September 15, 1949 (1949-09-15) – June 6, 1957 (1957-06-06)[1]
John Hart replaced Moore in the title role from 1952 to 1953 owing 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 1950s and its first true "hit".[3] The series finished number 7 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1950–1951 season,[4] number 18 for 1951–1952,[5] and number 29 for 1952–1953.[6]
A group of six Texas Rangers is ambushed and all are shot, apparently dead. In the hot sun, one lives and crawls to a pool of cool water which saves his life. He is found by a native Indian, Tonto, who buries the five other rangers, one of whom is the survivor's brother. Tonto tends to the survivor's health and complies with his wish to make him a mask from his brother's clothes and to create an empty sixth grave to appear that he is dead.
The "lone" surviving ranger thereafter disguises himself with the black mask Tonto made and travels with Tonto throughout Texas and the American West to assist those challenged by the lawless elements. In the first episode they are attacked from above just after he recovers and Tonto distracts the attacker from above as the Lone Ranger first shoots the attacker then tries to climb the cliff he is on. The episode ends with him on the cliff but slipping.
A silver mine in the second episode 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
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 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.[citation needed]
When it came time to produce another batch of 52 episodes, there is speculation of a wage dispute with Clayton Moore (although he stated in his autobiography I Was That Masked Man that he never really knew exactly why he was dismissed), and John Hart was hired to play the role of the Lone Ranger.[7] 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 1980s.[8][9][10][11]
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.
On November 11, 2009, Classic Media released The Lone Ranger: 75th Anniversary Edition to commemorate the show.[15] 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.[16]
See also
There were two animated cartoon series starring the Lone Ranger:
^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.
^Magers, Boyd. "The Lone Ranger". Western Clippings. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
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^McLellan, Dennis (June 12, 1993). "After 60 Years, the Lone Ranger Still Lives". 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). . The Independent. London. Archived from the original on October 2, 2009. 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.
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This article is about the television series For other uses see Lone Ranger disambiguation 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 2 The Lone RangerClayton Moore as The Lone RangerCreated byGeorge W Trendle Fran StrikerStarringClayton Moore Jay Silverheels John Hart Chuck CourtneyNarrated byGerald Mohr Fred FoyCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons5 9 years No of episodes221 list of episodes ProductionRunning time30 minutesProduction companiesApex Film Wrather ProductionsReleaseOriginal networkABCPicture formatBlack and white 1949 1956 Color 1956 1957 Audio formatMonauralOriginal releaseSeptember 15 1949 1949 09 15 June 6 1957 1957 06 06 1 John Hart replaced Moore in the title role from 1952 to 1953 owing 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 1950s and its first true hit 3 The series finished number 7 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1950 1951 season 4 number 18 for 1951 1952 5 and number 29 for 1952 1953 6 Contents 1 Series premise 2 Production 3 Episodes 4 Cast 5 Home media 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksSeries premise EditA group of six Texas Rangers is ambushed and all are shot apparently dead In the hot sun one lives and crawls to a pool of cool water which saves his life He is found by a native Indian Tonto who buries the five other rangers one of whom is the survivor s brother Tonto tends to the survivor s health and complies with his wish to make him a mask from his brother s clothes and to create an empty sixth grave to appear that he is dead The lone surviving ranger thereafter disguises himself with the black mask Tonto made and travels with Tonto throughout Texas and the American West to assist those challenged by the lawless elements In the first episode they are attacked from above just after he recovers and Tonto distracts the attacker from above as the Lone Ranger first shoots the attacker then tries to climb the cliff he is on The episode ends with him on the cliff but slipping A silver mine in the second episode 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 EditGeorge 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 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 citation needed When it came time to produce another batch of 52 episodes there is speculation of a wage dispute with Clayton Moore although he stated in his autobiography I Was That Masked Man that he never really knew exactly why he was dismissed and John Hart was hired to play the role of the Lone Ranger 7 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 1980s 8 9 10 11 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 Governor W Lee O Daniel Episodes EditMain article List of The Lone Ranger episodes SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast aired152September 15 1949 1949 09 15 September 7 1950 1950 09 07 226September 14 1950 1950 09 14 March 8 1951 1951 03 08 352September 11 1952 1952 09 11 September 3 1953 1953 09 03 452September 9 1954 1954 09 09 September 1 1955 1955 09 01 539September 13 1956 1956 09 13 June 6 1957 1957 06 06 Cast Edit Clayton Moore astride Silver and Jay Silverheels astride Scout in 1956Clayton Moore as The Lone Ranger 169 episodes 1949 1951 1954 1957 12 13 John Hart as The Lone Ranger 52 episodes 1952 1953 14 Jay Silverheels as Tonto 217 episodes 1949 1957 Chuck Courtney as Dan Reid Lone Ranger s nephew 14 episodes 1950 1955 Home media EditOn 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 15 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 16 See also EditThere were two animated cartoon series starring the Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger 1966 TV series The Lone Ranger 1980 TV series 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 Magers Boyd The Lone Ranger Western Clippings Retrieved May 9 2018 Clayton Moore the Lone Ranger dead at 85 CNN December 28 1999 Archived from the original on April 20 2003 Retrieved October 19 2009 ClassicTVguide com TV Ratings gt 1950 s classictvguide com Retrieved February 22 2023 ClassicTVguide com TV Ratings gt 1950 s classictvguide com Retrieved February 22 2023 ClassicTVguide com TV Ratings gt 1950 s classictvguide com Retrieved February 22 2023 McLellan Dennis June 12 1993 After 60 Years the Lone Ranger Still Lives 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 Archived from the original on October 2 2009 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 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 EditThe Lone Ranger at IMDb The Lone Ranger at YouTube Lone Ranger Rock at the Iverson Movie Ranch Iverson Movie Ranch History vintage photos Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Lone Ranger TV series amp oldid 1162081522, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
