Joseph Peter Breck (March 13, 1929 – February 6, 2012)

Actor Peter Breck, best known for his role as Nick Barkley
in the ABC television series The Big Valley (1965-1969),
died Monday, Feb. 6th, in Vancouver, B.C. Breck, who
had been suffering from dementia, was hospitalized on
Jan. 10th of this year.  

            
                   John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973)

Director John Ford was famous for his on location westerns starring John Wayne
such as Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956), and The man Who Shot
Liberty Valance (1962). He also directed the 20th-century adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath (1940). In a successful career that spanned
more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films and won four Academy
Awards for Best Director which is a record.

 
John Wayne with John Ford

The radio version of The Lone Ranger first aired on WXYZ radio in Detroit on Monday, January 30, 1933 and ran till 1955. The title character was played by George Seaton,
Earle Graser, and the most memorable portrayal by Brace Beemer. The popular radio
program moved to television in 1949 and ended in 1957. 

George Seaton

Earle Graser

Brace Beemer

Clayton Moore as television’s Lone Ranger

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin is a Screen Gems television production which
originally aired in 166 episodes on ABC from October 1954 until August 1959. One
of the German Shepherd dogs used in the children’s TV series was the fourth in the bloodline of the original Rin Tin Tin. 

In Old Arizona is a Western film based on the character of the Cisco
Kid. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and
was a major innovation in Hollywood. The film was the first major Western
to use the new technology of sound and the first talkie to be filmed outdoors
using authentic locations. In Old Arizona starred Warner Baxter as the first
singing cowboy.

Warner Baxter