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Clayton Moore (1914-1999) was an American actor who played the Lone Ranger on TV and in films. Learn about his early life, career, military service, lawsuit, and personal appearances as the masked hero.
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 was a versatile actor who starred in serials, westerns, and TV shows. He is best known as The Lone Ranger, the masked hero of radio, TV, and movies, who rode Silver and said "Hi-Yo Silver".
- 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.
Sep 5, 2019 · The 1999 New York Times obituary for Moore says he never was told why he was fired, or why he was rehired. Moore’s daughter Dawn, in a 2014 interview available on YouTube, says Trendle...
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 28, 1999 · Clayton Moore was an American actor who played the Lone Ranger in the TV series and movies from 1949 to 1957. He also appeared in many other Westerns, serials, and shows as a henchman, deputy, or extra.
