Glenn Strange, a native of Otero County, New Mexico, was cast in eight episodes as the evil Butch Cavendish, at least a decade before he was cast as Sam Noonan, the bartender on Gunsmoke.
A silver mine supplies The Lone Ranger with the name of his horse as well as the funds and bullets required to finance his wandering life-style. The "lone" survivor thereafter disguises himself with a black mask and travels with Tonto throughout Texas and the American West to assist those challenged by the lawless elements. The fictional story line maintains that all of a patrol of six Texas Rangers are massacred, except for one. The series finished #7 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1950-1951 season, #-1952 and #-1953. The Lone Ranger was the highest-rated television program on ABC in the early 1950s and its first true "hit". Fred Foy was both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 until its ending, and then became announcer of the television version, for which narration of the story was dropped. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the narrator.
John Hart replaced Moore in the title role from 1952 to 1954, due to a contract dispute. Jay Silverheels, a member of the Mohawk tribe in Canada, played The Lone Ranger's American Indian companion Tonto. The Lone Ranger is an American western drama television series that aired on the ABC Television network from 1949 to 1957, with Clayton Moore in the starring role.
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