eight seasons, from 1949 to 1957, and starred Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels as Tonto. Only five of the eight seasons had new episodes. It was the ABC television network's first big hit of the early 1950s. Moore's tenure as the Ranger is probably the best-known treatment of the franchise. Moore was replaced in the third season by John Hart, but he returned for the final two seasons. The fifth and final
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rights to the character, Wrather Corp., filed a lawsuit and obtained a court injunction to prevent Clayton Moore from appearing as the Lone Ranger, and then gave a cameo to his TV replacement, John Hart. The film itself was a critical and commercial failure. It starred Klinton Spilsbury in his only motion picture appearance. His lines were overdubbed by James Keach. The part of Tonto was played by Michael Horse, a Native American of Yaqui, Mescalero Apache, Zuni, and Latino descent. Moore, who never appeared publicly without his mask, was enjoined in the lawsuit from wearing it and, in protest,
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Silver gallop to a distinctive rock and Silver rears up on his hind legs. The rock seen next to Silver is known as Lone Ranger Rock and remains in place today on the site of the former movie ranch. When it came time to produce another batch of 52 episodes, there was a wage dispute with Clayton Moore (until his death, the actor insisted that the problem was creative differences), and John Hart was hired to play the role of the Lone Ranger. Once again, the 52 new episodes were aired in sequence followed by 52 weeks rerunning them. Despite
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film actor, Clayton Moore, was chosen to take over the role for the television series. Although Beemer had the right voice and had made many public appearances as the Ranger, he had no experience as a film actor, as he preferred live action to television. However, Beemer's voice as the character was so familiar that Moore imitated his sound in the earliest TV episodes. Beemer also portrayed "Sergeant William Preston" of the Yukon on "Challenge of the Yukon", for a brief time after the "Lone Ranger" series ended. Beemer's last TV appearance, was an interview with former film actor, Bill
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game follows the basic premise of the Lone Rangers mythos. The player takes control of the Lone Ranger, a former Texas Ranger whose comrades were murdered by an outlaw named Butch Cavendish. While the game's instruction manual deviates from the original radio serials and TV series by claiming that Dan Reid was John Reid's father, the game itself remains true to its source material by identifying one of the murdered rangers as the Lone Ranger's brother. Using an overall storyline that is similar to the film "The Legend of the Lone Ranger", the game's ultimate goal involves rescuing the U.S.
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1960s animated cartoon TV series version of "The Lone Ranger" was not available on home video as of the middle of January 2017. This was partially explainable as a result of confusion over the ownership of the copyright to it. However, Universal Television, which had been partially responsible for the show's production in the sense of having commissioned Format Films and Halas and Batchelor Animation to work on it with the permission of Jack Wrather Productions, then owners of the Lone Ranger copyright, could be said to have a legitimate copyright-ownership claim. The Lone Ranger (animated TV series) The Lone
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other westerns, including "Annie Oakley", "The Adventures of Kit Carson", "The Cisco Kid", "Cowboy G-Men", "Judge Roy Bean", "The Gabby Hayes Show", and "The Roy Rogers Show". On November 11, 2009, Classic Media released "The Lone Ranger: 75th Anniversary Edition" to commemorate the show. On June 4, 2013, Classic Media released "The Lone Ranger: Collector's Edition", a 30-disc set featuring all 221 episodes of the series on DVD for the very first time, though many of the episodes are the syndicated edits missing 2–3 minutes. The Lone Ranger (TV series) The Lone Ranger is an American western drama television series
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Stonewall Jackson song "Waterloo" had the following verse: "The Lone Ranger and Tonto rode the trail / catching outlaws and putting them in jail/ But the Ranger shot old Tonto 'cause it seems / he found out what Kemo Sabe means/ (Waterloo refrain follows) The Lone Ranger he did trust / That old Tonto bit the dust." In the old "Lone Ranger" TV series, the Ranger's faithful friend and partner Tonto, played by First Nations actor Jay Silverheels for the entire run of the series, was asked in many scenes what "Kemosabe" meant. His reply was invariably, "It mean Trusty
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Native Americans on Network TV Native Americans on Network TV: Stereotypes, Myths, and the "Good Indian," is a 2013 book-length study of American Indian characters on U.S. television, from "The Lone Ranger" to "Longmire". Author Michael Ray FitzGerald noted a persistent pattern: The most notable (i.e., long-running) characters, such as Tonto ("The Lone Ranger (TV series)"), Cochise ("Broken Arrow (TV series)"), Mingo ("Daniel Boone (TV series)"), and Cordell Walker ("Walker, Texas Ranger") have been those who enforced Euro-American norms. The book examines the traditional role of stereotypes and their functions in the rhetoric of colonialism, offering a critical analysis of
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an education, making infrequent appearances on the series whenever Fran Striker wanted to remind the audience of the family connection, and would later become part of "The Green Hornet" radio series, first appearing on October 22, 1936, establishing the connection between The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet in the episode "Too Hot to Handle" (November 11, 1947) and being played throughout the series by John Todd, who played "Tonto" on "The Lone Ranger" radio series. According to the episode "The Legend of Silver" (September 30, 1938), before acquiring Silver, the Lone Ranger rode a chestnut mare called Dusty. The
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played by Al Hodge, who in contemporary times, fights crime with a similar secret identity and a sidekick, Kato. In the Green Hornet comic book series published by NOW Comics, the Lone Ranger makes a cameo appearance by being in a portrait in the Reid home. Contrary to most visual media depictions, and acknowledged by developer/original script writer Ron Fortier to be the result of legal complications, his mask covers all of his face, as it did in the two serials from Republic Pictures (see below). However, rights to The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet have been acquired by
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The Lone Ranger (animated TV series) The Lone Ranger is the central character of an American animated television series that ran 26 episodes on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 6, 1969. The series was produced by Herb Klynn and Jules Engel of Format Films, Hollywood, and designed and made at the Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Film studios in London, England & Artransa Park Studios in Australia. The adventures in this "Lone Ranger" series were similar in tone and nature to CBS' prime-time Weird Western, "The Wild Wild West," in that some of the plots were bizarre and had
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production. The last new episode of the color series was broadcast on June 6, 1957, and the series ended September 12, 1957, although ABC reaped the benefits of daytime reruns for several more years. Wrather's company produced two modestly budgeted theatrical features, "The Lone Ranger" (1956) and "The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold" (1958). The cast included former child actress Bonita Granville, who had married Wrather after his divorce from a daughter of former Texas Governor W. Lee O'Daniel. On March 31, 2009, Mill Creek Entertainment released the box set "Gun Justice featuring The Lone Ranger" with
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Scout!" The made-for-TV movie "Enter the Lone Ranger" (1949) combined the plots of the first three episodes of the "Lone Ranger" TV series: "Enter the Lone Ranger", "The Lone Ranger Fights On", and "The Lone Ranger Triumphs" into a complete story related to the origins of the Lone Ranger and his fight for justice for all regardless of sex, race, or creed. In both, Tonto finds the forever nameless younger brother of a famous Texas Ranger "Capt. Reid" barely alive. A medallion around the young man's neck helps identify him as the same boy who'd saved Tonto after a renegade
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set. The name John Reid is used in a scene in the 1981 film "The Legend of the Lone Ranger", in which the surviving Reid digs an extra grave for himself. The Lone Ranger is also John Reid in Dynamite Entertainment's licensed Lone Ranger comic book series that began in 2006 and in the 2013 Disney film "The Lone Ranger". The name "Luke Hartman" was used in the 2003 TV-movie/unsold series pilot. The character made his initial appearance in the 11th episode of the radio show. Fran Striker told his son that Tonto was added so the Lone Ranger would
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the Pete Kelly franchise. He played the role of Barney Rickett for the series' summer run in 1951. In 1951, he played the title character's editor in "Alias Jane Doe". His last radio appearance was in 1953, leaving behind such radio credits as "University Theatre", "Escape", "Suspense", "Family Theater", "Lux Radio Theatre", "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar", "Crime Classics" and "The Lone Ranger". Owen also played 'Dusty' in the 1950 episode of "The Lone Ranger" titled 'Greed for Gold'. Shortly after Owen's last appearance in radio, he made his first appearance in television on the TV series "The Unexpected" in 1953.
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Ranger with the name of his horse as well as the funds required to finance his wandering life-style and the raw material for his signature bullets. At the end of most episodes, after the Lone Ranger and Tonto leave, someone asks the sheriff or other person of authority who the masked man was. The person then responds that it was the Lone Ranger, who is then heard yelling "Hi-Yo Silver, away!" as he and Tonto ride away on their horses. George W. Trendle retained the title of producer, although he recognized that his experience in radio was not adequate for
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The Lone Ranger (video game) The Lone Ranger is an action-adventure video game released by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System exclusively in North America in . It is based on "The Lone Ranger" radio and TV franchise, the latter which was still rerunning in syndication when the game was released. The player takes the role of the Lone Ranger himself as he engages against outlaws in side-scrolling, overhead, and even first-person segments. "The Lone Ranger" theme music is played prominently during the game, which includes a DPCM-coded voice clip of the ranger shouting his catch-phrase "Hi Yo Silver". The
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met actress Beryl Braithwaite when she played a role in an episode of the series; they married just days later, with "Hawkeye" co-star Lon Chaney, Jr., the best man at the wedding. In 1965 Hart made two brief appearances on the TV series "Perry Mason", including the role of title character and murder victim Jamison Selff in "The Case of the Wrathful Wraith." In the 1970 film "The Phynx", Hart played the Lone Ranger alongside Jay Silverheels as Tonto, spoofing their characters. Hart's last theatrical film appearance was in 1981's "The Legend of the Lone Ranger" in which he appeared
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Hillbillies", "Preview Tonight", and "The Milton Berle Show". In 1966, ABC-TV revived George W. Trendle's famous radio character in a new series, "The Green Hornet". Van Williams signed with 20th Century-Fox to portray the mysterious masked hero and his alter ego, newspaper editor Britt Reid (son of Dan Reid, Jr. who was the nephew of John Reid, aka "The Lone Ranger" although The Lone Ranger was not given that as his official true identity name). Williams played the role straight, unlike the lampoon comedy approach of the same producer's "Batman" show. He and co-star Bruce Lee also made three guest
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and started its own comic book imprint, Gold Key Comics. The new imprint launched its own "Lone Ranger" title in 1964. Initially reprinting material from the Dell run, original content did not begin until issue #22 in 1975, and the magazine itself folded with #28 in 1977. Additionally the same year, AB published a three-part Swedish Lone Ranger story in "Hemmets Journal". In 1994, Topps Comics produced a four-issue miniseries, "The Lone Ranger and Tonto", written by Joe R. Lansdale and drawn by Timothy Truman. One of the major changes in this series was the characterization of Tonto, who was
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Ranger" which were "Enter the Lone Ranger" and "The Lone Ranger Fights On". He was a villain who helped betray a group of Texas Rangers and led them all into a deadly ambush, with the series star of course being the lone survivor. He played a Native American in an "Adventures of Superman" episode called "Test of a Warrior." Lewis was cast as General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo in the 1956 episode, "The Bear Flag" of the syndicated anthology series, "Death Valley Days", hosted by Stanley Andrews. The episode explains the tensions in 1846 between established Hispanic families in California and
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The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour is an animated television series produced by Filmation that aired on CBS during the early 1980s. The series consisted of reruns of "Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle" paired with new episodes of Filmation's versions of "The Lone Ranger" and, in the second season, "The New Adventures of Zorro"—at which point the series was retitled The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour. The series ran from 1980 to 1982. Don Diamond who voiced Sergeant Gonzales in this animated series previously portrayed Corporal Reyes in Disney's 1950s live-action series of Zorro. BCI Eclipse Entertainment
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Ranger movie that would appeal to a modern audience, including making Tonto an equal partner and mentor to the Lone Ranger. In the movie, Tonto teaches the hero how to shoot and is mainly responsible for training Silver, the hero's horse. Moreover, Tonto speaks whole sentences, while in the radio and TV series he had quite a limited vocabulary. In another change to established canon, Reid is (at first) not an actual Texas Ranger but a civilian observer (and younger brother of the Rangers's captain) who survives Cavendish's massacre. This film was shot in New Mexico, Utah, and California. Two
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John Ford, who successfully used the settings of Grey's novels in Arizona and Utah. The success of Grey's "The Lone Star Ranger" (the novel was adapted into four movies: 1914, 1919, 1930 and 1942, and a comic book in 1949) and "King of the Royal Mounted" (popular as a series of Big Little Books and comics, later turned into a 1936 film and three film serials) inspired two radio series by George Trendle (WXYZ, Detroit). Later these were adapted again for television, forming the series "The Lone Ranger" and "Challenge of the Yukon" ("Sgt. Preston of the Yukon" on TV).
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radar indicator is located below the screen to indicate where the enemies are attacking from. Unlike the other types of stages, the player can only use their revolver in these segments, although certain enemies will drop additional bullets. These battles can also be played using the NES Zapper light gun or the LaserScope headphone controller in addition to the standard controller. The Lone Ranger (video game) The Lone Ranger is an action-adventure video game released by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System exclusively in North America in . It is based on "The Lone Ranger" radio and TV franchise, the
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The Lone Ranger, extending as far as a 1960 television appearance by Striker on "To Tell the Truth", which mentioned his role in the character's creation. The actual first trial episodes of "The Lone Ranger" were broadcast on WEBR in Buffalo prior to the official premiere on WXYZ. These first broadcasts starred Buffalo actor John L. Barrett weeks before George Stenius (who later changed his name to George Seaton and became a film director) played the role. When the Lone Ranger series began to gain popularity, Trendle convinced Striker to move to WXYZ, where he eventually became head of WXYZ's
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Road in Chatsworth. This section includes the famous "Garden of the Gods" on the west side of Red Mesa, in which many rock formations seen in countless old movies and TV shows are accessible to the public. Also preserved as parkland, unmarked, is an area on the east side of Red Mesa that includes the popular Lone Ranger Rock, which appeared beside a rearing Silver, the Lone Ranger's horse, in the opening to each episode of "The Lone Ranger" TV show. The property that includes the site of the original Iverson homestead on the Lower Iverson is owned and is
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guy". He also had a role in the very first TV episode of "The Lone Ranger", as Captain Dan Reid of the Texas Rangers, the older brother of the man who would become The Lone Ranger after his brother and four other comrades were murdered by outlaws. From 1951 to 1955, he appeared eight times as Colonel Culver in the Bill Williams syndicated television series, "The Adventures of Kit Carson". He appeared nine times as banker Tom Barton in the syndicated half-hour color western series, "The Cisco Kid", starring Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo. In 1956, Coffin appeared in different
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series, but story narration was dropped after 16 episodes. "The Lone Ranger" was the highest-rated television program on ABC in the early 1950s and its first true "hit". The series finished #7 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1950-1951 season, #18 for 1951-1952 and #29 for 1952-1953. The fictional story line maintains that a patrol of six Texas Rangers is massacred, with only one member surviving. The "lone" survivor thereafter disguises himself with a black mask and travels with Tonto throughout Texas and the American West to assist those challenged by the lawless elements. A silver mine supplies The Lone
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drama series "Police Call" and in popular TV shows such as "Perry Mason", "Bonanza" and "The F.B.I." and in a 1950 episode (#21) of the TV series,"The Lone Ranger" He made regular appearances in the Christian television anthology series, "This Is the Life", in the recurring role of Pastor Martin. Leigh tended to play authority figures such as military officers and clergymen, but also played roles varied as Jesus Christ in a Christian film "The Living Bible" and numerous villains. He also played the Apostle Paul in the "Life of St. Paul" series and again in the "Acts of the
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year "farm seasons" of the show (1954–1964), thus becoming the "Lassie" player with the longest run on the series. She played the role of Mama Angel in "The Angel and the Outlaw", a 1957 episode of the TV series "The Lone Ranger". She also appeared in the first color episode of the TV series Superman in 1957 as a cave woman. In her later years, Lake appeared as Elvira Norton on an episode of "Dragnet" entitled "Frauds". She appeared in an episode of the 1973 situation comedy "A Touch of Grace", and later that year played a blind date for
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Lone Ranger. Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend, Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in a radio show conceived either by WXYZ (Detroit) radio station owner George W. Trendle, or by Fran Striker, the show's writer. The radio series proved to be a hit and spawned a series of books (largely written by Striker), an equally popular television show that ran from 1949 to 1957, comic books, and several movies.
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was in "The Young Riders" (1990) TV series with Stephen Baldwin. Tex Hill (actor) Tex Hill (20 February 1944 – 28 February 2014) was an American Actor and Stuntman. Born in Del Rio, Texas. He has appeared in television series and western movies. Onstage, he starred in Code of the Rangers (1972), Divided We Fall (1982) with John Agar... Is known for playing the role of The Lone Ranger in CBS TV pilot stage "Return of the Lone Ranger". In the 1960s and 1980s, Hill is stunts in the film movies "The Alamo" (1960), "Cat Ballou" (1965), "Bandolero!" (1968), "The
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to characters from both "The Lone Ranger" and "Lassie". Granville worked as a producer for several film and television productions featuring these characters, including the 1954 TV series "Lassie". She appeared in the film version of "The Lone Ranger" in 1956, and made her final screen appearance in a cameo role in "The Legend of the Lone Ranger" (1981). Their children are daughters Molly and Linda, and sons Jack and Christopher. Jack and Molly were from Wrather's previous marriage to Mollie O'Daniel, a daughter of Governor of Texas and U.S. Senator W. Lee O'Daniel. In 1949, she appeared with Rod
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the Lone Ranger. The TV movie served as the pilot for a possible new series. However, the movie was greeted unenthusiastically; the name of the secret identity of the Lone Ranger was changed from "John Reid" to "Luke Hartman", and while an empty grave was still alongside those of the five dead Rangers, its supposed occupant was unidentified, and the hero maintained his unmasked identity, as well, becoming a cowboy version of Zorro, as in the first film serial. Ultimately, the project was shelved, with the pilot aired in telefilm form during the summer season due to Murray's popularity with
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The Lone Ranger, who also names his horse "Silver". Being irreplaceable in his role, Silverheels appeared in the film sequels: "The Lone Ranger" (1956) and "The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold" (1958). When "The Lone Ranger" television series ended, Silverheels found himself firmly typecast as a Native American. On January 6, 1960, he portrayed a Native American fireman trying to extinguish a forest fire in the episode "Leap of Life" in the syndicated series, "Rescue 8", starring Jim Davis and Lang Jeffries. Eventually, he went to work as a salesman to supplement his acting income. He also
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of "Dick Tracy Returns" later in 1938. It was filmed between 28 November and 31 December 1937. At nineteen days, this was the shortest production for a Republic serial until "Zombies of the Stratosphere" in 1952. The serial's production number was 794. The bulk of the outdoor action in the serial "The Lone Ranger" was filmed at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Calif., where Republic shot virtually all of its serials, along with most of its B-Westerns, during the studio's life span — and where the later TV series "The Lone Ranger" would also shoot much of its outdoor
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history can one find a greater champion of justice! Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear! From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again! This was followed by Brace Beemer's voice, declaring, "Come on, Silver! Let's go, big fellow! Hi-yo, Silver! Away!" The Lone Ranger was played by several actors: Tonto was played throughout the run by actor John Todd (although there were a few isolated occasions when he was replaced by Roland Parker, better known as Kato for much of the run of sister series
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that worked out the original concepts for "The Lone Ranger". Jewell is also credited for selecting "The William Tell Overture" as the theme music for the series. "Ke-mo sah-bee", Tonto's greeting to the masked Ranger, was derived from the name of a boys' camp owned by Jewell's father-in-law Charles W. Yeager. Camp Kee-Mo-Sah-Bee operated from 1911 until 1941 on Mullet Lake south of Mackinac, Michigan. After the radio show became popular, Yeager held "Lone Ranger Camps" at his camp. Jewell produced, directed and occasionally wrote many of the early episodes for "The Lone Ranger" and "The Green Hornet". He was
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became a juvenile sidekick to the Masked Man, is Dan Reid. When Trendle and Striker later created "The Green Hornet" in 1936, they made this Dan Reid the father of Britt Reid, alias the Green Hornet, thereby making the Lone Ranger the Green Hornet's great-uncle. Throughout "The Lone Ranger" radio series, Dan was played by Ernest Winstanley, Bob Martin, Clarence Weitzel, James Lipton and Dick Beals. The Lone Ranger's nephew made his first appearance in "Heading North" (December 14, 1942) under the name "Dan Frisby", the grandson of Grandma Frisby. The two lived in an area described as "the high
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Buddy Hart Nathaniel "Buddy" Hart is an actor, best known for his child-actor role in the sitcom "Leave It to Beaver", in which he played the character of "Chester Anderson," a friend of Wally Cleaver. Hart appeared in 15 episodes of the show between 1957 and 1960. Hart was born on June 10, 1944, and is the son of John Hart, who, among other numerous acting credits, played "The Lone Ranger" for two seasons on the TV series of the same name. They appeared together in the Feb. 28, 1958 episode, "Lonesome Beaver". Hart’s film credits include "Outlaw's Son" (1957),
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Caballero" (1936) and the Lone Ranger in the 1939 film serial "The Lone Ranger Rides Again" directed by William Witney and co-starring Chief Thundercloud as Tonto. Livingston also appeared as the title character in "The Lone Rider" series starring alongside sidekicks Al "Fuzzy" St. John and Dennis "Smoky" Moore. The role of the Rider had previously been played by George Houston. On December 18, 1947, he married Margaret M. Roach, daughter of director/producer Hal Roach. They had one son, actor/writer Addison Randall born on August 13, 1949. He was named after Livingston's younger brother, Addison Randall, who had died at
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'Mick' – purporting to be a potential buyer of a motorcycle – proceeded to start the bike and ride out of the dealer's showroom on a reckless 'joy ride'. A Lightning was extensively used in the British TV series Boon, shown from 1986. The bike (nicknamed 'White Lightning' by the protagonist Ken Boon, (played by Michael Elphick) contributed to the series' popularity for its 7-year run. Boon - who thought of himself as a modern-day Lone Ranger – would treat his Lightning as though it were his horse. BSA Lightning The BSA Lightning was a British BSA 650 cc-class motorcycle
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to use it on The Lone Ranger. In 1939, when The Lone Ranger moved from Mutual to NBC (Blue), new arrangements were recorded by The NBC Symphony and used for the rest of the run of the radio series and on the TV series episodes produced by Trendle's company. In 1938, Trendle asked his writing staff to create an adventure series featuring a dog as the hero. Writer Tom Dougall created "Challenge of the Yukon", a series about Sergeant Preston of the North-West Mounted Police and his sled dog Yukon King. In 1939, Striker created "Ned Jordan Secret Agent" for
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program, somewhat similar to "The Lone Ranger", aired via syndication from 1950–1956. It was originally filmed in 16 mm Kodachrome, later in 35 mm when the network owned-and-operated stations preferred the higher quality format. Because the 156 episodes were filmed in color, the series was in demand until the 1970s. However, most viewers of the original run saw the program in black-and-white. In 1956, the year the original run ended, only 0.05 percent of U.S. households with a television set had a color set, and 10 years later only 9.7 percent had a color set. The television series was sponsored
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as of August 2012, there are currently no plans for any re-release and the BCI Eclipse sets could now fetch collector's prices if they are found online. The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour is an animated television series produced by Filmation that aired on CBS during the early 1980s. The series consisted of reruns of "Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle" paired with new episodes of Filmation's versions of "The Lone Ranger" and, in the second season, "The New Adventures of Zorro"—at which point the series was retitled The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour. The series ran from
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Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend, Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in a radio show conceived either by WXYZ (Detroit) radio station owner George W. Trendle, or by Fran Striker, the show's writer. The radio series proved to be a hit and spawned a series of books (largely written by Striker), an equally popular television show that ran from 1949 to 1957, comic books, and several movies. The title
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Verbinski, who also serves as the album's producer, described the compilation and roster as "...the artists we listened to on the way to set each morning and in the evenings with the dust, like bitter chalk, upon our teeth." Tracks by Grace Potter and The Nocturnals and Lucinda Williams were previewed on "Rolling Stone" and "Billboard" weeks before their official release. The Lone Ranger (soundtrack) The Lone Ranger (Original Motion Picture Score) is the film score for the Walt Disney Pictures film, "The Lone Ranger" by Hans Zimmer, released on CD and digital download on July 2, 2013 by Walt
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Republic Lone Ranger serials, "The Lone Ranger" (1938) and "The Lone Ranger Rides Again" (1939). Throughout the 1940s Daniels continued to work as a character actor, maintaining the Chief Thundercloud persona. In most of the films in which he was featured, he played an antagonist opposing the white protagonist. For example, in the film "Young Buffalo Bill" (1940) he played Akuna, a renegade Native American Chief who commits murder while working as a hired hand. In the film "Renegade Girl" (1946), he played the main villain, Chief Whitecloud, a vengeful antagonist with a vendetta against the protagonist's family. Although featured
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and on rare occasions sharing the voice role of Nancy Wible as Shrinking Violette on "The Funny Company". He also provided the voice for the recurring villain Tiny Tom in the 1966-69 cartoon series "The Lone Ranger". A unique on-camera role came in a 1960 episode of "Peter Gunn" called "The Dummy," in which he played a human vetriloquist's dummy who actually performs the act himself, since the ventriloquist had lost his voice, his other live action role was in the 1950s TV series "Craig Kennedy, Criminologist" playing as Bobby 'Butch' Moore in the episode "The Kid Brother". In the
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producing the television series. For this, he hired veteran MGM film producer Jack Chertok. Chertok served as the producer for the first 182 episodes. The first 78 episodes were produced and broadcast for 78 consecutive weeks without any breaks or reruns. Then the entire 78 episodes were shown again before any new episodes were produced. All were shot in Kanab, Utah and California. Much of the series was filmed on the former Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, California, including the iconic opening sequence to each episode, in which the cry of "Hi-yo Silver" is heard before the Lone Ranger and
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from the 1960s). There were 14 episodes, combining two adventures in each episode, for a total of 28 stories. Though Conrad was the main voice featured, other noted voice actors in the Filmation series include an uncredited Lou Scheimer, Frank Welker, and Michael Bell. In 2001, GoodTimes Home Video released a videotape called "The Lone Ranger: The Lost Episodes". Along with clips from the first 1930s film serial, trailers for the two post-TV series features, commercials with Moore, and sometimes Silverheels, in character, and two complete television episodes, there was a cartoon short, said to date from the late 1930s.
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animated series from Filmation, "Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle", aired from 1976–1977, with new and repeat episodes in the anthology programs "Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour" (1977–1978), "Tarzan and the Super 7" (1978–1980), "The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour" (1980–1981), and "The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour") (1981–1982). Following this Joe Lara starred in the title role in "Tarzan in Manhattan" (1989), an offbeat TV movie, and would later return in a completely different interpretation in "" (1996), a new live-action series. In between the two productions with Lara, "Tarzán", a half-hour syndicated series, ran from 1991 through 1994. In this version of the
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his father that he, Britt, is the Green Hornet. After Dan's initial shock and anger, Dan refers to a vigilante "pioneer ancestor" of theirs that Dan himself had ridden alongside in Texas. As he expressed pride in and love for his son, the Lone Ranger theme briefly played in the background. The Lone Ranger property was sold to another company in the 1950s, which resulted in a legal complication that precluded The Lone Ranger being directly associated with the Green Hornet. This complication was later resolved in a comic book cross-over published by Dynamite Entertainment. A number of the Pink
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Witney did not believe the script was as good as the original "The Lone Ranger" but for the first time the directors insisted on being part of the casting process for this serial. "The Lone Ranger Rides Again"'s official release date is 25 February 1939, although this is actually the date the seventh chapter was made available to film exchanges. The Lone Ranger Rides Again The Lone Ranger Rides Again is a 1939 American Republic serial. It was a sequel to Republic's 1938 serial "The Lone Ranger", which had been highly successful, and the thirteenth of the sixty-six serials produced
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Mrs. Pasquale on the "Sunday Night Hi-Jinks" radio program. Urecal played Maw Bowie, mother of the title character, in "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" (1956-1958). She guest-starred on CBS's "My Friend Flicka", "The Roy Rogers Show", The Lone Ranger, and the syndicated "The Range Rider". She had a recurring role in the 1953-1954 situation comedy "Meet Mr. McNutley" in the role of Josephine Bradley, the dean of a women's college. The program was broadcast on CBS radio and CBS-TV . She also played Billie the Barber in the 1950 episode of "The Lone Ranger" as "Billie the Great". In 1957,
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a comic book. In 1948, Western Publishing, with its publishing partner Dell Comics, launched a comic book series which lasted for 145 issues. This series originally consisted of reprints from the newspaper strips (as had all previous comic book appearances of the character in various titles from David McKay Publications and from Dell). However, new stories by writer Paul S. Newman and artist Tom Gill began with issue #38 (August 1951). Some original content was presented as early as #7 (January 1949), but these were non-Lone Ranger fillers. Newman and Gill produced the series until its final issue, #145 (July
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as TV's first hour-long western and also the first western series made for adults, rather than children, who had been watching such half-hour series as "The Lone Ranger" and "The Cisco Kid" since the earliest years of full-schedule TV programming. Analogous to the abbreviated time allotted for 8 of "Casablanca's" 10 installments, the 48-minute episode length was also applicable to 8 of "Cheyenne's" 15 installments and all 7 installments of "Kings Row". One of the most iconic films in Hollywood history, "Casablanca" perfectly caught the present-day (1942) wartime spirit of the age, but the TV series set, as it was,
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separate owners and the familial link has been ignored in the Western character's various incarnations. The Lone Ranger – Green Hornet connection is part of Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe, which connects disparate fictional characters. Republic Pictures released two serials starring the Lone Ranger. The first, released in 1938, utilized several actors playing different men portraying the masked hero, with the true Lone Ranger unknown to the audience until the conclusion; the character played by Lee Powell is ultimately revealed to be the Lone Ranger. The second serial, "The Lone Ranger Rides Again", was released in 1939 and starred
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town of Porter, Texas. (Porter isn't a fictional town, but there aren't any mountains where it is located on US 59 between Houston and Livingston) Gilman is the" de facto" sheriff in Porter. His friends in the town include Henrietta Porter, portrayed by Ellen Corby (who later played Esther Walton on CBS's "The Waltons"). She is the widow of the town's founder and owns "The Porter Enterprise" newspaper. Occasionally, his duties as a Texas Ranger took him out of town, where he used his fast gun to "track down" and apprehend wanted criminals throughout the Lone Star State. In the
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Bela Lugosi played Chingachgook in two German silent films, "Lederstrumpf, 1. Teil: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook" ("Leatherstocking 1: The Deerslayer and Chingachgook") and "Lederstrumpf, 2. Teil: Der Letzte der Mohikaner" ("Leatherstocking 2: The Last of the Mohicans"), both filmed in 1920. Jay Silverheels, best known for his role as Tonto on "The Lone Ranger", played Chingachgook in the 1953 film version of "The Pathfinder". Lon Chaney, Jr. played Chingachgook in the 1957 TV series "Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans". Chingachgook, played by Gojko Mitić, was the main character of an East German western, "Chingachgook the Great Serpent" (1967),
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early 1950s. He appeared in a 1950 episode of the TV series "The Lone Ranger" titled "Man Without a Gun". In 1950, at the age of twenty-three, he played the 16-year-old cook for a small Confederate Army unit in the film "Rocky Mountain". By 1951, he was billed as Dick Jones, and starred as Dick West, sidekick to the Western hero known as "The Range Rider", played by Jock Mahoney, in a Gene Autry television series that ran for seventy-six episodes in syndication, beginning in 1951. Jones was cast thereafter in 1954 and 1955 in four episodes of "Annie Oakley",
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The Lone Ranger (soundtrack) The Lone Ranger (Original Motion Picture Score) is the film score for the Walt Disney Pictures film, "The Lone Ranger" by Hans Zimmer, released on CD and digital download on July 2, 2013 by Walt Disney Records. The physical release was in association with Intrada Records. Walt Disney Records also released a separate soundtrack and concept album titled, The Lone Ranger: Wanted (Music Inspired by the Film) by various artists on July 2. Originally, Jack White was hired to compose the score for the film. White however, declined, and was replaced with Hans Zimmer. Director Gore
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aviation series "Sky King". He appeared in episode 82 of the TV series "The Lone Ranger" in 1952. In 1954, Van Cleef appeared as Jesse James in the syndicated series, "Stories of the Century". In 1955, he was cast twice on another syndicated Western series, "Annie Oakley". That same year, he guest-starred on the CBS Western series, "Brave Eagle". In 1955, he played one of the two villains in an episode of "The Adventures of Champion" the Wonder Horse. In 1958, he was cast as Ed Murdock, a rodeo performer trying to reclaim the title in the event at Madison
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a newspaper strip of the Lone Ranger from September 1938 to December 1971. Fran Striker himself initially scripted the feature, but time constraints soon required him to quit, replaced by Bob Green, later followed by Paul S. Newman and others. The original artist was Ed Kressy, but he was replaced in 1939 by who drew the strip until its conclusion. In 1981, the New York Times Syndicate launched a second Lone Ranger strip, written by Cary Bates with art by Russ Heath. It ran until 1984. In 1993 Pure Imagination Publishing collected two of the storylines and put them in
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War II training film ""Gas"", where Bletcher plays the villainous Gas Cloud. Bletcher also played The Captain in "Captain and the Kids" with MGM cartoons. In 1950, he played several characters on "The Lone Ranger" radio program as well as appearing in episode 27 of the TV series. In 1971, Bletcher played one of his final roles, Pappy Yokum in a television adaptation of "Lil Abner". In 1978, he was originally hired to voice the Weed on "The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show", but had to drop out due to illness. Bletcher married actress Arlyn H. Roberts in 1915; together they
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Christopher Dark Christopher Dark (born Alfred Francis DeLeo, April 21, 1920 – October 10, 1971) was an American actor, best remembered as the character Hank Jaffe in the 1956 film "World Without End". Born in New York, Dark died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack. In 1954, Dark played in an episode of the TV series, "The Lone Ranger", entitled Texas Draw. In 1955, Dark was cast in an episode of the NBC western anthology series, "Frontier", hosted by Walter Coy. Dark guest starred on two episodes of the ABC religion anthology series, "Crossroads", as Irving Green in "The
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Robert Livingston (actor) Robert Edward Randall (December 9, 1904 – March 7, 1988) was an American film actor known under his stage name as Bob Livingston. He appeared in 135 films between 1921 and 1975. He was one of the original Three Mesquiteers. He had also played The Lone Ranger and Zorro. Livingston was born in Quincy, Illinois, and died in Tarzana, California from emphysema. Often billed as "Bob Livingston," he was the original "Stony Brooke" in the "Three Mesquiteers" Western B-movie series, a role later played by John Wayne for eight films. He also portrayed Zorro in "The Bold
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framed for a crime he did not commit. The character had originated as the star of a radio series (1930s to 1950s), and it had previously been adapted to movie serials, comic books, and other media. Owing in part to George W. Trendle and Fran Striker having created all the central characters and developed the core formats of both radio shows, Britt Reid shares the same family name as the Lone Ranger, as Britt's father had been the Lone Ranger's nephew Dan Reid. Despite character co-creator George W. Trendle's failed efforts to generate interest in a Green Hornet TV series
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one of the collection's stories, which details the experience of a Native American who leaves the reservation to live in Seattle with his white girlfriend and then moves back. The Lone Ranger and Tonto are symbols for white and Native-American identity, respectively. The names are taken from a popular radio show which first aired in 1933, later leading to a series of books and then a television show in the 1950s in which a white man, the Lone Ranger, teams up with an Indian, Tonto, to battle evil in the old west. Alexie, who claims the title came to him
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his acting career. He has been working steadily since 1979 in both theater and film. Beltran had his first film role in "Zoot Suit" in 1981, but his breakthrough came in 1982 when he played Raoul in the film "Eating Raoul". Beltran also had a supporting role as Chuck Norris' partner, Deputy Kayo in "Lone Wolf McQuade" in 1983 (this film was also the basis for the TV series "Walker, Texas Ranger" starring Chuck Norris). He was in the 1984 TV movie "The Mystic Warrior" as the Native American "Ahbleza", and starred as Hector in 1984's "Night of the Comet".
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criticism of Dougall may have had another reason behind it. Shortly before the two Trendle series aired ("Lone Ranger" and "Challenge of the Yukon"), popular author Zane Grey had a book in circulation ("The Lone Star Ranger") about a Texas Ranger like the "Lone Ranger" and a comic book series in circulation ("King of the Royal Mounted") about the adventures of Sgt. King, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman like Sgt. Preston. From 1922 a series of novels by Laurie York Erskine featuring "Renfrew of the Royal Mounted" warranted enough popularity to begin a radio series of the same title in
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Tex Hill (actor) Tex Hill (20 February 1944 – 28 February 2014) was an American Actor and Stuntman. Born in Del Rio, Texas. He has appeared in television series and western movies. Onstage, he starred in Code of the Rangers (1972), Divided We Fall (1982) with John Agar... Is known for playing the role of The Lone Ranger in CBS TV pilot stage "Return of the Lone Ranger". In the 1960s and 1980s, Hill is stunts in the film movies "The Alamo" (1960), "Cat Ballou" (1965), "Bandolero!" (1968), "The Return of Josey Wales" (1986), and many more. His last appearance
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Chuck Courtney (actor) Charles T. Courtney Jr. (July 23, 1930 – January 20, 2000) was an American actor and stuntman perhaps best known for his portrayal of Dan Reid Jr., the Lone Ranger's nephew, in the television version of "The Lone Ranger". Courtney's mother, Elizabeth Courtney, was a costume designer at Columbia. Courtney first played Reid in "The Lone Ranger" in 1950. Between then and 1955, he made 13 more appearances in that role. He appeared in films and television series' such as "The Virginian", "Pet Sematary", "The Wild Wild West", "Rio Lobo", "Wagon Train", "The Cowboys", "Billy the Kid
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a projected release in 2014. The Lone Star Ranger Last of the Duanes (novel) Last of the Duanes is a 1914 novel by Zane Grey. "Last of the Duanes" is the original version of "The Lone Star Ranger". Originally written in 1913, it was rejected by "Munsey's Magazine" as too violent. The manuscript was reworked and published as the serial "The Rangers of the Lone Star" early in 1914; later that year, Grey sold the original story to "The Argosy". Grey combined the two serials into his 1915 novel "The Lone Star Ranger", the first of his works to top
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The Lone Ranger (2003 film) The Lone Ranger was a 2003 American western action television film. It was an attempt by The WB to revive the "Lone Ranger" franchise for a new generation. The character first appeared in 1933 in a radio show conceived either by WXYZ (Detroit) radio station owner George W. Trendle, or by Fran Striker, the show's writer. The radio series proved to be a hit and spawned a series of books (largely written by Striker), an equally popular television show that ran from 1949 to 1957, comic books, and several movies. The film, intended as a
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care for Dan like his own son. Before Grandma Frisby passes away, The Lone Ranger removes his mask and lets her see his face. Her last words are "Ride on, Lone Ranger ... ride on forever ... with Danny at your side." The Lone Ranger takes the grieving Dan outside the cabin, gives him the locket and reveals their true relationship. Dan Reid Jr. would go on to be a recurring character throughout the remainder of the series, riding with The Lone Ranger and Tonto on his own horse Victor. Eventually, Dan Reid Jr. would be sent East to gain
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1980–1981 television season, NBC ran repeat episodes under the title Batman and the Super 7. The Dynamic Duo's lone crusade on NBC Saturday Morning, this hour long series featured all of the original ‘Super 7’ segments except "Jason of Star Command" and "Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle" (The Tarzan show continued airing repeats on CBS as part of "The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour" (1980–1981), later renamed "The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour" (1981–1982)). However, entire half-hour episodes of "The New Adventures of Batman" were heavily condensed into weekly 10-minute two-parters. To date, the only segment released in North America is the
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industry legend Jack Kirby, known collectively as the "Kirbyverse". Topps Comics particularly specialized in licensed titles with tie-ins to movies or television series, though it also published a few original series. Its longest-running and best-selling title was "The X-Files", based on the Fox TV show. These comic books featured former Marvel Comics editor Jim Salicrup as its editor-in-chief. Some of the more famous titles included "The X-Files", "Lone Ranger and Tonto" by Timothy Truman, "Xena", "Mars Attacks", and "Zorro", which introduced the famous comics character Lady Rawhide. With sales stagnating, the company decided to pull out of the comics business
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is not to be wasted or thrown away. In the 3rd episode, his friend, who will be making his bullets for him, mentions killing villains with the bullets and the Lone Ranger explains that he will not shoot to kill; he will let the law dispense justice. The silver bullets will be as symbols of justice. Whether he actually used silver bullets in his guns varies depending on story and medium. In the radio series, the Lone Ranger used only lead bullets as weapons, while the silver bullets were used symbolically. In the 1981 feature film, The Lone Ranger used
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Griff Barnett Griff Barnett (born Manley Griffith, November 12, 1884 – January 12, 1958) was an American actor. Barnett was born in Blue Ridge, Texas in 1884. He played the role of the Rexall family druggist in commercials on "The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show" on radio in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He also appeared in numerous films from the 1930s through the 1950s, including "To Each His Own" (1946), "Apartment for Peggy" (1948), and "Pinky" (1949). He frequently played doctors or lawyers. In 1954, he appeared in episode 131 of the TV series, "The Lone Ranger". He died
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a serialized version of the award-winning film released a year earlier to Lady Esther cosmetics. Unfortunately, Lady Esther rejected but General Mills soon would except. By the early 1940s, General Mills had been looking for a way to break into radio. Their first big break came in 1941 when the company became the official sponsor of "The Lone Ranger" radio program. But within months after landing sponsorship of "The Lone Ranger", the company were approached with the idea of a radio program that took popular novels of the time (past or present) and make serialized productions of them. The program
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the 11th episode of the radio show, which originated on the Detroit, Michigan, radio station WXYZ. Though he became well known as the Lone Ranger's friend, Tonto was originally created just so the Lone Ranger would have someone with whom to talk. Throughout the radio run (which spanned 21 years), with only a few exceptions, Tonto was played by American actor John Todd. Jay Silverheels portrayed the (arguably best-remembered version) in "The Lone Ranger" television series. This was the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit". Ivan Naranjo, a Blackfoot/Southern Ute
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in "The Legend of the Lone Ranger," due not only to the bad blood resulting from the legal actions against him but also his dissatisfaction with the manner in which the film handled the character. The "Who Was That Mashed Man?" episode in the 1980s TV sitcom "Night Court" featured a version of this case with a character called "The Red Ranger". The film was released to massive negative publicity fueled by the above controversy in 1981, and grossed a mere $12 million against its $18 million budget. Other contributing factors were the lack of public interest in Westerns by
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on a major network. In 1950, he appeared in the episode of "The Lone Ranger" titled "Never Say Die" as Matt Dooley. In 1955, he appeared in episode 175 of "The Lone Ranger". He later appeared in a guest-starring role in another ABC/WB Western series, "The Alaskans", starring Roger Moore. From 1957 to 1962, Teal was cast three times in different roles on another long-running Western series, "Wagon Train". He also appeared in an episode of "The Rifleman" and later in "Green Acres". In 1957, Teal played a lawman, Captain McNelly, in the episode "Sam Bass" of NBC's "Tales of
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commandant's residence in Washington, D.C. On December 2, 2010, he (along with brother Aaron) was given the title honorary Texas Ranger by Texas Governor Rick Perry. In 2010, he won the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the "ActionFest". In 2017 he was honored as "Honorary Texan" because for many years he has lived at his Texas ranch near Navasota and he starred as Texas Ranger in his movie Lone Wolf McQuade and starred as ranger Cordell Walker in TV series Walker, Texas Ranger. Norris married his classmate, Dianne Kay Holechek (born 1941), in December 1958 when he was 18, and Dianne
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TV shows such as "Desperate Housewives" (as Steve), "ER" (as Yuri), NBC's "Heroes", "Century City", "Huff" (as Kane), "Power Rangers Wild Force" (as General Venjix), "Once and Again" (as Steven), "L.A. Firefighters" (as Peter), "Maybe This Time" (as Takeshi) and more. In 2013, Kao joined the cast of the NBC TV series "Chicago P.D." (a spin-off from "Chicago Fire") as a series regular, a character named Detective Sheldon Jin who is in charge of surveillance at the Chicago Police Department Intelligence Unit. Kao shares his birthday with fellow "Power Rangers" actress Thuy Trang (1973–2001), who played the original Yellow Ranger,
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an ongoing series by the same team. On September 15, 2006, Dynamite Entertainment announced that "The Lone Ranger" #1 had sold out its first printing. A second printing of the first issue was announced; a first for the company. The series has received an Eisner Awards nomination for best new series in 2007. "True West" magazine awarded the publication the "Best Western Comic Book of the Year" in their 2009 "Best of The West Source Book!" And in 2010 Dynamite released "The Lone Ranger Avenges the Death of Zorro". The second volume of the series by Dynamite was issued in
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elements of science-fiction and steampunk technology included in the story. One of the Lone Ranger's archenemies in the animated series was a dwarf named Tiny Tom; an analogue to "The Wild Wild West"'s Dr. Miguelito Loveless. The Lone Ranger's voice was provided by Michael Rye {r.n. John Michael Riorden Billsbury}, and Shepard Menken provided that of Tonto. The narrator in the opening titles was Marvin Miller, whose narration ran: Other guest voices were provided by Paul Winchell, Agnes Moorehead, and Hans Conried. The animation was limited. But the backgrounds had a dark style, with blocks of color from the line,
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a 5-part miniseries written by Michael Uslan with art by Giovani Timpano. A third volume, written by Mark Russell and drawn by Bob Q, was scheduled for release in October 2018. All of them from Dynamite Entertainment, include: In 1937, eight issues of "The Lone Ranger Magazine" were published by Trojan Publishing, with stories written by Fran Striker. In late 1930's Roy Meredith produced the first-known animated film based on Lone Ranger, in this silent film The Lone Ranger and Tonto capture a band of cattle rustlers and save the life of the rancher. An animated series of "The Lone
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and the framing. No reason was given in the episode as to why Tonto chose to travel with the Lone Ranger, rather than continue about his business. A different version was given in later episodes of the radio drama and at the beginning of "The Lone Ranger" television series: Tonto rescues the sole surviving Texas Ranger of a party that was tricked into an ambush by the outlaw Butch Cavendish. Tonto recognizes the ranger as someone who had saved him when they were both boys. He refers to him by the title "ke-mo sah-bee", explaining that the phrase means "faithful
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