Series synopsis
The Lone Ranger is an American western action & adventure television series that premiered on ABC on September 15, 1949. It ended on June 6, 1957. It was created by Fran Striker, George W. Trendle. It stars Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, John Hart and Adele Longmire.
The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first ...
Premise
The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Clayton Moore as The Lone Ranger
- Jay Silverheels as Tonto
- John Hart as The Lone Ranger
- Adele Longmire as Martha. Clayton
- Glenn Strange as Butch Cavendish
- Ralph Littlefield as Jim Blaine
- Jack Rube Clifford as Jerry
- Walter Sande as Sheriff Taylor
Supporting cast
- George Chesebro as Doc Drummond
- Norman Willis as Red Devers
- Sandy Sanders as Sandy
- Harry Lauter as Fred Vance
- Joseph Crehan as Tom Patrict
- Fred Kohler Jr. as Nolan
- Dickie Jones as Jim Douglas
- Kay Morley as Mary Vance
- Leonard Penn as Madrigo
- Jean De Briac as Lezotte
- John Merton as Lieutenant Bannister
- Ed Cassidy as Colonel Graves
Guest cast
- John Hart as The Lone Ranger
- Adele Longmire as Martha. Clayton
- Glenn Strange as Butch Cavendish
- Ralph Littlefield as Jim Blaine
- Jack Rube Clifford as Jerry
- Walter Sande as Sheriff Taylor
- George Chesebro as Doc Drummond
- Norman Willis as Red Devers
- Sandy Sanders as Sandy
- Harry Lauter as Fred Vance
- Joseph Crehan as Tom Patrict
- Fred Kohler Jr. as Nolan
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 221 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 52 | September 15, 1949 | September 7, 1950 |
| Season 2 | 26 | September 14, 1950 | March 8, 1951 |
| Season 3 | 52 | September 11, 1952 | September 3, 1953 |
| Season 4 | 52 | September 9, 1954 | September 1, 1955 |
| Season 5 | 39 | September 13, 1956 | June 6, 1957 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Enter the Lone Ranger John Reid, the sole surviving Texas Ranger of a murderous ambush, becomes the great masked hero with his companion, Tonto. |
September 15, 1949 |
| 2 |
The Lone Ranger Fights On The origin of the Lone Ranger's horse Silver and his use of silver bullets is explained. |
September 22, 1949 |
| 3 |
The Lone Ranger's Triumph The Lone Ranger still on the trail of Butch Cavendish and his gang sends Tonto to the town of Colby to organize a posse with the sheriff. Tonto receives no help and the suspicion is a number of people in the town are working for Cavandish. The Lone Ranger must launch a daring plan to foil the Cavendish gang's plan to take over the town of Colby. |
September 29, 1949 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Million Dollar Wallpaper The Ranger and Tonto are scouting a campsite when they come across two old timers, Mosshorn and Flapjack having a duel. After breaking up the fight they go to Mosshorn's shack to get water. While there they notice a large number of Red Gap mining shares that Mosshorn won in a card game. |
September 14, 1950 |
| 2 |
Mission Bells The Lone Ranger and Tonto are investigating former outlaw Stephen Dunn, when they find him shot dead. As they investigate the murder they discover a much bigger mystery centered on the local Spanish mission. |
September 21, 1950 |
| 3 |
Dead Man's Chest The Lone Ranger and Tonto stumble across a crime wave in a small town. As they investigate it is clear someone has many sources of information, which is only shared with other gang members by mail. |
September 28, 1950 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Outlaw's Son The Lone Ranger and Tonto are after an outlaw who is trying to leave the gang and go back to the wife and son he left years ago. |
September 11, 1952 |
| 2 |
Outlaw Underground The Lone Ranger and Tonto meet up with a newspaper reporter from the East who has disguised himself as an outlaw in order to infiltrate a network that hides fugitives from the law. |
September 18, 1952 |
| 3 |
Special Edition The Lone Ranger gets word of a swindle being run in the town of King Creek. Money is being raised to build a gold stamping factory. The Ranger must act before the swindlers escape with the money. |
September 25, 1952 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Fugitive The Lone Ranger is instructed to locate Clay Trowbridge, a man wrongly convicted of robbery and murder but who'd broken out of jail to avoid a lynch mob. With the real instigator of the crimes in custody the race is on to find Clay before someone cashes in on the wanted dead or alive posters still in circulation. |
September 9, 1954 |
| 2 |
Ex-Marshal While the Lone Ranger and Tonto are tracking the Compton gang they come across a famous law man Frank Dean who had faked his own death and dropped out from sight. The Ranger needs to come up with a plan that will not only take down the Compton gang but unravel the mystery behind the former lawman's unusual behavior. |
September 16, 1954 |
| 3 |
Message to Fort Apache The Lone Ranger gets involved in trying to break up a gang that is selling guns to Indians around Fort Apache. The gang knows the jig is nearly up, however they are waiting for payment by the Indians for one last shipment before heading for the Mexican border. Innocent lives are put at risk as the gang will stop at nothing to complete their deal. Can the Lone Ranger saves those put at risk by the gang and avoid another Indian war. |
September 23, 1954 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Wooden Rifle A young boy sees a man shot and killed. Things become complicated when it appears a man is being framed for the murder. |
September 13, 1956 |
| 2 |
The Sheriff of Smoke Tree A young man with no experience takes on the position as the new law man in a town. After a rocky start a chance encounter with the Lone Ranger and some encouraging words see the young man become surprisingly good at the job. |
September 20, 1956 |
| 3 |
The Counterfeit Mask A bandit has been impersonating the Lone Ranger, tarnishing his reputation as he robs and kills innocent people. The Lone Ranger is surprised when he is arrested by an old friend, the local sheriff. |
September 27, 1956 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 15, 1949 |
| Last aired | June 6, 1957 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 19:30:00 |