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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 to 1952 and 1953 to 1957 on the television series of the same name and two related films from the same producers.
Clayton Moore (1914-1999) was an American actor and stuntman who starred in TV's The Lone Ranger from 1949 to 1957. He also appeared in many B westerns, serials, movies and commercials, and was known for his voice and mask as the masked man.
- January 1, 1
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- January 1, 1
- West Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Clayton Moore. Actor: The Lone Ranger. Clayton Moore grew up in Chicago, Illinois and although his father wanted him to become a doctor, he had visions of something a little more glamorous.
- September 14, 1914
- December 28, 1999
- Moore performed in a trapeze group at the Chicago World’s Fair. Jack Carlton Moore was born in Chicago on September 14, 1914, the youngest of three brothers born to Theresa Fisher and Sprague Moore.
- He acted in serials with some of the most popular Western actors of the time. Once in L.A., Moore took acting classes for six months and eventually landed a gig with Warner Brothers, where he had “only bits and one liners,” but he was one step closer to his dream of being a Western actor.
- He was drafted during World War II. Moore’s journey to stardom was not without interruption: in 1942, he was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Forces, but because of the knee injury he suffered as a trapeze artist, he wasn’t qualified to serve overseas.
- Moore landed the role of the Lone Ranger thanks to his work in Ghost of Zorro. In 1949, Moore starred in Ghost of Zorro, Republic’s 12-chapter serial about Zorro’s grandson, Ken Mason, an engineer who heads west to deal with frontier ne’er-do-wells.
Dec 29, 1999 · Clayton Moore, whose hearty “Hi-yo, Silver” resounded on television throughout the 1950s and who personally identified so strongly with the Lone Ranger character that he refused even in old age...
Dec 29, 1999 · Clayton Moore, who grew up wanting to be a cowboy or a policeman and fulfilled both ambitions by playing the Lone Ranger on television, in the movies and at nostalgia shows, died yesterday at...
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Clayton Moore. Stars. TV: South side of the 6900 block of Hollywood Boulevard. Actor Born Jack Carlson Moore on Sept. 14, 1914 in Chicago, Ill. Died Dec. 28, 1999 of heart attack in West Hills,...
