Clayton Moore
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Clayton Moore (born Jack Carlton Moore, September 14, 1914 – December 28, 1999) was an American actor best known for playing the fictional western character the Lone Ranger from 1949–1951 and 1954–1957 on the television series of the same name and two related movies from the same producers.
In 1949, Moore's work in the Ghost of Zorro serial drew the attention of George Trendle, co-creator and producer of a popular radio series titled The Lone Ranger. The series' running plot involved the exploits of a mysterious former Texas Ranger, the sole survivor of a six-Ranger posse ambushed by a gang of outlaws, who roamed the West with his Indian companion Tonto to battle evil and help the downtrodden. When Trendle brought the radio program to television, Moore landed the title role. With the "March of the Swiss Soldiers" finale from Rossini's William Tell overture as their theme music, Moore and co-star Jay Silverheels made history as the stars of the first Western written specifically for television. The Lone Ranger soon became the highest-rated program to that point on the fledgling ABC network and its first true hit. It earned an Emmy Award nomination in 1950.
Acting
TV
Lassie
as The Lone Ranger
1954
TV
The Lone Ranger
as The Lone Ranger
1949
TV
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
Movie
Black Dragons
as FBI Agent Richard ‘Dick’ Martin
1942
Movie
The Lone Ranger
as The Lone Ranger
1956
Movie
Crime School
as Reporter
1938
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Movie
Radar Men from the Moon
as Graber
1952
Movie
Kansas Pacific
as Henchman Stone
1953
Movie
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
as The Lone Ranger
1958
Movie
The Movie Orgy
as The Lone Ranger (archive footage)
1968
Movie
The Son of Monte Cristo
as Lt. Fritz Dorner
1940
Movie
Kit Carson
as Paul Terry
1940
Movie
Apache Ambush
1955
Movie
The Crimson Ghost
as Louis Ashe
1946
Movie
When Were You Born
as Assistant District Attorney
1938
Movie
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Fernando
1939
Movie
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
as Buffalo Bill Cody
1952
Movie
International Lady
as Sewell
1941
TV
Annie Oakley
as Henchman
1954
Movie
The Plunderers
as Wounded Night Rider (uncredited)
1948
TV
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Movie
Riders of the Whistling Pines
as Henchman Pete
1949
Movie
Tell No Tales
as Wilson
1939