There have been several men who did the voice of The Lone Ranger on the radio. John L. Barrett did several test broadcasts in 1933 and George Stenius did the voice for part of 1933. Earle Graser was the voice from 1933 to 1941 and Brace Beemer was the voice from 1941 until the radio series ended in 1954.
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George Seaton played the Lone Ranger on radio from January to May in 1933.
Earle Graser played the Lone Ranger from May 1933 until his death in April 1941.
Brace Beemer took over the role after Graser's death and played the Ranger until the final live episode in September 1954. (Beemer then continued in recorded reruns until May 1956.)
Director James Jewell and announcer Fred Foy each provided fill-ins on occaision.
In The Lone Ranger, the character of Tonto was never given a last name. He first appeared on The Lone Ranger radio show in 1933.
The first lone Ranger Movie was a short created in 1920 starring Leo Maloney, but it has nothing to do with the famous "Masked Rider of the Plains." The Lone Ranger character debuted on radio in 1933 and first appeared on screen in the 1938 serial "The Lone Ranger" starring Lee Powell.
Ward Blackburn has: Played Lew Slade in "The Lone Ranger" in 1949. Played Frank Farrow in "The Lone Ranger" in 1949. Played Henchman Scar in "The Lone Ranger" in 1949. Played Henchman Burt in "The Lone Ranger" in 1949. Played Dolk in "Dick Tracy" in 1950. Played Mike in "Dale Evans: Queen of the West" in 1950. Played Mike in "The Roy Rogers Show" in 1951. Played Henchman in "Yukon Gold" in 1952.
According to the log compiled by Terry Salomonson, The Lone Ranger produced 3,377 live radio broadcasts. Of those, only 2,606 were recorded. (This is not including the last [approximately] two years when the radio show only ran previously recorded reruns.) Of the recorded episodes, there are around 1,850 episodes believed to still exist.
The Lone Ranger premiered on ABC on 9/15/49 having moved from radio where it aired from 1933 to 1949