Lone Ranger
NZPA Los Angeles Actor, Clayton Moore, who played the masked cowboy hero, “The Lone Ranger” on American television, has been told to hang up his guns, at least for the time being. Lone Ranger Television Incorporated, which said it bought the rights to “The Lone Ranger” series in 1954 for SNZ3M, has obtained a temporary court restraining order in Los Angeles barring the actor from making further public appearances as the cowboy.
Representatives of the company said Moore, believed to be in his 60s, was growing too old to play the part. The public would be confused if Moore made further public appearances while a younger man was also appearing as “The Lone Ranger,” the representatives told a Los Angeles Superior Court judge. The company said it was making a multi-mil-lion-dollar film on “The Lone Ranger.” Moore, one of nine actors to play “The Lone Ranger,” made 169 episodes for television, mostly in the early 19505.
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Press, 21 August 1979, Page 20
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