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Clayton Moore

Clayton Moore

Actor · 1914 – 1999 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.

Movies23

  • Movie6.2

    The Lone Ranger

    1956 · 26 votes

  • Movie6.8

    The Movie Orgy

    1968 · 19 votes

  • Movie4.6

    Black Dragons

    1942 · 28 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Son of Monte Cristo

    1940 · 13 votes

  • Movie4.6

    Radar Men from the Moon

    1952 · 23 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Apache Ambush

    1955 · 13 votes

  • Movie8.5

    Hello, Annapolis

    1942 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.6
  • Movie5.8

    Ghost of Zorro

    1949 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.6

    International Lady

    1941 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Kit Carson

    1940 · 13 votes

  • Movie5.4

    Zorro's Fighting Legion

    1939 · 10 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie6.4

    The Bandits of Corsica

    1953 · 4 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Radio Hams

    1939 · 3 votes

  • Movie5.3

    The Crimson Ghost

    1946 · 12 votes

  • Movie7.5

    It's Showtime

    1976 · 2 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Four Girls in White

    1939 · 4 votes

  • Movie5.7
  • Movie10.0
  • Movie6.6

    The Plunderers

    1948 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.6
  • Movie10.0

    Bandits of El Dorado

    1949 · 1 votes

Series9

  • TV7.0

    What's My Line?

    1950 · 29 votes

  • TV6.3

    Lassie

    1954 · 74 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Lone Ranger

    1949 · 36 votes

  • TV4.7

    The Gene Autry Show

    1950 · 6 votes

  • TV5.3
  • TV6.0
  • TV5.5

    Annie Oakley

    1954 · 10 votes

  • TV5.3

    Hopalong Cassidy

    1952 · 10 votes