The Lone Ranger is the sole survivor of a group of six ambushed Texas Rangers. While details differ, the basic story of the Lone Ranger's origin is consistent in most versions of the franchise.

7.8.2 The Lone Ranger: The Lost Episodes, 2001.

6.2.1 The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981).

5.3 The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour, early 1980s.

5.2 Format Films animated cartoon, 1966 to 1968.

5.1 The Return of the Lone Ranger (1961).

3.5 Hi-Yo Silver!, Kemo sabe, and other cultural tropes.

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. Ĭlayton Moore portrayed the Lone Ranger on television, although, during a contract dispute, Moore was replaced for a season by John Hart, who wore a different style of mask. The title character was played on the radio show by Earle Graser for some 1,300 episodes, but three others preceded him, according to The New York Times: 'a man named Deeds, who lasted only a few weeks a George Stenius, and then Brace Beemer the latter became the narrator of the program. 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 films. Trendle or by Fran Striker, the show's writer. He first appeared in 1933 in a radio show on WXYZ (Detroit), conceived either by station owner George W.

The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend, Tonto.

Above-average athlete, horseman, hand-to-hand combat, and master of disguise

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