the lone ranger

[boonybabba]

who played the lone ranger and tonto

[Whickerman]

I take it you mean in the TV series (1949-1957)? If so, it starred Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels as Tonto. (though with John Hart as the Lone Ranger from 1952-1954)

[Clanad]

To further unmask the program, however The Lone Ranger was first aired on radio on January 30, 1933. It quickly became one of the most popular shows and lasted until September 3, 1954, some 2,956 episodes.

Earle Graser and Brace Beemer played the majority of performances as the masked man and John Todd played Tonto through the production run (Source: The Vintage Library)

[andy-hughes]

I knew about Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels without looking it up - just how sad is that? My mind is a skip for trivia.

I used to love the series as a child - nice and simple, the goodies and baddies were nice and obvious, no complexities like dramas today.

In fact, so many thing were better then ...(sound of a door quietly closing.

[Whickerman]

it was indeed great, andy, real boys-own stuff. My brothers and I really loved it. In fact, even though it was from years earlier, the toys were hugely popular in the seventies - look here:
http://toyhaven.blogspot.com/2007/09/lone-rang er-1949-1957.html

Mind you, we had Action Men and we weren't allowed these - too expensive - but a neighbour had them. Little bug ger would never let anyone play with Lone ranger, we always had to be Tonto.