The creators of the character were George Trendle (manager of WXYZ radio station) and writer Fran Striker.
The first of 2,956 radio episodes of The Lone Ranger premiered on WXYZ, a radio station serv… See more

Republic Pictures released two serials starring the Lone Ranger. The first, released in 1938, utilized several actors playing different Texas Rangers, one of whom was also the masked hero, like Don Diego de l… See more

The Lone Ranger is a TV show that aired for eight seasons, from 1949 to 1957, and starred Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels as Tonto. Only five of the eight seasons had new episodes. It was the … See more

After the end of the television series, Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels starred in two feature films, The Lone Ranger in 1956 and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold in 1958.
In 1958 the … See more

The series also inspired numerous books, comic books, and records.
The first Lone Ranger novel appeared in 1936, and eventually 18 volumes were published, as listed below. The first book was writte… See more