The Lone Ranger (serial)'s wiki: The Lone Ranger is a 1938 American RepublicMovie serial based on the radio program of the same name. It was the ninth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic, the fourth western (a third of Republic's serials were westerns) and the first Republic serial release of 1938. The following year a sequel serial The Lone Ranger Rides Again was released.
Silverheels at The Meadow Racetrack in Pennsylvania, 1970s | |
Born | May 26, 1912 Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario, Canada |
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Died | March 5, 1980 (aged 67) |
Resting place | Cremation |
Residence | Calabasas, Los Angeles County, California |
Nationality | Mohawk / Canadian |
Occupation | Actor, stunt man, athlete, poet, salesman |
Years active | 1937–1980 |
Known for | Tonto |
Television | Tonto in The Lone Ranger (TV series) |
Spouse(s) | Bobbi Smith (?–1943) Mary Diroma (1945–1980) |
Partner(s) | Edna Lickers |
Children | 6 |
Jay Silverheels (born Harold Jay Smith, May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980)[1] was a Mohawk actor and athlete.[2] He was well known for his role as Tonto, the faithful Native American companion of the Lone Ranger[3][4] in the long-running American westerntelevision seriesThe Lone Ranger.
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Early life[edit]
Silverheels was born Harold Jay Smith in Canada, on the Six Nations of the Grand River, near Hagersville, Ontario.[5] He was a grandson of Mohawk Chief A. G. Smith and Mary Wedge, and one of the 11 children of Captain Alexander George Edwin Smith, MC, Cayuga, and his wife Mabel Phoebe Doxtater, also a Mohawk. His father[6] was wounded and decorated for service at the Battle of the Somme and Ypres during World War I, and later was an adjutant training Polish-American recruits for the Blue Army for service in France, at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
Athlete[edit]
Silverheels excelled in athletics, most notably in lacrosse, before leaving home to travel around North America. In the 1930s, he played indoor lacrosse as Harry Smith with the 'Iroquois' of Rochester, New York in the North American Amateur Lacrosse Association.[7] He lived for a time in Buffalo, New York, and in 1938 placed second in the Middleweight class of the Golden Gloves tournament.[8] Silverheels was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a veteran player in 1997.
Actor[edit]
Films[edit]
While playing in Los Angeles on a touring box lacrosse team in 1937, Silverheels impressed Joe E. Brown, with his athleticism.[2] Brown encouraged him to do a screen test, which led to his acting career.[9] Silverheels began working in motion pictures as an extra and stunt man[10][11] in 1937.[12] He was billed variously as Harold Smith and Harry Smith, and appeared in low-budget features, westerns, and serials.[13] He adopted his screen name from the nickname he had as a lacrosse player.[14][15][16] From the late 1940s, he played in major films, including Captain from Castile starring Tyrone Power, I Am an American (1944),[17]Key Largo with Humphrey Bogart (1948), Lust for Gold with Glenn Ford (1949), Broken Arrow (1950) with James Stewart, War Arrow (1953) with Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler and Noah Beery Jr., The Black Dakotas (1954) as Black Buffalo, Drums Across the River (1954), Walk the Proud Land (1956) with Audie Murphy and Anne Bancroft, Alias Jesse James (1959) with Bob Hope, and Indian Paint (1964) with Johnny Crawford. He made a brief appearance in True Grit (1969) as a condemned criminal about to be executed. He played a substantial role as John Crow in Santee (1973), starring Glenn Ford. One of his last roles was a wise white-haired chief in The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973).
Television[edit]
Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels as Tonto. Moore is riding Silver, while Silverheels is riding Scout.
Jay Silverheels achieved his greatest fame as Tonto on The Lone Ranger. The fictional story line maintains that a small group of Texas Rangers were massacred, with only a 'lone' survivor. The Lone Ranger and Tonto then ride throughout the West to assist those challenged by the lawless element. Their expenses and bullets are provided through a silver mine owned by The Lone Ranger, who also names his horse 'Silver'.[18] 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).[19]
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.[20] He also 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.[21] The sketch was featured on the 1973 record album Here's Johnny: Magic Moments From The Tonight Show. 'My name is Tonto. I hail 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 episode of ABC's The Brady Bunch, as a Native American who befriends the Bradys in the Grand Canyon, and in an episode of the short-lived Dusty's Trail, starring Bob Denver of Gilligan's Island.
In the early 1960s, Silverheels supported the Indian Actors Workshop,[22] where Native American actors refined their skills[23] in Echo Park, Los Angeles.[24] Today the workshop is firmly established.[25]
Personal life[edit]
Jay Silverheels raised, bred and raced Standardbred horses in his spare time. Once, when asked about possibly running Tonto's paint horse Scout in a race, Jay laughed off the idea: 'Heck, I can outrun Scout!'[26]
Married in 1945, Silverheels was the father of three girls (Marilyn, Pamela and Karen) and a boy Jay Anthony Silverheels, who later became an actor.[27]
Death[edit]
Silverheels suffered a stroke in 1976,[28] and the following year, Clayton Moore rode a paint horse in Silverheels' honor in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade.[29] Silverheels died on March 5, 1980, from complications of a stroke,[2] at age sixty-seven, in Calabasas, Los Angeles County, California.[30] He was cremated at Chapel of the Pines Crematory, and his ashes were returned to the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario.[28]
Legacy[edit]
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6538 Hollywood Blvd.
In 1993, Jay Silverheels was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was named to the Western New York Entertainment Hall of Fame, and his portrait hangs in Buffalo, New York's Shea's Buffalo Theatre. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6538 Hollywood Boulevard. First Americans in the Arts honored Jay Silverheels with their Life Achievement Award.
In 1997, Jay Silverheels was inducted, under the name Harry 'Tonto' Smith, into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in the Veteran Player category in recognition of his lacrosse career during the 1930s.
A fictionalized version of Silverheels appears in the Thrilling Adventure Hour serialized segment 'Tales from the Black Lagoon'.
Selected filmography[edit]
- Make a Wish (1937) - Indian Guide (uncredited)
- The Sea Hawk (1940) - Native Lookout (uncredited)
- Kit Carson (1940) - Indian (uncredited)
- Too Many Girls (1940) - Indian (uncredited)
- Hudson's Bay (1941) - Indian (uncredited)
- Western Union (1941) - Indian (uncredited)
- Jungle Girl (1941, Serial) - Lion Man Guard [Chs. 2-3, 15] (uncredited)
- This Woman Is Mine (1941) - Indian Marauder (uncredited)
- Valley of the Sun (1942) - Indian (uncredited)
- Perils of Nyoka (1942, Serial) - Tuareg (uncredited)
- Good Morning, Judge (1943) - Indian (uncredited)
- Daredevils of the West (1943, Serial) - Kiaga [Ch. 8-9] (uncredited)
- The Girl from Monterrey (1943) - Fighter Tito Flores
- Northern Pursuit (1943) - Indian (uncredited)
- The Phantom (1943, Serial) - Astari Warrior (uncredited)
- Raiders of the Border (1944) - Indian at Trading Post (uncredited)
- Passage to Marseille (1944) - Sailor Crewman on Boat Deck (uncredited)
- The Tiger Woman (1944, Serial) - Native at Shack Shoot-Out [Ch. 7] (uncredited)
- Call of the Jungle (1944) - Native (uncredited)
- Haunted Harbor (1944, Serial) - Native [Chs. 11-12] (uncredited)
- Lost in a Harem (1944) - Guard at Execution (uncredited)
- Tahiti Nights (1944) - Lua (uncredited)
- Song of the Sarong (1945) - Spearman (uncredited)
- Romance of the West (1946) - Young Bear (uncredited)
- Singin' in the Corn (1946) - Indian Brave
- Gas House Kids Go West (1947) - Kingsley's Henchman (uncredited)
- Northwest Outpost (1947) - Indian Scout (uncredited)
- Unconquered (1947) - Indian (uncredited)
- The Last Round-up (1947) - Sam Luther (uncredited)
- The Prairie (1947) - Running Deer
- Captain from Castile (1947) - Coatl (uncredited)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) - Indian Guide at Pier (uncredited)
- Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) - Little Dog (uncredited)
- Key Largo (1948) - Tom Osceola (uncredited)
- Singin' Spurs (1948) - Abel
- Family Honeymoon (1948) - Elevator Boy (uncredited)
- The Feathered Serpent (1948) - Diego (uncredited)
- Yellow Sky (1948) - Indian (uncredited)
- Song of India (1949) - Villager (uncredited)
- Tulsa (1949) - Creek Indian (uncredited)
- Laramie (1949) - Running Wolf (uncredited)
- Lust for Gold (1949) - Deputy Walter (uncredited)
- Trail of the Yukon (1949) - Poleon
- Sand (1949) - Indian (uncredited)
- The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) - Lakoma
- Broken Arrow (1950) - Geronimo (uncredited)
- The Wild Blue Yonder (1951) - Benders
- Red Mountain (1951) - Little Crow
- The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) - Geronimo
- The Half-Breed (1952) - Apache (uncredited)
- Brave Warrior (1952) - Tecumseh
- The Story of Will Rogers (1952) - Joe Arrow (uncredited)
- Yankee Buccaneer (1952) - Lead Warrior
- The Pathfinder (1952) - Chingachgook
- The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1952) - Tonto
- Last of the Comanches (1953) - Indian (uncredited)
- Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) - Red Cloud
- The Nebraskan (1953) - Spotted Bear
- War Arrow (1953) - Satanta
- Saskatchewan (1954) (with Alan Ladd) - Cajou
- Drums Across The River (1954) (with Audie Murphy) - Taos
- The Black Dakotas (1954) - Black Buffalo
- Four Guns to the Border (1954) - Yaqui
- Masterson of Kansas (1954) - Yellow Hawk
- The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1955, TV Movie) - Tonto
- The Lone Ranger Story (1955) - Tonto
- The Vanishing American (1955) - Beeteia
- The Lone Ranger (1956) - Tonto
- Walk the Proud Land (1956) - Geronimo
- Return to Warbow (1958) - Indian Joe
- The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958) - Tonto
- Alias Jesse James (1959) - Tonto (uncredited)
- Indian Paint (1965) - Chief Hevatanu
- Smith! (1969) - McDonald Lasheway
- True Grit (1969) - Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)
- The Phynx (1970) - Tonto
- In Pursuit of Treasure (1972)
- One Little Indian (1973) - Jimmy Wolf
- The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973) - The Chief
- Santee (1973) - John Crow
Television[edit]
- The Lone Ranger - 217 episodes - Tonto (1949-1957)
- Wide Wide World - episode - The Western - Himself (1958)
- Wanted Dead or Alive - episode - Man on Horseback - Charley Red Cloud (1959)
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color - episode - Texas John Slaughter: Apache Friendship & Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge - Natchez (1960)
- Gunslinger - episode - The Recruit - Hopi Indian (1961)
- Wagon Train - episode - Path of the Serpent - The Serpent (1961)
- Rawhide - episode - The Gentleman's Gentleman - Pawnee Joe (1961)
- Laramie - episode - The Day of the Savage - Toma (1962)
- Daniel Boone - episode - Mountain of the Dead - Chenrogan (1964)
- Daniel Boone - episode - The Quietists - Latawa (1965)
- Branded - episode - The Test - Wild Horse (1965)
- Daniel Boone - episode - The Christmas Story - Sashona (1965)
- Gentle Ben - episode - Invasion of Willie Sam Gopher - Willie Sam Gopher (1967)
- The Virginian - episode - The Heritage - Den'Gwatzi (1968)
- The Brady Bunch - episode - The Brady Braves - Chief Eagle Cloud (1971)
- The Virginian - episode - The Animal - Spotted Hand (1971)
- Cannon - episode - Valley of the Damned - Jimmy One Eye (1973)
- CHiPs - episode - Poachers (1980)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^'Official website, Haudenosaunee Confederacy, League of Nations'. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ abcDaily, Hall (March 6, 1980). 'A legend dies with Jay Silverheels'. Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 16.
- ^[1]Archived September 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^'His job in Hollywood was to help his partner, 'The Lone Ranger' stop the devious plots of hardened outlaws'(PDF). Heroinyou.ca. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^Klein, Jeff Z. (31 August 2013). 'A Sidekick's Little-Known Leading Role in Lacrosse'. The New York Times. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^Hauptman, Laurence (2008). Seven Generations of Iroquois Leadership: The Six Nations Since 1800. Syracuse University Press. pp. 102, 126. ISBN978-0-8156-3165-1.
- ^'In the 1930s he played lacrosse with the Rochester, NY 'Iroquois' team of the North American Amateur Lacrosse Association'. Brantsportshall.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^'He finished second in the Eastern Square finals of the Golden Gloves boxing championshipin Madison Square Garden'. Nimst.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^Klein, Jeff Z. (2013-08-31). 'A Sidekick's Little-Known Leading Role in Lacrosse'. The New York Times.
- ^'Silverheels, an accomplished boxer, wrestler and lacrosse player, capitalized on this athletic prowess to break into the movie business, starting as a stuntman and extra'. Ammsa.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^'He worked as a stuntman and extra before landing bit parts in the early 1940s, almost always credited as simply 'Indian' or 'Indian Brave''. Canadaka.net. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^Quinlan, David (1985), Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Character Actors (1995 revised ed.), Great Britain: The Bath Press, p. 319, ISBN0-87000-412-3
- ^'he was in four serials at Republic when he was still going by Harry Smith, before he changed his name'. B-westerns.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^'Changing his name to Jay Smith Silverheels, a nickname from his uncle due to his running style'. Haudenosauneeconfederacy.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^'he became noted for the white running shoes he wore. He was so swift that his feet were streaks'. Lonerangerfanclub.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^'Tonto via Toronto: The Rise and Fall of Jay Silverheels by Kliph Nesteroff - WFMU's Beware of the Blog'. Blog.wfmu.org. 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^The 16 minute film, I Am an American, was featured in American theaters as a short feature in connection with 'I Am an American Day' (now called Constitution Day). I Am an American was produced by Gordon Hollingshead, written and directed by Crane Wilbur, and featured Humphrey Bogart, Gary Gray, Gordon Hart, Dick Haymes, Danny Kaye, Joan Leslie, Mary Lee Moody, Dennis Morgan, Knute Rockne, and Jay Silverheels. See: I Am An American at the TCM Movie Database .
- ^Billy Hathorn, 'Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967', West Texas Historical Review, Vol. 89 (2013), p. 103
- ^'In addition to starring in The Lone Ranger television series from 1949 to 1957, Silverheels appeared in the films The Lone Ranger and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold'. Walkoffame.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^'with his career no longer sufficient to support his family, he began working as a salesman'. Amoeba.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^'Silverheels as 'Tonto' in Jimmy Carson's Late Night Show (film)'. Youtube.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^'Silverheels was a spokesperson for aboriginal actors and in 1963 founded the Indian Actors Workshop'. Infoplease.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^'He founded the Indian Actors' Workshop in 1966 with Will Sampson and offered free classes for Native Americans'. Famouscanadians.net. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^'He formed the Indian Actors Workshop in Echo Park in the late 1960s'. Celebhost.net. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^'He later founded the Indian Actors Workshop, which he devoted enormous amounts of time and resources to. It still exists today'. Jessicacrabtree.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^'In the 70's he became a harness racing driver and bred horses'. Tv.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^'married, wife's name: Mary; children: Marilyn, Pamela, Karen, Jay Anthony'. Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^ abCheryl Petten. 'Jay Silverheels: TV star paves way for Indian actors'. Archived from the original on 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^'Jay Silverheels, Played Tonto in The Lone Ranger'. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^'Jay Silverheels suffered a stroke in 1974 and passed away on March 5, 1980 after several years of ill health'. Theloneranger.tv. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Bibliography[edit]
- Lamparski, Richard (1970) [1968]. Whatever Became Of...? Volume 3. New York: Ace Books. OCLC8977472.
- Misiak, Zig (2012). Tonto: The Man in Front of the Mask. Brantford, Ont.: Real Peoples History. ISBN978-0981188065. OCLC933150680.
External links[edit]
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The Lone Ranger | |
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Created by | George W. Trendle Fran Striker |
Starring | Clayton Moore Jay Silverheels John Hart Chuck Courtney |
Narrated by | Gerald Mohr Fred Foy |
Opening theme | 'William Tell Overture' by Gioachino Rossini |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 5 (9 years) |
No. of episodes | 221 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Apex Film Wrather Productions |
Distributor | Gray-Schwartz Enterprises |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | Black-and-white (1949–1956) Color (1956–1957) |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | September 15, 1949 – June 6, 1957[1] |
The Lone Ranger is an Americanwesterndramatelevision 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 series, but story narration was dropped after 16 episodes. The Lone Ranger was the highest-rated television program on ABC in the early 1950's and its first true 'hit'.[2] The series finished #7 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1950–1951 season, #18 for 1951–1952 and #29 for 1952–1953.[3]
Series premise[edit]
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 Ranger with the name of his horse as well as the funds required to finance his wandering lifestyle 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.
Production[edit]
George W. Trendle retained the title of producer, although he recognized that his experience in radio was not adequate for 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 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.[4] Once again, the 52 new episodes were aired in sequence followed by 52 weeks rerunning them. Despite 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 1980's.[5][6][7][8]
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 of 39, which had become the industry standard. Wrather invested money from his own pocket to film in color, although ABC telecast only in black and white. Wrather also went outdoors for action footage. Otherwise, the series was mostly filmed on a studio sound stage. Another big change, not readily detectable by the viewers, was replacing Jack Chertok with producer Sherman A. Harris. By this time, Chertok had established his own television production company and was busy producing other programs.
Wrather decided not to negotiate further with the network and took the property to the big screen and canceled television 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 GovernorW. Lee O'Daniel.
Episodes[edit]
Cast[edit]
Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels in 1956
- Clayton Moore as The Lone Ranger (169 episodes; 1949–1951, 1954–1957)[9][10]
- John Hart as The Lone Ranger (52 episodes; 1952–1953)[11]
- Jay Silverheels as Tonto (217 episodes; 1949–1957)
- Chuck Courtney as Dan Reid (Lone Ranger's nephew) (14 episodes; 1950–1955)
Guest stars[edit]
- Michael Ansara - Angry Horse in episode 74 - 'Trouble at Black Rock' (1951).
- James Arness - Deputy Bud Titus in episode 33 - 'Matter of Courage' (1950).
- John Banner - Von Baden in episode 39 - 'Damsels in Distress' (1950)
- Frances Bavier - Aunt Maggie Sawtelle in episode 159 - 'Sawtelle Saga's End' (1955).
- Hugh Beaumont - Reverend Randy Roberts in episode 99- 'The Godless Men' (1953).
- Lane Bradford - Jake in episode 4 - 'The Legion of Old Timers' (1949), Slick in episode 19 - 'Greed for Gold' (1950), Sergeant Pala in episode 44 - 'White Man's Magic' (1950), Lige Watkin in episode 58 - 'Crime in Time' (1950), Joe in episode 64 - 'Desert Adventure' (1950), Gat Towson in episode 71 - 'The Outcast' (1951), Dusty in episode 76 - 'The Hooded Men' (1951), Rufe in episode 84 - 'Jeb's Gold Mine' (1952), Zeke in episode 105 - 'A Stage for Mademoiselle' (1953), Smiley Hawks in episode 111 - 'The Deserter' (1953), Gus in episode 133 - 'Message to Fort Apache' (1954), Matt Rusk in episode 138 - 'Stage to Teshimingo' (1954), Jed in episode 187 - 'The Cross of Santo Domingo' (1956), George Stark in episode 197 - 'Christmas Story' (1956), and Duke Wade in episode 216 - 'Mission for Tonto' (1957).
- Robert Bray - Al Davis in episode 84 - 'Jeb's Gold Mine' (1952), Ben in episode 98 - 'Bandits in Uniform' (1953), Dan Glick in episode 125 - 'The Perfect Crime' (1953), Joe Tarbuck in episode 137 - 'Outlaw's Trail' (1954), Mace in episode 146 - 'Two for Juan Ringo' (1954), and Mike Barty in episode 163 - 'False Accusation' (1955).
- Harry Carey, Jr. - Jay Thomasson in episode 174 - 'The Return of Dice Dawson' (1955).
- Harry Cheshire - Judge Wells in episode 90 - 'Word of Honor' (1952), Doc Wilson in episode 123 - 'The Midnight Rider' (1953).
- Phyllis Coates - Ann Wyman in episode 124 - 'Stage to Estacado' (1953) Naomi Courtwright in episode 125 - 'The Perfect Crime' (1953) and Jane Johnson in 166 - 'Woman in the White Mask' (1955).
- Christopher Dark - Dr. William Hubbard in episode 139 - 'Texas Draw' (1954), Kat-Kem in episode 176 - 'The Return' (1955)
- Gail Davis - episodes 25 - 'Buried Treasure' and 38 - 'Spanish Gold' (both 1950). episode 77 - 'Friend In Need' (1951)
- John Doucette - Dirk in episode 14 - 'The Masked Rider' (1949), Ox Martin in episode 31 - 'Gold Fever' (1950), Rocky Hanford in episode 46 - 'Sheriff of Gunstock' (1950), Pierre Dumont in episode 60 - 'Thieves' Money' (1950), Flack in episode 76 - 'The Hooded Men' (1951), Andrew Gage in episode 98 - 'Bandits in Uniform' (1953), Blaze in episode 131 - 'The Fugitive' (1954), Kelso in episode 140 - 'Rendezvous at Whipsaw' (1954), Lew Cates in episode 150 - 'The School Story' (1955), Deputy Sawyer in episode 178 - 'Trapped' (1955), and Beau Slate in episode 181 - 'Counterfeit Redskins' (1955)
- Frank Ferguson - Lester Grey in episode 147 - 'The Globe' (1954), Oscar Vale in episode 149 - 'Enfield Rifle' (1955), Cassius Holt in episode 173 - 'Death Goes to Press' (1955), Bennett in episode 178 - 'Trapped' (1955).
- Margaret Field - episode 19 - 'Greed for Gold' (1950).
- John Hart - episodes 34 - 'Rifles and Renegades' and 46 - 'Sheriff at Gunstock' (both 1950). Hart would return to the series in the title role for one season in 1952-1953.
- Percy Helton - episode 148 - 'Dan Reid's Sacrifice' (1955).
- Dwayne Hickman, along with his brother Darryl Hickman - episode 75 - 'Two Gold Lockets' (1951).
- David Holt - episode 30 - the prison warden's kidnapped son in 'Never Say Die' (1950).
- I. Stanford Jolley - Asa Jones in episode 34 - 'Rifles and Renegades' (1950), Stark Durfee in episode 42 - 'Eye for an Eye' (1950), Seth in episode 67 - 'Lady Killer' (1950), Will Motter in episode 97 - 'Trader Boggs' (1953), Don Esteban in episode 98 - 'Bandits in Uniform' (1953), and Dave in episode 119 - 'Hidden Fortune' (1953).
- Dick Jones - episode 40 - 'Man Without a Gun' (1950).
- Stacy Keach, Sr. - episode 168 - 'Showdown at Sand Creek' (1955).
- DeForest Kelley - three episodes: 4 - 'The Legion of Old Timers' (1949), 27 - 'Gold Trains' (1950), and 117 - 'Death in the Forest' (1953).
- Douglas Kennedy - Curley Bates in episode 41 - 'A Pardon for Curley' (1950), Slim Roberts in episode 82 - 'Desperado at Large' (1952), Bull Gunderson in episode 86 - 'Ranger in Danger' (1952), George Milliner in episode 101 - 'Right to Vote' (1953), Sheriff Tom Lowell in episode 136 - 'Six Gun Sanctuary' (1954), and John Trent in episode 161 - 'Trigger Finger' (1955).
- Nan Leslie - Nancy Barton in episode 14 - 'The Masked Rider' (1949), Alicia Scoville in episode 47 - 'The Wrong Man' (1950), Leia Anson in episode 67 - 'Lady Killer' (1950), Martha Neal in episode 81 - 'Special Edition' (1952), Molly O'Connel in episode 110 - 'The Durango Kid' (1953), Kitty Martin in episode 118 - 'Gentleman from Julesburg' (1953), Jean Scott in episode 143 - 'A Broken Match' (1954), and Susan Starr in episode 175 - 'Adventure at Arbuckle' (1956). 'The Masked Rider' was her television debut.
- Marjorie Lord - episode 155 - 'The Law Lady' (1955).
- Tyler MacDuff - Brad Stanton in episode 182 - 'One Nation, Indivisible' (1955), Clint Harkey in episode 194 - 'The Twisted Track' (1956), Kip Holloway in episode 216 - 'Mission for Tonto' (1957) Is the only television actor to have spoken both of the lines 'Who was that masked man?' and 'That was the Lone Ranger!'[12]
- David McMahon - Clay Durfee in episode 42 - 'Eye for an Eye' (1950), Jim Collins in episode 60 - 'Thieves' Money' (1950), Mr. Herbert in episode 78 - 'Mr. Trouble' (1951), and Bert in episode 90 - 'Word of Honor' (1952)
- Martin Milner - episode 28 - 'Pay Dirt' (1950).
- Ewing Mitchell - Major in episode 201 - 'The Courage of Tonto' and Tom Bryan in 218 - 'The Banker's Son' (both 1957).
- Noel Neill - episode 69 - 'Letter of the Law' (1951).
- John M. Pickard - Smokey Baines in episode 79 - 'Outlaw's Son' (1952), Jeff Seaton in episode 94 - 'Best Laid Plans' (1952), Henry Flack in episode 126 - 'The Ghost of Coyote Canyon' (1953), Matt Coleman in episode 158 - 'Sunstroke Mesa' (1955), Moose Miller in episode 169 - 'Heart of a Cheater' (1955), Jess Tyler in episode 196 - 'Trouble at Tylerville' (1956), and Lem Hollister in episode 221 - 'Outlaws in Grease Paint' (1957).
- Slim Pickens - episode 184 - 'The Sheriff of Smoke Tree' (1956).episode 192 - 'The Letter Bride' (1956).
- Denver Pyle - episodes 71 - 'The Outcast', 72 - 'Backtrail' and 76 - 'The Hooded Men' (1951), episode 166 - 'The Woman in the White Mask' (1955), and episodes 187 - 'The Cross of Santo Domingo' and 190 - 'Quicksand' (both 1956).
- Mike Ragan - Curly in episode 21 - 'Barnaby Boggs, Esquire' (1950), Pike Lane in episode 34 - 'Bullets for Ballots' (1950), Crane in episode 50 - 'The Black Widow' (1950), Al in episode 57 - 'Danger Ahead' (1950), Chad Hackett in episode 70 - 'Silent Voice' (1951), Jeff Durbin in episode 83 - 'Through the Wall' (1952), Dave in episode 188 - 'White Hawk's Decision' (1956), Slim Wiley in episode 191 - 'Quarter Horse War' (1956), Sloat in episode 198 - 'Ghost Canyon' (1956).
- Marion Ross - episode 139 - 'Texas Draw' (1954).
- Victor Sen Yung - episode 192 - 'The Letter Bride' (1956).
- Kim Spalding - Moose in episode 53 - 'Million Dollar Wallpaper' (1950), Ed in episode 72 - 'Backtrail' (1951), and Joe in episode 103 - 'Tumblerock Law' (1953).
- Glenn Strange - played Butch Cavendish in episodes 1 - 'Enter the Lone Ranger' (1949), 2 - 'The Lone Ranger Fights On' (1949), 3 - 'The Lone Ranger's Triumph' (1949), and 30 - 'Never Say Die' (1950). Also appeared as Bart Walton in episode 95 - 'Indian Charlie' (1953), Tom Casley in episode 122 - 'Gunpowder Joe' (1953), and as a stagecoach driver in episodes 132 - 'Ex-Marshal' (1954) and 160 - 'The Too-Perfect Signature' (1955).
- William Tannen - Curly in episode 20 - 'Man of the House' (1950), Major Halliday in episode 191 - 'Quarter Horse War' (1956), and Seth McKeever in episode 195 - 'Decision for Chris McKeever' (1956)
- Carol Thurston - Beata in episode 13 - 'Finders Keepers' (1949) and Mary Turner in 62 - 'Masked Deputy' (1950).
- Minerva Urecal - episode 29 - 'Ghost Town Fury' (1950) and episode 145 - 'Homer With a High Hat' (1954).
- Lee Van Cleef - episode 82 - 'Desperado at Large' (1952), and episodes 114 - 'The Brown Pony' and 124 - 'Stage to Estacado' (both 1953).
- Eddy Waller - Jules in episode 118 - 'The Gentleman from Julesburg' (1953), Jim Haskell in episode 169 - 'Heart of a Cheater' (1955), and Hardrock Hazen in episode 170 - 'The Swami' (1955).
- Frank Wilcox - Ross Colby in episode 88 - 'The Map' (1952), Samuel DeWitt in episode 105 - 'A Stage for Mademoiselle' (1953), Slate Corbaley in episode 128 - 'Prisoner in Jeopardy' (1953), and Bradford in episode 176 - 'The Return' (1955).
- Guy Williams - played a love-struck sheriff in episode 42 - 'Six-Gun Artist' (1955). He was later known for performing as Zorro, one of the inspirations for The Lone Ranger character.
- Michael Winkelman - Chip Truett in episode 212 - 'The Prince of Buffalo Gap' (1957).[13]
- Sheb Wooley - episodes 116 - 'The Wake of War' and 124 - 'Stage to Estacado' (both 1953), episode 133 - 'Message to Fort Apache' (1954), and episode 165 - 'Wanted: The Lone Ranger' (1955).
- Hank Worden - Rusty Bates in episode 9 - 'The Tenderfeet' (1949), Stage Driver Whip in episode 121 - 'Woman from Omaha' (1953), Ed in episode 126 - 'The Ghost of Coyote Canyon' (1953), Ike Beatty in episode 138 - 'Stage to Teshimingo' (1954), Jud in episode 179 - 'The Bait: Gold' (1955), and Bruckner in episode 218 - 'The Banker's Son' (1957).
Home releases[edit]
On March 31, 2009, Mill Creek Entertainment released the box set Gun Justice featuring The Lone Ranger with 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.[14] 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, though many of the episodes are the syndicated edits missing two to three minutes.[15]
References[edit]
- ^Goldstein, Richard (December 29, 1999). 'Clayton Moore, Television's Lone Ranger And a Persistent Masked Man, Dies at 85'. The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ^'Clayton Moore, the 'Lone Ranger,' dead at 85'. CNN. December 28, 1999. Archived from the original on April 20, 2003. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^'TV Ratings'. classictvhits.com.
- ^McLellan, Dennis (June 12, 1993). 'After 60 Years, the Lone Ranger Still Lives'. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
- ^'Clayton Moore, the 'Lone Ranger', dead at 85'. CNN. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^Vallance, Tom (December 30, 1999). 'Obituary: Clayton Moore'. The Independent. London. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^Stassel, Stephanie (December 29, 1999). 'Clayton Moore, TV's 'Lone Ranger', Dies'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^'Lone Ranger star dies'. BBC. December 29, 1999. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^McLellan, Dennis (June 9, 1993). 'A Gathering of Kemo Sabes'. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
- ^'Who's That Masked Man? Hi-Yo-It's Clayton Moore!'. The Los Angeles Times. January 15, 1985. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
- ^McLellan, Dennis. 'John Hart dies at 91; the other 'Lone Ranger''. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
- ^'Biography for Tyler MacDuff'. Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
- ^'MichaelWinkelman (1946-1999)'. Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ^'The Lone Ranger - Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear'. TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^'The Lone Ranger DVD news: Package Art for The Lone Ranger - Collector's Edition'. TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
External links[edit]
- The Lone Ranger at TV.com
- The Lone Ranger on IMDb
- The Lone Ranger at YouTube
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