They spent quite a bit of time with The Lone Ranger - Clayton Moore - showing how much respect and admiration they had for one of the truly great and beloved actors on early TV! Us boomer kids LOVED watching him and Tonto bring the bad guys to justice!
I still proudly display a picture of me with The Lone Ranger. He was my boyhood hero and getting to meet him was a thrill. That was 1986 and it was amazing to see the line of 40-something men waiting to meet their hero. We were all excited like a bunch of kids. My favorite cowboy of all time!
And I'm willing to bet it was every bit as exciting for Mr. Moore also. I've read that he cherished seeing the youngsters who faithfully watched The Lone Ranger.
No other Western TV series had me watching (in syndication) as much as The Lone Ranger (1949-57). I might have seen some from the last year (in color), but mostly after in endless syndication; still is today on the Family Entertainment network (FeTV) on its Saturday afternoon showings and other times. The one difference between it and other Westerns was its orientation to justice and not just frequent shoot-'em-ups or duels in the streets.
I like that Clayton takes care of himself and does great honor to the masked man that shaped many young lives. The Ranger taught me what integrity and honor were.
It was a shame, John Laughlin didn't take as good care of himself after the movie. I know people get old But look at The Texas Ranger dude. Just as in shape as he was in the T.V. Show.
Clayton Moore fully embraced being the Lone Ranger. He never shied away from the character, which I think is wonderful. He knew how important it was to his fans and gave them what they wanted. A gentleman through and through.
garyhanis, said like another person who believes the Lone Ranger started as a TV show. But to those who grew up listening to the old radio show, they might strongly disagree with your statement.
there was a lot of litigation about that when they wanted to introduce a new Lone Ranger in the new feature The Legend of the Lone Ranger...Clayton Moore did not own the rights to the character like Elvira and Pee Wee Herman.... so during that time, he wore wrap around dark glasses...... after the film was a dismal flop ,,,, I think they essentially gave up and let Clayton Moore appear as the character without bothering him....
@@alpha-omega2362 Jack Wrather, an oil tycoon, according to Wikipedia, which states he dropped the suit two months before he died. No, I'm not picking straws. 🙂
OMG---- I watched him on TV as a young girl and here I am today a senior and I am still watching his show. and it is almost the year 2020. INCREDIBLE......He and Tonto a true long living legend.. luv them
Maybe it's because The Lone Ranger started out and ran for most of it's run in B&W, but seeing The Lone Ranger himself in vivid color just blows you away. What an icon!
The Lone Ranger's real name was John Reid and his brother, the Ranger Captain, was Dan Reid who also had a son named Dan. The LR made the mask out of his brother's vest. In another generation, young Dan Reid grew up to be the publisher of the Daily Sentinel and the father of Britt Reid, the Green Hornet.
@joe fincham: I'd give anything2 go bk2 the 50's, my parents, the TV shows & esp Sun nites when everyone truly did gather in the LR to watch the one TV in the house & watch Ed Sullivan. It never got better than that...
Clayton Moore and George Reeves both embodied their respective characters in the 1950s and reflected positive values. RIP to both. I like how Mr. Moore used his Prospector Pete voice for the panel (I hope I got the name right for the bearded old man he sometimes disguised himself as).
Except that Clayton Moore wld never have put himself in any situation to cause himself to be murdered or commit suicide whichever was the case. George Reeves never lived up to any Superman characteristics or if there had been a creed he wld have failed it miserably!
Clayton Moore didn't mention that before 1949 he had a very active role in the 1940s as a leading man in serials like Perils of Nyoka, Jesse James Rides Again, The Ghost of Zorro and even as a bad guy henchman in The Crimson Ghost, which can be viewed on UA-cam.
@@PointsofData There r no true role models today! If u think of any as such, u don't know what a true & honest role model is for numerous reasons - namely one: speaking clear & proper English - one of the many Clayton Moore as the LR was constantly praised for esp. for the benefit of teaching the kids if the day!
@@linatortorella5424 That dogwhistle’s getting real worn down by now, buddy. Role models still exist today, regardless of whether you want to deny their existence or not. You just need to know where to find them. Also nice touch that you tout the fact that real role models need to speak “clear and proper” English as a key reason for why they don’t exist today, when half of your words are abbreviated left and right. No wonder you say they don’t exist anymore, looks like there weren’t any in your time, either!
The Lone Ranger was one of my heroes when I young. He still is. I never had the pleasure of meeting Clayton Moore, but I did meet his daughter, Dawn, and the other TV Lone Ranger, John Hart. Alas, the Lone Ranger Restaurants were only around for a very brief time in the early 1970s.
He got into all sorts of legal entanglements because he didn't own the rights to the Lone Ranger. He eventually was forced to wear large dark sunglasses in place of the iconic black mask when he made his many public appearances (kids and adults still loved Clayton even 20+ years after the TV series ended) . It was a miserable way for lawyers to treat a living American Hero. I was happy that the 1981 Lone Ranger movie tanked, and the 2012 movie didn't do much better. That was karma for trying to ruin the reputation of a beloved TV star.
I am 70 and the lone ranger broke new ground for morality and he was far ahead of his time as to the indians. Even back then he was standing up for what was right and with Tonto a full blood mohawk many of the episodes defended the indians and made groundbreaking statements long before anyone. Clayton Moore in real life did not drink or smoke and lived out a good life. His personna as the lone ranger was real and he was not a fake behind the scenes in real life. Thats why he came across the way he did. "no Tonto I only shoot to wound ---not to kill". Bad guy episode 2? falls off cliff. Tonto says "Kemosabe me glad him dead he deserved it" Lone Ranger says "no Tonto no man deserves to die like this"
I grew up watching the Lone Ranger. He truly was a hero to us, and he always had the highest of standards! Clayton Moore was the Lone Ranger both on and off the screen!! He taught a generation of kids how to act responsibly!!! Where are the Clayton Moores today??
One of the few WML shows that I’ve seen in color! Fabulous - and it was so great to see Clayton Moore who was such a class act. And one of my favorite hams, Soupy Sales!
Soupy was from near Kenova WV....I am from across Ohio River in Ohio....Soupy frequented an Italian restaurant there called Rococos. In the 90s I was visiting the area to see family and we went to Rococos....Soupy was there at his usual big round table full of guests....he was there be for we arrived and long after we left.....Soupy 's table had at least 3 turnovers of guests while we dined....It was like he was The Godfather....at the wedding scene....many folks sat for him.......strange but cool.
I was a major fan of the Lone Ranger radio shows, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights from WXYZ in Detroit back in the late 1940's. As Soupy mentioned, Brace Beemer was the radio Lone Ranger (Clayton and Brace had very similar voices). I remember many years ago watching an old black & white movie. I recognized the voice of Clayton Moore right away so I can say I saw the Lone Ranger without his mask on. It's also worthy to note that among the extras that were used on the radio shows was a young up and comer named Casey Kasem. Casey told me that himself.
In 1979 a movie producer Jack Wrather, who wanted to do a new film version of the Lone Ranger, enjoined Clayton Moore from making public appearances dressed as the Lone Ranger because Wrather owned the legal rights to the Lone Ranger character. The move by Wrather was disastrous and the public's sympathy for Moore helped cause the movie to bomb. Moore got around the injunction by making appearances with sun glasses rather than a mask. In 1984 Wrather dropped the injunction and allowed Moore to make appearances dressed as the Lone Ranger.
Actually, Wrather died and his widow gave Clayton Moore back his mask the next day. I have an autographed copy of Moore's autobiography "I Was That Masked Man".
@@mary-annemueller9885, who played L.R.? Armie Hammer heir from the baking soda commie grandpa, played the character in 1994, I believe, and it was awful.
My nephew, who was about 5-6 yrs old in the early 70's, was getting ready to watch the Lone Ranger on TV. He comes up to me, grabbing my hand and pulls me towards the TV and says,.."Aunt Kaffy (Kathy) Aunt Kaffy, watch! Lone Ranger is gonna do a wheelie on his horse!" I stood there and watched, (as though I had never seen it before) and I was 'so amazed' that the Lone Ranger did a wheelie on his horse! VERY fond memories!!
@@bradmarkell8999 I do have a picture of him somewhere but it has been 65 years ago. I am now 81 years old. I even he gave each of us a silver bullet. But I don't where it is. I think my brother got it and he passed away 19 years ago.
@@mary-annemueller9885 I have no idea what mall. I think it was in Hackensack NJ. We lived in Moonachie, New Jersey at that time. My father worked in NYC for 4 years and we moved back home after that. When we first moved up there we had an apartment in Rockaway beach, NY and that was an resort area and we had to come home and get our trailer and move to a trailer park in Bayonne, NJ. My father bought a bigger trailer and the trailer dealer found up a park to it in Metropolitan trailer park in Moonachie, NJ. I went to high school and Woodridge, NJ while there. My father was an electrician and his union sent him to different states to work. We were in South Carolina, then back to Tennessee to Oak Ridge, then to Illionois, and then to Ohio, then to Baltimore, Maryland, then to NYC. We moved back to Tennessee where my father got on here. I graduated here and got married and my father and mother went back to New Jersey to work and then to Florida, then to Alabama with TVA. Then he retired. Mary, my mother would ride the bus over to NYC and would go to The Price is Right. She was picked out of the people that were there and she got to be on The Price is Right. The school where my brother and I attended, they let us go to the office and watch my Mother on TV That was an experience. She won and outfit and some jewerly and I still have the jewerly.
@Mary-Anne Mueller I have no idea what mall. I think it was in Hackensack NJ. We lived in Moonachie, New Jersey at that time. My father worked in NYC for 4 years and we moved back home after that. When we first moved up there we had an apartment in Rockaway beach, NY and that was an resort area and we had to come home and get our trailer and move to a trailer park in Bayonne, NJ. My father bought a bigger trailer and the trailer dealer found up a park to it in Metropolitan trailer park in Moonachie, NJ. I went to high school and Woodridge, NJ while there. My father was an electrician and his union sent him to different states to work. We were in South Carolina, then back to Tennessee to Oak Ridge, then to Illionois, and then to Ohio, then to Baltimore, Maryland, then to NYC. We moved back to Tennessee where my father got on here. I graduated here and got married and my father and mother went back to New Jersey to work and then to Florida, then to Alabama with TVA. Then he retired. Mary, my mother would ride the bus over to NYC and would go to The Price is Right. She was picked out of the people that were there and she got to be on The Price is Right. The school where my brother and I attended, they let us go to the office and watch my Mother on TV That was an experience. She won and outfit and some jewerly and I still have the jewerly.
The Lone Ranger's name was indeed John Reid; his nephew, who was sometimes in the stories, was Dan Reid, Jr. And the Green Hornet (also created by Trendle and Striker) was Britt Reid, son of Dan Reid Jr., in the radio show (and so the Lone Ranger's great-nephew). Werner Klemperer came by his knowledge of Rossini and the William Tell Overture honestly: his father was symphony conductor Otto Klemperer. Return with us now to those thrilling Days of Yesteryear.
the first name of John came about by accident. It was used mistakenly by a reporter in a mid-sixties article. It then showed up in a reference book in the mid- to late '60's. It was then adopted for the 1981 movie. The first name of John was never used in the radio or TV series. Only the Ranger's brother and nephew had first names: both Dan.
Being born on the 14.09.1914, his birth profile had two sets of 1-5-6/5-1-6 with four "5"s, he was definitely a very principled man just like his character Lone Ranger to his real life. All I could only say he was born to play Lone Ranger & the role was meant for him.
Absolutely an icon and part of our Americana. I never missed an episode of the Lone Ranger as a young boy. Who wouldn’t know that the theme we hear from “The William Tell Overture” means the masked man and his big white stallion ‘Silver’. The Lone Ranger rides again! Clayton Moore was born for that role.
The Lone Ranger is my childhood idol. Also I noticed the guy who did the Sunvouge advertisement sounded like the guy from the Price Is Right when Bob Barker was hosting.
Great for posting this. It's funny, I've always known about The Lone Ranger show but never thought about who portrayed him. Cool to now know. Right on! Shelley Winters. John Daly as host and the format then was MUCH better (from what I've seen of episodes on UA-cam).
Too bad they didn't have Col. Hogan as a guest. "I escaped from Stalag 13." Klemperer: "You did nooooooot escape from Stalag 13 because there has never beeeeeeeeen an escape from Stalag 13!"
In the original radio incarnation, Britt Reid is the son of Dan Reid Jr., the nephew of the Lone Ranger, making the Green Hornet the great-nephew of the Ranger.
1:00) In "The Lone Ranger" pilot, the men wore shields. Not the circled 5 point star. Silverheels was an alias. His last name was Smith and was from Canada. Clayton Moore's face can be seen in some earlier movies. It might have been in "On The Town" when he first started covering his face. He was a NY CITY PD patrolman. He was partnered with Joe E. Ross AKA Gunther Toody. Only part of his face was visible on one "Superman" episode. It has been a long time argument over what Ke-Mo-Sa-Be meant. Years before creating "The Lone Ranger", Stryker had a country place named Camp Ke-Mo-Sa-Be. He used the first two letters of his kids' first name. Butch was played by Glenn Strange. He played other outlaws.
I know! The voice he used was exactly the one he used when he went undercover anyway - but Soupy and the others are old enough not to have like been faithful watchers.
Remember that The Lone Ranger had been off the air for 13 years when this aired and it really wasn't till syndication in the 70s that the program became popular again.
I love that when some producers decided to make a Lone Ranger movie without Clayton Moore, and even banned him from wearing the mask (...he turned to sunglasses)...the movie bombed. And, ultimately, Mr. Moore won a court case allowing him to resume wearing the mask. He is one person that, for practically his whole life, maintained the Lone Ranger persona and rarely appeared in public unmasked. Perhaps he need not have been so cautious because, as strange as it might seem, one is unlikely to connect the masked and unmasked images!. In any event, as others have said, he really was (and perhaps still is...) a role model for truth & honesty and the extension of goodness, kindness & respect to others.
The woman at 13:00 looks like Steve Carell in drag. If I was on that show, after the mystery guest left and they brought this woman out, I would have asked "could we please put our blindfolds back ON?"
I heard in the last episode of The Lone Ranger, the Ranger actually shoots Tonto. The reason was because he found out that Kemosabe, meant, chickenshit.
Anita Gillette (born 1936) is the only one from this show still living! R.I.P. to Clayton Moore (1914-1999), Arlene Francis (1907-2001), Soupy Sales (1926-2009), Werner Klemperer (1920-2000), Wally Bruner (1931-1997), Shelley Winters (1920-2006) & Johnny Olson (announcer- 1910-1985). I remember, some years after this show originally aired , Clayton Moore was barred by the rights owner (of The Lone Ranger) from appearing in public as The Lone Ranger. The dispute was eventually resolved and he was allowed to wear the Lone Ranger outfit again.
@the Virginian He cld & did wear the LR outfit - it was the mask he was barred from wearing so Ray Ban adjusted a pair of their sunglasses for him to wear.
I cannot believe ANITA GILLETTE is 86 or 87 years old. She was cute as hell. It makes me feel ancient, that I watched this as a teen. And, there is a good reason that I feel that way. I am ancient. My fillings are from the bronze age. R.I.P., MR. MOORE..
Just saw Werner Kemplerer in a great episode of the anthology series One Step Beyond. Playing a WWII German official that goes aboard a U-boat and something strange starts happening during the voyage.
Don't forget he was on a famous TV show called "Hogan's Heroes". He star as "Klink" who in charge of a prison camp. He wasn't the only famous actor on the show.
And, then they let the rich grandson of that commie ARMAND HAMMER play the part in a very forgetable Disney movie.. Clayton wore sunglasses to offset the mask take away, and he showed them. He did more to keep that character alive than anyone else, and enriched children's lives with a positive role model. What has the rights holder done for the LONE RANGER, lately, or in the last 30 yrs? Yep, that is about right. R I.P., MR. MOORE..
Werner Klemperer came from Germany after Hitler became dictator. He agreed to play Col. Klink only if the character was portrayed as incompetent and not a strong German soldier. BUT he played a Nazi procecuting attorney on trial for war crimes in the movie "Judgment at Nüemmberg".
Was fortunate enough to see and shake hands with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels at the Indianapolis Speedway in 1951. Thanks Dad!
They spent quite a bit of time with The Lone Ranger - Clayton Moore - showing how much respect and admiration they had for one of the truly great and beloved actors on early TV! Us boomer kids LOVED watching him and Tonto bring the bad guys to justice!
I still proudly display a picture of me with The Lone Ranger. He was my boyhood hero and getting to meet him was a thrill. That was 1986 and it was amazing to see the line of 40-something men waiting to meet their hero. We were all excited like a bunch of kids. My favorite cowboy of all time!
And I'm willing to bet it was every bit as exciting for Mr. Moore also. I've read that he cherished seeing the youngsters who faithfully watched The Lone Ranger.
No other Western TV series had me watching (in syndication) as much as The Lone Ranger (1949-57). I might have seen some from the last year (in color), but mostly after in endless syndication; still is today on the Family Entertainment network (FeTV) on its Saturday afternoon showings and other times. The one difference between it and other Westerns was its orientation to justice and not just frequent shoot-'em-ups or duels in the streets.
I like that Clayton takes care of himself and does great honor to the masked man that shaped many young lives. The Ranger taught me what integrity and honor were.
It was a shame, John Laughlin didn't take as good care of himself after the movie. I know people get old But look at The Texas Ranger dude. Just as in shape as he was in the T.V. Show.
Clayton Moore fully embraced being the Lone Ranger. He never shied away from the character, which I think is wonderful. He knew how important it was to his fans and gave them what they wanted. A gentleman through and through.
There will NEVER be another Lone Ranger than Clayton Moore.
agree
I too agree!
I too agree!
Clayton Moore yes! Brace Beemer radio.
garyhanis, said like another person who believes the Lone Ranger started as a TV show. But to those who grew up listening to the old radio show, they might strongly disagree with your statement.
I think it's great that Clayton Moore never appeared without his mask. It didn't hide his identity, it proclaimed it.
there was a lot of litigation about that when they wanted to introduce a new Lone Ranger in the new feature The Legend of the Lone Ranger...Clayton Moore did not own the rights to the character like Elvira and Pee Wee Herman.... so during that time, he wore wrap around dark glasses...... after the film was a dismal flop ,,,, I think they essentially gave up and let Clayton Moore appear as the character without bothering him....
@@alpha-omega2362 The man who sued him died and his widow immediately dropped the suit and told Clayton he was free to wear the mask again.
@@LinkRocks so, it had nothing to do with the new film? who was this man? I always assumed it was the studio behind it... thanks.
@@alpha-omega2362 Jack Wrather, an oil tycoon, according to Wikipedia, which states he dropped the suit two months before he died. No, I'm not picking straws. 🙂
Well said
OMG---- I watched him on TV as a young girl and here I am today a senior and I am still watching his show. and it is almost the year 2020. INCREDIBLE......He and Tonto a true long living legend.. luv them
Clayton Moore what a brilliant man!!!!!
Maybe it's because The Lone Ranger started out and ran for most of it's run in B&W, but seeing The Lone Ranger himself in vivid color just blows you away. What an icon!
Still the best Lone Ranger after all these years
One celebrity that I WOULD have been honored to meet.
The Lone Ranger's real name was John Reid and his brother, the Ranger Captain, was Dan Reid who also had a son named Dan. The LR made the mask out of his brother's vest. In another generation, young Dan Reid grew up to be the publisher of the Daily Sentinel and the father of Britt Reid, the Green Hornet.
Whoa, really?
@@TigerTabCat1 YES, REALLY !!!!!-
A great actor.The Distinct VOICE .Clayton Moore should have run for President
Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels were both great in their roles and constructive citizens in Hollywood.
Every 50's kid loved "The Lone Ranger" and " Superman"
I watch this at age 70 now...and inside I feel like a kid again...
I am 60 now. I share your opinion.
I'm 72 and I'm re-watching via YTs
@joe fincham: I'd give anything2 go bk2 the 50's, my parents, the TV shows & esp Sun nites when everyone truly did gather in the LR to watch the one TV in the house & watch Ed Sullivan. It never got better than that...
An American Legend...Clayton Moore and The Lone Ranger.
Look up the life of Bass Reeves. The real Loan Ranger!
@@patrickhaag7560, partially based on.. but not the same storyline and characters.
Real, yes, same characters?
Nope..
Clayton Moore and George Reeves both embodied their respective characters in the 1950s and reflected positive values. RIP to both.
I like how Mr. Moore used his Prospector Pete voice for the panel (I hope I got the name right for the bearded old man he sometimes disguised himself as).
Except that Clayton Moore wld never have put himself in any situation to cause himself to be murdered or commit suicide whichever was the case. George Reeves never lived up to any Superman characteristics or if there had been a creed he wld have failed it miserably!
Clayton Moore didn't mention that before 1949 he had a very active role in the 1940s as a leading man in serials like Perils of Nyoka, Jesse James Rides Again, The Ghost of Zorro and even as a bad guy henchman in The Crimson Ghost, which can be viewed on UA-cam.
Good hearted Mr. Moore!
Clayton Moore was so amazing! He is my only Lone Ranger.
The lone ranger was a positive role model for the kids.Clayton Moore was a great compassionate guy.Where are the role model for kids now?
They're in the numerous shows, games and movies you apparently aren't watching
@@PointsofData There r no true role models today! If u think of any as such, u don't know what a true & honest role model is for numerous reasons - namely one: speaking clear & proper English - one of the many Clayton Moore as the LR was constantly praised for esp. for the benefit of teaching the kids if the day!
@@linatortorella5424 That dogwhistle’s getting real worn down by now, buddy. Role models still exist today, regardless of whether you want to deny their existence or not. You just need to know where to find them.
Also nice touch that you tout the fact that real role models need to speak “clear and proper” English as a key reason for why they don’t exist today, when half of your words are abbreviated left and right. No wonder you say they don’t exist anymore, looks like there weren’t any in your time, either!
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Love Clayton Moore that play the Lone Ranger he was the Best
Wonderful show. Both actors were wonderful. Clayton has beautiful blue eyes
The Lone Ranger was one of my heroes when I young. He still is. I never had the pleasure of meeting Clayton Moore, but I did meet his daughter, Dawn, and the other TV Lone Ranger, John Hart. Alas, the Lone Ranger Restaurants were only around for a very brief time in the early 1970s.
I ate at a Roy Rogers Restaurant when it was in business. My other favorite Western from the early-mid '50s; seen in syndication from the early-'60s.
He got into all sorts of legal entanglements because he didn't own the rights to the Lone Ranger. He eventually was forced to wear large dark sunglasses in place of the iconic black mask when he made his many public appearances (kids and adults still loved Clayton even 20+ years after the TV series ended) . It was a miserable way for lawyers to treat a living American Hero. I was happy that the 1981 Lone Ranger movie tanked, and the 2012 movie didn't do much better. That was karma for trying to ruin the reputation of a beloved TV star.
This was from 1970. I used to watch this up in my bedroom at night when I was a teenager.
I am 70 and the lone ranger broke new ground for morality and he was far ahead of his time as to the indians. Even back then he was standing up for what was right and with Tonto a full blood mohawk many of the episodes defended the indians and made groundbreaking statements long before anyone. Clayton Moore in real life did not drink or smoke and lived out a good life. His personna as the lone ranger was real and he was not a fake behind the scenes in real life. Thats why he came across the way he did. "no Tonto I only shoot to wound ---not to kill". Bad guy episode 2? falls off cliff. Tonto says "Kemosabe me glad him dead he deserved it" Lone Ranger says "no Tonto no man deserves to die like this"
I grew up watching the Lone Ranger. He truly was a hero to us, and he always had the highest of standards! Clayton Moore was the Lone Ranger both on and off the screen!! He taught a generation of kids how to act responsibly!!!
Where are the Clayton Moores today??
One of the few WML shows that I’ve seen in color! Fabulous - and it was so great to see Clayton Moore who was such a class act. And one of my favorite hams, Soupy Sales!
Soupy was from near Kenova WV....I am from across Ohio River in Ohio....Soupy frequented an Italian restaurant there called Rococos. In the 90s I was visiting the area to see family and we went to Rococos....Soupy was there at his usual big round table full of guests....he was there be for we arrived and long after we left.....Soupy 's table had at least 3 turnovers of guests while we dined....It was like he was The Godfather....at the wedding scene....many folks sat for him.......strange but cool.
When Jay Silverheels came to Hollywood for work, he had already been a Canadian Olympic Hockey player.
Wow..
He never played professional Ice Hockey or in the Olympic games. His sport was Lacrosse. His birth name was Harold Jay Smith; born in Ontario, Canada.
One of my all-time favorites!-Thanks for posting.
Werner was a genius. Music, acting etc. He had talent in many aspects.
Clayton Moore
First Class !
I was a major fan of the Lone Ranger radio shows, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights from WXYZ in Detroit back in the late 1940's. As Soupy mentioned, Brace Beemer was the radio Lone Ranger (Clayton and Brace had very similar voices). I remember many years ago watching an old black & white movie. I recognized the voice of Clayton Moore right away so I can say I saw the Lone Ranger without his mask on. It's also worthy to note that among the extras that were used on the radio shows was a young up and comer named Casey Kasem. Casey told me that himself.
Watching the colour episodes on DVD now in 2019 and they are BRILLIANT. When I needed some money I went to see the lone arranger in Toronto!
Things like these and John Wayne’s appearance really do make me think that this show would be perfect for modern television. Love it!
LOL COL KLINK on What's My Line!😂❤👍
And an excellent panelist to boot!
And Shelley Winters as the Mystery Guest-Ma Barker o n the Batman t.v. series.
He did the game show circuit back then. He was on Password as well. Unfortunately the shows dont exist......
In 1979 a movie producer Jack Wrather, who wanted to do a new film version of the Lone Ranger, enjoined Clayton Moore from making public appearances dressed as the Lone Ranger because Wrather owned the legal rights to the Lone Ranger character. The move by Wrather was disastrous and the public's sympathy for Moore helped cause the movie to bomb. Moore got around the injunction by making appearances with sun glasses rather than a mask. In 1984 Wrather dropped the injunction and allowed Moore to make appearances dressed as the Lone Ranger.
Actually, Wrather died and his widow gave Clayton Moore back his mask the next day. I have an autographed copy of Moore's autobiography "I Was That Masked Man".
@@ronhowes7948 Thanks for the explanation..
It wasn't 1979. It was in the very early 80's and the movie was called "The Legend of The Lone Ranger" when the movie came out.
@@mary-annemueller9885, who played L.R.?
Armie Hammer heir from the baking soda commie grandpa, played the character in 1994, I believe, and it was awful.
I loved The Lone Ranger growing up. He had a cool voice too.
They pick the best actors to portreal The Lone Ranger and Tonto RIP Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels
You've brought back a wonderful memory for me. I loved it when Clayton Moore disguised himself as other characters on the Lone Ranger show. Thank you.
I am so glad to stumble across this! Clayton Moore was definitely a favorite.
As was Jay Silverheels.
Lone Ranger is a part of every baby boomer's life. Still smile hearing the opening music .
My nephew, who was about 5-6 yrs old in the early 70's, was getting ready to watch the Lone Ranger on TV. He comes up to me, grabbing my hand and pulls me towards the TV and says,.."Aunt Kaffy (Kathy) Aunt Kaffy, watch! Lone Ranger is gonna do a wheelie on his horse!" I stood there and watched, (as though I had never seen it before) and I was 'so amazed' that the Lone Ranger did a wheelie on his horse! VERY fond memories!!
Thank you Buzzr. I hope the color WML shows will be shown soon. 5 stars!!!!!
I actually remember seeing this episode with Clayton Moore on TV!😁
I can’t believe they didn’t get it. He used that voice many times on his show.
I saw The Lone Ranger in person at a Mall in New Jersey back in 1957.
Prove it. Show us the video
Also what mall in NJ. That's my home state.
@@bradmarkell8999 I do have a picture of him somewhere but it has been 65 years ago. I am now 81 years old. I even he gave each of us a silver bullet. But I don't where it is. I think my brother got it and he passed away 19 years ago.
@@mary-annemueller9885 I have no idea what mall. I think it was in Hackensack NJ. We lived in Moonachie, New Jersey at that time. My father worked in NYC for 4 years and we moved back home after that. When we first moved up there we had an apartment in Rockaway beach, NY and that was an resort area and we had to come home and get our trailer and move to a trailer park in Bayonne, NJ. My father bought a bigger trailer and the trailer dealer found up a park to it in Metropolitan trailer park in Moonachie, NJ. I went to high school and Woodridge, NJ while there. My father was an electrician and his union sent him to different states to work. We were in South Carolina, then back to Tennessee to Oak Ridge, then to Illionois, and then to Ohio, then to Baltimore, Maryland, then to NYC. We moved back to Tennessee where my father got on here. I graduated here and got married and my father and mother went back to New Jersey to work and then to Florida, then to Alabama with TVA. Then he retired. Mary, my mother would ride the bus over to NYC and would go to The Price is Right. She was picked out of the people that were there and she got to be on The Price is Right. The school where my brother and I attended, they let us go to the office and watch my Mother on TV That was an experience. She won and outfit and some jewerly and I still have the jewerly.
@Mary-Anne Mueller I have no idea what mall. I think it was in Hackensack NJ. We lived in Moonachie, New Jersey at that time. My father worked in NYC for 4 years and we moved back home after that. When we first moved up there we had an apartment in Rockaway beach, NY and that was an resort area and we had to come home and get our trailer and move to a trailer park in Bayonne, NJ. My father bought a bigger trailer and the trailer dealer found up a park to it in Metropolitan trailer park in Moonachie, NJ. I went to high school and Woodridge, NJ while there. My father was an electrician and his union sent him to different states to work. We were in South Carolina, then back to Tennessee to Oak Ridge, then to Illionois, and then to Ohio, then to Baltimore, Maryland, then to NYC. We moved back to Tennessee where my father got on here. I graduated here and got married and my father and mother went back to New Jersey to work and then to Florida, then to Alabama with TVA. Then he retired. Mary, my mother would ride the bus over to NYC and would go to The Price is Right. She was picked out of the people that were there and she got to be on The Price is Right. The school where my brother and I attended, they let us go to the office and watch my Mother on TV That was an experience. She won and outfit and some jewerly and I still have the jewerly.
I like the way in every single episode the last words spoken are : " Who was that masked man? Why that was the Lone Ranger "
The Lone Ranger's name was indeed John Reid; his nephew, who was sometimes in the stories, was Dan Reid, Jr. And the Green Hornet (also created by Trendle and Striker) was Britt Reid, son of Dan Reid Jr., in the radio show (and so the Lone Ranger's great-nephew).
Werner Klemperer came by his knowledge of Rossini and the William Tell Overture honestly: his father was symphony conductor Otto Klemperer.
Return with us now to those thrilling Days of Yesteryear.
the first name of John came about by accident. It was used mistakenly by a reporter in a mid-sixties article. It then showed up in a reference book in the mid- to late '60's. It was then adopted for the 1981 movie. The first name of John was never used in the radio or TV series. Only the Ranger's brother and nephew had first names: both Dan.
Only in fiction.
What a great guy! Clayton Moore IS and ALWAYS will be the only Lone Ranger.
Someone I wish I'd met: Clayton Moore, a real gentleman who loved kids. I did meet Soupy Sales, however, and he was very friendly and gracious.
I was 5 and remember very day at 5 pm ,my first hero
Being born on the 14.09.1914, his birth profile had two sets of 1-5-6/5-1-6 with four "5"s, he was definitely a very principled man just like his character Lone Ranger to his real life. All I could only say he was born to play Lone Ranger & the role was meant for him.
Absolutely an icon and part of our Americana. I never missed an episode of the Lone Ranger as a young boy. Who wouldn’t know that the theme we hear from “The William Tell Overture” means the masked man and his big white stallion ‘Silver’. The Lone Ranger rides again! Clayton Moore was born for that role.
The Lone Ranger is my childhood idol. Also I noticed the guy who did the Sunvouge advertisement sounded like the guy from the Price Is Right when Bob Barker was hosting.
Yes that's Johnny Olsen , a fantastic voice !!😊
So handsome. I had a crush on him when I was 9 years old . Had a chance to meet him in the early 90’s and I was to shy to talk to him.
suzie mills loved him as a kid too still do .. when he passed I cried 😭...
@@batgirl9723 So did I - still do now & again when I watch him.
The Lone Ranger theme music is from the 3rd act (the Revolt) of Rossini's William Tell.
The Lone Ranger no doubt inspired lots of young boys. He inspired me so much I wrote him into a play I wrote in the 1990's...
Gorgeous man and great legend.
I just made a joke, loved that guy and the whole show. Still do
I watch the Long ranger every chance i got as a kid... That was a long time ago...
I have a photo of Clayton Moore on my office wall. My brother and I loved watching the Lone Ranger and Zorro (Guy Williams).
For me he is the only Lone Ranger , I still get goosebumps just with the intro of the show with the overture .
Clayton Moore also opened up a realty business in Golden Valley in Minnesota, it was called Ranger Realty.
that's true , in the mid-sixties
Great for posting this. It's funny, I've always known about The Lone Ranger show but never thought about who portrayed him. Cool to now know.
Right on! Shelley Winters.
John Daly as host and the format then was MUCH better (from what I've seen of episodes on UA-cam).
Arlene Francis was part of the New York hoity toity so had no clue what the masses watched.
What the these country needs now is The Lone Ranger and the Rifleman real men that will help everyone
Take out the word "these", and it would make more sense. :-) How about bringing back What's My Line!
I'm surprised they didn't hav e The Lone Ranger come in @ the end as the Mystery G uest.
@@kevinmiller1985 Why?
Too bad they didn't have Col. Hogan as a guest.
"I escaped from Stalag 13."
Klemperer: "You did nooooooot escape from Stalag 13 because there has never beeeeeeeeen an escape from Stalag 13!"
The minute he did that voice I saw the LR's mask off and the old prospectors clothes on!
I miss shows like this
STILL love and watch The Lone Ranger.
In the original radio incarnation, Britt Reid is the son of Dan Reid Jr., the nephew of the Lone Ranger, making the Green Hornet the great-nephew of the Ranger.
1:00) In "The Lone Ranger" pilot, the men wore shields. Not the circled 5 point star. Silverheels was an alias. His last name was Smith and was from Canada. Clayton Moore's face can be seen in some earlier movies. It might have been in "On The Town" when he first started covering his face. He was a NY CITY PD patrolman. He was partnered with Joe E. Ross AKA Gunther Toody. Only part of his face was visible on one "Superman" episode. It has been a long time argument over what Ke-Mo-Sa-Be meant. Years before creating "The Lone Ranger", Stryker had a country place named Camp Ke-Mo-Sa-Be. He used the first two letters of his kids' first name. Butch was played by Glenn Strange. He played other outlaws.
I knew that voice right off, he used that voice in many of his episodes.
I guess they weren't big fans - I would have recognized that voice in a second.
I know! The voice he used was exactly the one he used when he went undercover anyway - but Soupy and the others are old enough not to have like been faithful watchers.
Remember that The Lone Ranger had been off the air for 13 years when this aired and it really wasn't till syndication in the 70s that the program became popular again.
Please edit the description box - many typos in it (2 for sure).
I love that when some producers decided to make a Lone Ranger movie without Clayton Moore, and even banned him from wearing the mask (...he turned to sunglasses)...the movie bombed. And, ultimately, Mr. Moore won a court case allowing him to resume wearing the mask. He is one person that, for practically his whole life, maintained the Lone Ranger persona and rarely appeared in public unmasked. Perhaps he need not have been so cautious because, as strange as it might seem, one is unlikely to connect the masked and unmasked images!. In any event, as others have said, he really was (and perhaps still is...) a role model for truth & honesty and the extension of goodness, kindness & respect to others.
Clayton Moore looks great. . .
Shelly Winters and Clayton Moore two Icons from the great past Period !!!!!
No joke: Clayton Moore's autobiography is called _I Was That Masked Man_!
I have his autobiography. It's a good read.
@@jknuttel Absolutely!!
one of my favourites
The woman at 13:00 looks like Steve Carell in drag. If I was on that show, after the mystery guest left and they brought this woman out, I would have asked "could we please put our blindfolds back ON?"
Now that's funny!
I was going to say it looks like she’s wearing a bowling ball in her head.
she should have shaved off her mustache before coming out.
Good stuff.
I was 10 years during this serie recorded. It was 50 years ago.OMG.
I heard in the last episode of The Lone Ranger, the Ranger actually shoots Tonto. The reason was because he found out that Kemosabe, meant, chickenshit.
Anita Gillette (born 1936) is the only one from this show still living! R.I.P. to Clayton Moore (1914-1999), Arlene Francis (1907-2001), Soupy Sales (1926-2009), Werner Klemperer (1920-2000), Wally Bruner (1931-1997), Shelley Winters (1920-2006) & Johnny Olson (announcer- 1910-1985). I remember, some years after this show originally aired , Clayton Moore was barred by the rights owner (of The Lone Ranger) from appearing in public as The Lone Ranger. The dispute was eventually resolved and he was allowed to wear the Lone Ranger outfit again.
@the Virginian He cld & did wear the LR outfit - it was the mask he was barred from wearing so Ray Ban adjusted a pair of their sunglasses for him to wear.
@the Virginian Who was Anita Gillette, pls & which episode was Shelley Winters in??
I cannot believe ANITA GILLETTE is 86 or 87 years old. She was cute as hell.
It makes me feel ancient, that I watched this as a teen.
And, there is a good reason that I feel that way.
I am ancient.
My fillings are from the bronze age.
R.I.P., MR. MOORE..
@@linatortorella5424WHY CAN'T YOU GOOGLE "ANITA GILLETTE" ?????
4:08 the old prospector
He was my hero as a child. I thought he was so handsome
Great show kimo sabe
Just saw Werner Kemplerer in a great episode of the anthology series One Step Beyond. Playing a WWII German official that goes aboard a U-boat and something strange starts happening during the voyage.
Don't forget he was on a famous TV show called "Hogan's Heroes". He star as "Klink" who in charge of a prison camp. He wasn't the only famous actor on the show.
Those bastards made him take off his mask, he deserved and earned that mask!!!!!!!
And, then they let the rich grandson of that commie ARMAND HAMMER play the part in a very forgetable Disney movie..
Clayton wore sunglasses to offset the mask take away, and he showed them.
He did more to keep that character alive than anyone else, and enriched children's lives with a positive role model.
What has the rights holder done for the LONE RANGER, lately, or in the last 30 yrs?
Yep, that is about right.
R I.P., MR. MOORE..
Jay Silverheels was an extremely handsome man and funny to boot.❤❤❤
Thank you for the video. Anita, you are gorgeous.
Loved the show
Werner Klemperer came from Germany after Hitler became dictator. He agreed to play Col. Klink only if the character was portrayed as incompetent and not a strong German soldier. BUT he played a Nazi procecuting attorney on trial for war crimes in the movie "Judgment at Nüemmberg".
G.O.A.T. Clayton Moore was a Legend.
On the clip of the Lone Ranger opening the announcer was Fred Foy who Dick Cavetts announcer and other chores for ABC at that time.
IS this available on any DVD or a way to get a copy? I have been looking for this Clayton Moore WML episode for a long time. Great to see it.
Internet Download Manager allows you to download any youtube videos. : )
"Who Was That Masked Man?"
John Reid, AKA The Lone Ranger, AKA Clayton Moore
In a tie-in to another WXYZ, DETROIT-ORIGINATED SHOW, John Reid's nephew Dan was the father of Britt Reid, 'The Green Hornet'.
"Minnie's Boys" opened on Broadway a month before this show was taped and closed a month afterward.