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Pictures released THE LONE RANGER serial in 1938 followed John Hart played The Lone Ranger for one season on TV. He is completing his first book, the story of the TV show Romper Room. Wayne Hicks is a Denver-based writer and student of popular culture. Hollywood Walk of Fame recognizes both the person and the part. Is so identified with the role of the Lone Ranger that his star on the Clayton Moore and the Lone Ranger areĪlive and will always be alive in the hearts and memories of our country." Moore and the Lone Ranger, in my opinion, in my heart and soul, have become In a camper, making as many as 200 personal appearances a year. savings bonds.ĭecade after the show ended, Moore could be found touring the country
To join the Lone Ranger Peace Patrol and buy U.S. In 1958 for a promotional film shown in schools in which he urged children The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold in 1958. Made two movies wearing his famous costume, The Lone Ranger in 1956 and I would go out and meet the public, the people who put me where I am." In which to do that, I would simply do it on my own in personal appearances.
If there were no more television series or feature films I made a decision:Įven after production of the series ended, I would continue portraying What, I wanted to continue to personify the Lone Ranger. Last year of the show, I became overwhelmed with the feeling that no matter That Masked Man, in which he offered this explanation: "During the Only natural, then, that Moore titled his 1996 autobiography I Was In another, Moore said: "The Lone Ranger is a great character, a greatĪmerican. "I like playing the good guy," he said in one interview.
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Loved being the Lone Ranger, my God, yes," John Hart says during a telephone That all men are createdĮqual and that everyone has within himself the power to make this a betterīelieve, truly and always, in the Lone Ranger's creed," Moore said in He lived by the creed of the Lone Ranger, which begins:īelieve that to have a friend, a man must be one.
Out of character, even refusing to allow himself photographed withoutĮither his mask or the large dark sunglasses he wore during his courtįight. The Lone Ranger a few years before, but for decades - even during a contentiousĭispute with the owners of the Lone Ranger copyright - Moore never stepped He missed 52 episodes filmedįor the third season when, during an apparent contract dispute, producers Wore the Lone Ranger's mask for 169 episodes.
Two more played the part in 1930s movie serials.īrought the role to television. ThreeĪctors lent their voice to the Lone Ranger during its radio days, and Silver and with his faithful Indian sidekick, Tonto, alongside him. The exploits of a former Texas Ranger roaming the West atop his steed Lone Ranger character originated on radio in 1933, and the program followed "I Am Spock." But Moore seemed content to play out his part. The role that made them famous Leonard Nimoy, for example, wrote theīook "I Am Not Spock" in 1975 and followed that up 20 years later with In 1957, preferring instead to live out his days as the man behind theĬommonly hampers an actor's career. In 1949, Moore abandoned the profession after the show's cancellation Moderately successful actor before he brought the character to television Clayton Moore, the part of the heroic Lone Ranger was the role of a lifetime.