Dawn Moore, daughter of Lone Ranger Clayton Moore, speaks at his 100th Birthday at Warner Brothers

Dawn Moore, daughter of The Lone Ranger Clayton Moore, speaks at his Centennial Birthday at Warner Brothers Studio on September 10, 2014.

[@williamdavis9943]

Nobody could replace Clayton Moore, he was the Lone Ranger. This country needs a Lone Ranger.

[@davidkirkham6497]

Clayton Moore(The Lone Ranger)was & always will be a hero to me! I am 73 years young and always loved watching the show! RIP, Clayton Moore!👍🇨🇦

[@TheZen900]

I grew up idolizing the Lone Ranger. I was a law abiding citizen my whole life because of role models like Clayton Moore. RIP Clayton Moore.

[@anderander5662]

Wonder how today's generation will grow up??

[@billsands9023]

I.had Clayton make a appearance at my dealership In the early 80s. It was a special treat for my dad meeting him oh by the way over 6000 people came that day to see him a true gentleman. Very fond memory

[@jamesmcdunn]

I read Clayton Moore's biography. He was a First-Class Act! Even when he was sued by Jack Wrather and forced to not wear the Lone Ranger mask, he STILL had kind words to say about him. I wish I could be the kind, benevolent man he was.

[@nicholasjanke3476]

That was stupid of Wrather to pick on Moore like that. It was the equalvalent of the James Bond film makers preventing Sean Connery attending 007 fan clubs, because Roger Moore is doing the role.

[@yolandalawson3515]

The Lone Ranger and Tonto was just an example of how the world can fix its problems without killing! I remember in the first episode the Lone Ranger told Tonto he would not use his gun to kill even though all of the Rangers were killed and the Lone Ranger survived. What an example we can all learn from. To this day, I still remember those words. Thank you Mr. Clayton Moore for being an example of what the world should be and not the disarray it is in today!

[@templar2b1ask]

Yolanda Lawson you are right & something we as Americans living with all these gun related killings need to learn & experience. Thank you!

[@christhompson9486]

Clayton Moore was like William Boyd. They took their characters and lived by them and ended up owning them. No one does that anymore. The Lone Ranger and Hoppy and others, they will live forever.

[@TheKilgoreKid]

I'm 49 years old and Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels, the real Lone Ranger and Tonto, have and always will be my heroes..

[@jimlaguardia8185]

The casting of Moore and Silverheels in LR was sublime and impeccable.

[@JSB1882]

Clayton Moore in 1979 could have played the Lone Ranger. He was 65 and still in incredible shape.

[@Leadeshipcoach]

Dave La Violette ... I read an article where he gave an idea for the movie. In his version Tonto would he died and the Lone Ranger would have found this young man who was on the fence between good and evil. He and the young man would have some adventures together with the young man deciding to give his life to the good. The last scene would be the Lone Ranger turning his back to the camera taking off his mask and handing it to the young man who would put it on as the new Lone Ranger. Then we would see thenLone Ranger one more time on Silver Saying “Hi Ho Silver... away!” And off he would ride into the sunset. I would had paid good money to see that! The studio turned his idea down. They lost a great opportunity 😔.

[@poopsie413]

I am glad that Clayton Moore, i.e. Lone Ranger, is still being remembered in celebration of what would have been his 100th birthday! I am glad that his daughter is honoring his memory by granting this interview!

[@Kinseydsp]

The Lone Ranger your Father, was My Childhood Hero and one of the reasons I grew up right. God bless his soul what a Wonderful man!

[@ronaldsquirrelly8289]

I remember sitting in front of the tv and watching The Lone Ranger. Wish that form of broadcast shows were still on Saturday Morning.

[@gingercarco]

Clayton Moore The Love Ranger, was Born same year as my dad 1914 I am now watching his reruns, I loved him too and saw some shows, as a child, but more now we tape him and Roy Rogers, that we also adored! My daughter is a Virgo, A Perfectionist!!! There will never be another like Clayton Moore, Hecwas The Zlone Ranger, Forever! I look at him and have a mad crush on him now! So nice that he adopted Dawn, She seems like a lovely person, she got to be with him all her life! R.I.P. God bless him! Great man and Talent!!!

[@no_handle_required]

The Lone Ranger and Tonto helped me grow up and learn some good lessons on doing right. As well as being entertaining. Best time for tv and radio back then.

[@tjhubbard51]

I LOVE the sound of his voice! So unique and sensual - heavenly even. Love your father so much. Grew up watching him after getting home from grade school...

[@AirQuotes848]

Listen to the Dr.Fell channel,his voice is very similar.

[@williampalenikjr8433]

The Lone Ranger was my favorite TV show as a kid I am glad I have the show on DVD too.

[@amberhartzog9851]

I'm a recent fan, Will you please tell me where you bought the DVDs?

[@dennisharvey7899]

He didn’t play the Lone Ranger,he WAS the Lone Ranger!

[@jjbalsalm955]

Clayton Moore and George Reeves, my two heroes. What a great daughter, reflects well upon her dad.

[@rickrick5041]

Yes and George Reeves

[@kentonclarkson1449]

I will never forget seeing a "Real People" when Clayton was under a court order to stop doing appearances as the Lone Ranger. He was going to hospitals and charity events and telling kids to be good citizens and work hard and be honest and America was the best country to live in; it was so heartfelt and genuine. And when Fran Tarkenton said "Ladies and Gentlemen, Clayton Moore" and the crowd just went NUTS and I was crying at the love and emotion this man engendered.

[@williamweir1547]

Kenton Clarkson I saw it on television as well. I just couldn't remember the name of the show that told the plight of the Lone Ranger until I read your comment...Thanks and r.i.p. Clayton Moore

[@mikenewton474]

Dawn Moore said it best....Clayton Moore's most distinguishing characteristic was his voice. You couldn't mistake him for someone else. It was not one that could be imitated in the same sense as John Wayne. Jay Silverheels had the same voice. I recall seeing him in the Audie Murphy western, Drums Across the River. Even though he played an Indian chief, his costume was not the same as Tonto's but when I heard him speak, I realized who it was.

[@juneparker1182]

He was a great man. The true lone ranger. I still watch him today.

[@pamp5797]

Clayton Moore was the real Lone Ranger. I watch him every day.

[@dec141]

your dad was my hero....my father carried me on his shoulders to a neighbor with a tv to see the Lone Ranger......that feeling of love and respect is life-long, especially since he was always the Lone Ranger all his life.

[@jayrosen6663]

People became teachers, police, first responders, and firefighters because he exhorted us to be honest, hardworking, and grow up to be good citizens!!!!!!!

[@DeedsResearcher]

WONDERFUL insight into a real legend.

[@williambilyeu9801]

To me, Clayton Moore was and will always be the Lone Ranger. I dressed up like him as a child and when I escorted my daughters out for Halloween.

[@Riogi]

The Lone Ranger, meaning Clayton Moore, was perfectly built, gorgeous, had a great voice, and was an all around amazing man to boot. He is a true legend and will always be.

[@mikesaunders4775]

Clayton Moore was one of a rare breed of actors, portraying a character so definitively that no other player could ever hope to follow in the role. The decision to ban him from wearing the mask was an act of near-criminal malice, akin to telling Patrick Macnee of 'The Avengers' to stop wearing a Bowler Hat. The Lone Ranger made an indelible impression on me as a child ,and continues to be a programme that I can joyfully return to as an ageing adult. Dawn is a credit to him.

[@pamelasandstrom4401]

I'm watching the Lone Ranger on KZbin now., season 4.. Thoroughly enjoying it.

[@Elainerulesutube]

Very good interview! It's a pity her father did not get to see 2000 come in!

[@TomTimeTraveler]

I watch The Lone Ranger on COZI. .Such a wonderful program, such role models (Moore and Silverheels)! Pure class! Brings years to my eyes knowing that the young generations don't experience these types of programs.

[@peace-yv4qd]

I was at a LA Ram football game in the 60's and during halftime the announcer says "and a cloud of dust and a Hi Ho Sliver". And out of a side tunnel rides The Lone Ranger AKA Clayton Moore on Silver. He stops rears up Silver, waves at the crowd and disappears back into the tunnel. I grew up watching The Lone Ranger. Quite a treat seeing my childhood hero in person.

[@maureencora1]

Heaven is for Heroes.

[@cosimoagostino7288]

Legends will never die hiyosilver rip lengend...

[@an-tm3250]

He had a very nice build, looked athletic. A very handsome man.

[@stephenshields9445]

I hero worshipped him , I knew that he would look after me if was frightened as a child he would protect me as I trusted him. I've tried to follow a code of doing right and be honest and help others. R.i..p my hero.

[@geodavid51]

Great piece of history. I used to get up extra early before school to watch the Lone Ranger. Still love to get up early and see the re-runs.

[@TheDancer11304]

Thank you for posting. Clayton is my hero

[@brianshull2000]

I'm only in my early 50's. I always watched The Lone Range with my dad and I love watching the series. Unfortunately, I can't find all the seasons and episodes on TV, VHS or DVD. The Roku channel has a dedicated channel of only The Lone Range. Rest in Peace Clayton Moore (Lone Range).

[@mackbishop2736]

He was a great great man

[@larry3064]

I was a huge fan. Watched every episode over and over for years

[@Steve-wm1ol]

His autobiography, "I WAS That Masked Man" is excellent!

[@amberhartzog9851]

I'm considering reading it.

[@junerobertson4389]

What a good daughter and to think her dad is the Lone Ranger.

[@kevindoran9271]

Clayton Moore was THE Lone Ranger. Any other actor doing the role was a wanna bee.

[@kevindoran9271]

Good looking daughter by the way!

[@ronflynn5043]

Hi Dawn Moore, bless your late father he gave me as a child many enjoyable days,Your dad came to swansea, where I have lived all my life, swansea south wales, uk. where he came to the castle cinema, to tell us kids of his last film, the first in colour, it was a great film indeed, he and his side kick, what was his name, Harold James Smith Silverheels, what a pair. hope your antiques business is doing well. bless you Dawn.

[@streetrodder2846]

I grew up with The Lone Ranger. I have the entire series on DVD!

[@johnlysle]

I noticed Jon Hart right off, to this day I still call Hart the wrong Lone Ranger. Cozi TV plays The Lone Ranger, 4 back to back episodes on weekday mornings as far as I'm concerned they can skip the Hart episodes all together. Wouldn't break my heart at all. The Lone Ranger rides forever. As a side note I believe that The Green Hornet in the story line was the grandson of the Ranger's brother that was killed in the ambush.

[@amberhartzog9851]

I gave the JH ranger a separate name and consider his episodes the lost season.

[@GregoryChampy]

Thank you so much, Steve, for being our eyes and ears at this event. Greatly appreciated!!!

[@dancerniglia6490]

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[@Dolphin-cb9sq]

Wow! Very interesting.

[@sirjohnsavile]

A nice insight it the man behind the mask. The Lone Ranger -Clayton Moore.☺

[@SenorZorrozzz]

She has a low voice! Lots of beautiful hair.

[@simban00]

Listening to this Clayton Moore was the Lone Ranger, before he was cast. It was his personality. And coincidentally they were born one day apart

[@talon115]

Awesome!

[@donohannes7475]

Dawn, I knew your father when he was hired by Chrysler to represent them as the man in the white hat! I also went to the same high school in Chicago (Nicholas SENN) where we were both on the gymnastics team and had the same coach…. A.E.Bergmann but not at the same time!? A wonderful guy! God bless!

[@TomTimeTraveler]

And when they took away his mask, I was infuriated along with millions of my generation. THAT was a travesty!

[@arthurdavis2964]

Thomas Vasiloff ** So true !

[@jilljansen2638]

I NEVER accepted the travesty of the new one foisted on the public. Clayton Moore will ALWAYS be THE Lone Ranger!!

[@maureencora1]

Yeah.

[@Leadeshipcoach]

One of the worst mistakes ever made by a movie company!🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@amberhartzog9851]

The second fan uprising. Wasn't alive then but I probably would have been part of both fan revolts.

[@paulhughes2268]

Great man cannot stop watching the lone ranger in Australia big fan

[@satchhuntzhall1]

Gene and Roy lobbied hard for Clay Moore to get his mask back

[@amberhartzog9851]

Observation, Definitely a Lone Ranger trait.

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

What I want to know is where is a EXACT pattern of the mask & what was it made of?? It fitted him perfectly

[@kathartman7710]

Interesting interview. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@pi31415927]

Kat Hartman Thanks, Kat. Interesting to note that while I was recording this, I was dressed up as the Lone Ranger. The only reason it ends abruptly is because a cameraman for CBS News tapped me on the shoulder to get my name for their Sunday morning Almanac piece on Clayton Moore's centennial.

[@amberhartzog9851]

I'm a recent LR fan. What was the rest of that interview like?

[@jessebryant9233]

I'm pushing 50 and when I want to go to bed on a good note, I revisit an episode of the Lone Ranger. One of the best shows ever. Cheesy in a sense? Sure. But good? You bet!

[@jessebryant9233]

And yes, we do need some Lone Rangers in the new millennium! Every generation does.

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

It's reported the original or one of the masks was on this program: Antiques Roadshow Season 23 Episode 17, which is of an AR show originally recorded 2004

[@williamdavis9943]

There are few stunt men that would even attempt diving off of a running horse( in this case Silver) while jumping off of a cliff without breaking your neck is a marvel in itself. Moore did this several times. Staying on a horses back while going down a steep hill or mountain is very difficult because of the angle & gravity. Try it sometime if you dare?

[@t4texastom587]

R. I. P. CLAYTON MOORE and Silver JAY SILVERHEELS and Scout

[@user-uq6sz6po3d]

Jay Thomas used to come on Letterman every Christmas to tell his famous Lone Ranger story. Would have loved to hear her reaction--or Clayton's--to it.

[@amberhartzog9851]

I'm glad he didn't give the mask to Spilsbury who was never heard of again. I think he passed it along to fans.

[@coveyssteve]

If you have not read his terrific autobiography -- "I WAS That Masked Man" -- you should. Copies probably available inexpensively. But you can't have mine!

[@harpleblues]

Clayton Moore IS the Lone Ranger.

[@kennyhill2678]

The Lone Ranger is Still My Hero

[@ronaldgoff7499]

he was agreat man very few in money grubbing hollywood had that status george reeves died too soon another icon

[@519djw6]

This interview stops abruptly. Does anyone know if the rest of it is on KZbin?

[@pi31415927]

Unfortunately no. I was dressed as The Lone Ranger sitting in the audience recording the event. Half way through, a cameraman from "CBS This Morning" taps me on the shoulder asking me to write down my name for a segment they were doing for their show. And there went the remaining part of the video. And that's the rest of the story. Good Day.

[@519djw6]

@@pi31415927 Thank you for your response. I know this was several years ago, but I wonder if Dawn Moore spoke about the brief time when her dad was not allowed to make public appearances as "The Lone Ranger," because of that grade Z movie they put out in about 1980. Paul Harvey fan, huh? :)

[@pi31415927]

@@519djw6 I do not recall Dawn addressing that period in her Dad's life during the event. I do remember in a print interview about Clayton himself commenting on those days. When friends would try to comfort him, he'd tell them not to worry and that he had never been busier. He said he went from 15 personal appearances before losing the mask in 1979 to 150 appearances after. Interviews numbered in the hundreds. And endorsement deals came around again. Even though he had to switch out the mask for sunglasses and bill himself as "The Man Who Portrayed the Lone Ranger," Jack Wrather's legal maneuver helped give Clayton's career a boost and earned him a whole new generation of fans, along with the diehard ones that stuck by him for years.

[@jayrosen6663]

I remember his earlier body of work as well. Mostly in serials, ironically, The Ghost of Zorro with a mask of course!! Also, Black Dragons with Bela Lugosi!!!!!

[@deanjenkins5746]

Big fan of The Lone Ranger. PS....His daughter has nice hair...😉

[@fifty9forty3]

I wonder why the family of Clayton Moore who lived and loved the Lone Ranger did not have that identity inscribed on his grave marker.

[@pi31415927]

Good question. I cannot answer for the family, but I would guess that it was his wishes. It might have been enough for Clayton Moore to have been the only celebrity to have his own name and character name on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame when he received his star in 1987. I'm sure there may have been other reasons, too. Despite his fame, he was a simple man who enjoyed the basics of life and an appreciation for his family and his fans. And his gravestone is just that-- simple. Even without a character credit on his marker, we fans know to this day who was that that masked man buried there. And some of us even got a chance to thank him. 😊

[@frankbryant2512]

i watch the long ranger,,,watch on other man TV my hand dad we had a raido i listion to the long ranger on the radio

[@heidikickhouse-]

Seriously, there was another one after? Movies, tv ...?

[@heidikickhouse-]

oops, I forgot, who was it, And speaking of voices, his daughter's is like honey and silk, I wonder if she uses it professionally.

[@nicholasjanke3476]

Moore had that distinctive hoarse (no pun intended!) voice. Same with Vincent Price. It was a mistake for Moore to have left the show for awhile-whether by his volution or by some producer's choice (mabey Moore was difficult at times? Annoyed a producer? ) as John Hart didn't have the charisma as Clayton Moore. Two different personalities. Moore's Ranger came across as a tough yet very sensitive, intelligent, straight type of guy. Hart's Ranger lacked that sensitivity personality. Im hoping to do three Lone Ranger, professional fan films for KZbin which will be follow ups to both the tv show and the 1981 Legend of The Lone Ranger. Im hoping to have cameos with both Dawn Moore (as the Ranger's daughter) and Klinton Spillsbury as the elderly Ranger.

[@stevefriedmanphoto]

The Wrong Ranger

[@vestel777]

That’s funny about Him being a Virgo ♍️. The thing about Her Mother moving a chair and He comes home from being on tour and before He puts down His luggage He straightens the chair. I’m here to tell You that’s a REAL THING!!!!! I Myself do this and it’s a curse LOL. It’s Virgo’s being very detailed oriented people and very very organized people. Kind of like OCD.

[@pi31415927]

Steve, my Dad used to do the same thing after work. Instead of chairs he used to straighten pictures on the wall and magazines on the coffee table. It got so bad, my mother started calling him The Lone Rearranger.

[@vestel777]

@@pi31415927 👍🏻. It’s a Curse I tell You. I Myself am a Virgo ♍️. It tends to drive our loved ones totally insane with the way We are and can be.

[@patpat8195]

Clayton more. Tonto he was find as hell this black woman was in love with the lone ranger just to see him he was tall sexy man

[@martyadamsandthepikecounty6931]

A fax is a dictaphone

[@pi18679101]

One of the meanest women I’ve ever known!

[@scottbickett6458]

You mean the daughter? How so??

[@hotrodtrucker88]

I can believe that about the chair I too do the same thing , only virgos are this crtical

[@paulwarren796]

MAYBE I'LL HAVE TO WEAR A MASK TO FIND A NORWEGIAN GIRL....

[@hotrodtrucker88]

yes I too am a virgo

[@anderander5662]

This was 2014..... It would now be considered racist to celebrate the writing of The Star-Spangled Banner