"The Lone Ranger" (1949) TV series 1949-1957

Creator:

George W. Trendle
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

15 September 1949 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Western | Family

Plot:

The adventures of the masked hero and his Native American partner.

Plot Keywords:

Indian | Hero | Texas Ranger | Texas | Native American

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Jay Silverheels	...	Tonto / ... (217 episodes, 1949-1957)
Clayton Moore	...	The Lone Ranger / ... (169 episodes, 1949-1957)

Series Directed by
Hollingsworth Morse		(50 episodes, 1950-1953)
Oscar Rudolph		(32 episodes, 1954-1957)
George B. Seitz Jr.		(31 episodes, 1949-1951)
Earl Bellamy		(29 episodes, 1956-1957)
Wilhelm Thiele		(26 episodes, 1954-1955)
Paul Landres		(23 episodes, 1952-1953)
George Archainbaud		(14 episodes, 1949-1950)
Charles D. Livingstone		(4 episodes, 1955)

Series Writing credits
Fran Striker		(81 episodes, 1949-1956)
Tom Seller		(37 episodes, 1949-1957)
Joe Richardson		(28 episodes, 1950-1955)
George W. Trendle		(22 episodes, 1949-1957)
Charles Larson		(21 episodes, 1952-1957)
Dan Beattie		(20 episodes, 1950-1955)
Harry Poppe Jr.		(15 episodes, 1949-1955)
Ralph Goll		(15 episodes, 1950-1955)
Curtis Kenyon		(15 episodes, 1950-1955)
Eric Freiwald		(13 episodes, 1954-1957)
Robert Schaefer		(13 episodes, 1954-1957)
David P. Sheppard		(10 episodes, 1950-1953)
Herb Meadow		(10 episodes, 1950-1951)
Betty Joyce		(8 episodes, 1950-1955)
George B. Seitz Jr.		(6 episodes, 1949-1953)
Felix Holt		(6 episodes, 1950-1955)
Tom Dougall		(6 episodes, 1951-1955)
William Bruckner		(6 episodes, 1953-1955)
Jack Laird		(6 episodes, 1954-1955)
Robert Leslie Bellem		(6 episodes, 1956-1957)
Doane R. Hoag		(6 episodes, 1956-1957)
Gibson Fox		(5 episodes, 1949-1950)
Eve Greene		(4 episodes, 1950)
Edmond Kelso		(3 episodes, 1949-1957)
Polly James		(3 episodes, 1949-1950)
Doris Schroeder		(3 episodes, 1949-1950)
Ande Lamb		(3 episodes, 1949)
Joseph F. Poland		(3 episodes, 1950)
Steve McCarthy		(3 episodes, 1953-1955)
Bert Lambert		(3 episodes, 1954-1955)
Wells Root		(3 episodes, 1956-1957)
Terence Maples		(2 episodes, 1953)
Samuel Rice		(2 episodes, 1955)
George Van Marter		(2 episodes, 1955)
Hilary Creston Rhodes		(2 episodes, 1956-1957)
Herbert Purdom		(2 episodes, 1957)
Dwight V. Babcock		(unknown episodes)
Hal G. Evarts		(unknown episodes)
Shirley Ulmer		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Jack Chertok	....	producer (182 episodes, 1949-1955)
Harry Poppe	....	associate producer (182 episodes, 1949-1955)
Sherman A. Harris	....	producer (39 episodes, 1956-1957)
George W. Trendle	....	producer / executive producer (16 episodes, 1949-1954)
Jack Wrather	....	executive producer (1 episode, 1954-1957)
Paul Landers	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Robert Pittack		(104 episodes, 1952-1955)
Mack Stengler		(78 episodes, 1949-1951)
William P. Whitley		(39 episodes, 1956-1957)

Series Film Editing by
Everett Dodd		(59 episodes, 1949-1957)
Frank Capacchione		(57 episodes, 1949-1957)
Ben Marmon		(17 episodes, 1949-1955)
Marsh Hendry		(16 episodes, 1950-1955)
Ernie Leadlay		(8 episodes, 1953)
Harvey Manger		(6 episodes, 1953)
Axel Hubert Sr.		(5 episodes, 1949-1953)
Richard G. Wray		(5 episodes, 1949-1952)
Stanley Rabjohn		(5 episodes, 1954-1955)
Hal Gordon		(2 episodes, 1956)
John Faure		(unknown episodes)
Stanley Frazen		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Howard Campbell		(52 episodes, 1954-1955)

Series Set Decoration by
William Stevens		(19 episodes, 1954-1955)
Harry Reif		(10 episodes, 1957)

Series Costume Design by
John Sacha		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Gene Hibbs	....	makeup artist (52 episodes, 1954-1955)
Ben Lane	....	makeup artist (39 episodes, 1956-1957)

Series Production Management
Hugh McCollum	....	production manager (39 episodes, 1956-1957)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lester D. Guthrie	....	assistant director (67 episodes, 1949-1951)
Herbert S. Greene	....	assistant director (41 episodes, 1952-1955)
Gene Anderson Jr.	....	assistant director (16 episodes, 1956-1957)
George Loper	....	assistant director (11 episodes, 1957)
Mark Sandrich Jr.	....	assistant director (9 episodes, 1956-1957)
Hal Herman	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1950)
Francis X. Baur Jr.	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1949)
Richard Bremerkamp	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Leonard J. Shapiro	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Richard Van Hessen	....	sound (60 episodes, 1949-1951)
Earl Snyder	....	sound (52 episodes, 1952-1953)
Robert B. Lee	....	sound recordist (52 episodes, 1954-1955)
Philip Mitchell	....	sound (29 episodes, 1949-1957)
William Brady	....	sound (15 episodes, 1956-1957)
Byron Chudnow	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Marsh Hendry	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Francis J. Scheid	....	sound (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
David Sharpe	....	stunt double: Clayton Moore (1 episode, 1954)
Troy Melton	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Barlow Simpson	....	lighting technician (91 episodes, 1954-1957)
Edward Petzoldt	....	chief electrician (52 episodes, 1954-1955)
Maynard Rugg	....	camera operator (22 episodes, 1956-1957)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Richard Bachler	....	wardrobe (21 episodes, 1956-1957)
John Zacha	....	wardrobe (16 episodes, 1956-1957)

Series Editorial Department
Jack Ruggiero	....	supervising editor / editorial supervisor (182 episodes, 1949-1955)
Everett Dodd	....	supervising editor (4 episodes, 1957)

Series Music Department
Elias Friede	....	music supervisor (8 episodes, 1956-1957)

Series Other crew
Freddie Fralick	....	tv coordinator (52 episodes, 1952-1953)
C.D. Livingstone	....	tv coordinator (51 episodes, 1954-1955)
Bertram Millhauser	....	story editor (39 episodes, 1956-1957)
Shirley Ulmer	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Apex Film Corp. (1949-1954)
• Wrather Productions (1954-1957)

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1949-1957) (USA) (TV)
• United American Video (1992) (USA) (VHS)
• Timeless Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• GoodTimes Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• GoodTimes Home Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Rhino Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Navarre Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Rhino Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• WEA Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Genius Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• BCI Eclipse (2006) (USA) (DVD) (episodes 1-3)
• Radio Tokyo Television (1958) (Japan) (TV)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (video) (17 episodes)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)

Runtime:

30 min (221 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (1949-1956) | Color (1956-1957)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Apex Film Corp.

Trivia:

Poor Jay Silverheels. His character's name, Tonto, literally means "Silly" in Spanish. Other definitions in Google's "Translate text/dictionary" include: cretin, idiot, stupid, fool, moron, dummy, cabbage-head, dunderhead, pinhead, simple-minded, witless. . . and the list goes on.

Quotes:

[earliest episodes]
The Lone Ranger: Only you, Tonto, know I'm alive. To the world, I'll buried here beside my brother and my friends... forever.
Tonto: You are alone now. Last man. You are lone ranger.
The Lone Ranger: Yes, Tonto, I am... the Lone Ranger.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Wire: Straight and True (#3.5)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Finale from 'William Tell Overture'

A Marvelousl Individual-The Lone Ranger Rides Again-

Iam not sure if discussing the television series is exactly where the comments should be drawn to,however it is on the television where the The Lone Ranger really made a name for himself.Iam not even referring to the original radio broadcasts of this masked rider of the plains,Iam though referring to a point where in a little boy, about 9 or 10 years old,I was to see the movie,"The Lone Ranger"and never forgot it.I can recall that I was on a line or we were moving toward the Paramount Theater-the theater was located in the theater district,if I remember correctly.It was directly across,going East to West from the building that has the ball that drops on New Years Eve-This is of course if anybody doesn't know, New York City.High Above the street on the roof tops there was a time and maybe even still today huge billboards would advertise what was being shown and so on.It was at that point in time that I looked up and was never more impressed as I was when I looked at that billboard to see The Lone Ranger across the roof tops-It was great-It made an impression and was never forgotten.That day we went to see The Lone Ranger-It was the story of how the Lone Ranger was born-The terrible ambush that the Texas Rangers rode into and the subsequent rebirth of one of its fallen heroes.It was in this film we learn that The Lone Ranger will not shoot to kill but to injure so as to let the law be the judge.That type of thinking is so worthwhile that we might be good to learn something from history.This is where we learn that Tonto discovers the fallen Ranger and upon seeing the symbol of the boyhood friendship that The Lone Ranger established years earlier when he as a younger person came to the aide of a injured young person in Tonto-For the aide given, Tonto gave to his faithful friend, a symbol of his thanks which now was part of a necklace that Tonto recognized.Tonto said,"you are Kemosabe".The Lone Ranger said,"kemo-sabe,that is familiar?Then Tonto tells the story of this "trusty scout"(the meaning of Kemosabe)I think the Lone Ranger is one of the true heroes of the silver screen and one of the great heroes of television.It should also be stated that these very respected individuals Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels sought to live there lives according to the legend of The Lone Ranger-It may very well be that there is an inspiring story in the story of the Lone Ranger and his faithful companion Tonto.I myself was so pleased by the ability to find and buy the DVDs, that I stayed up all a Saturday morning and watched The many episodes now available.Long Live The Lone Ranger and His faithful companion Tonto-Hi-Ho Silver-