Clayton Moore
(September 14, 1914 – December 28, 1999)
Moore was born Jack Carlton Moore in Chicago,
Illinois. He is best remembered as playing ABC
TV’s masked man, The Lone Ranger that aired
for eight seasons, from 1949 to 1957. Before
fame, Clayton Moore became a circus acrobat,
performing a trapeze act in various expositions
and shows at age 8.
Brace Beamer was the Lone Ranger on radio when I was growing up. I was born in 1936. Jay Silverheels was the only person I ever knew who played Tonto. His nephew was Dan Reed. The Lone Ranger was the sole survivor of the group of ranger who were ambushed and killed. Tonto found the ranger alive and nursed him back to health. Silver was a horse in a group of wild horses. He was roped and tamed by the ranger. The Kandivish gang were the culprids (sp).