All About Clayton Moore: Height, Salary, Measurements, Net Worth

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Short Info

Date Of Birth	September 14, 1914
Died	December 28, 1999, West Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Spouse	Clarita Moore (m. 1992–1999), Connie Moore (m. 1986–1989), Sally Allen (m. 1943–1986), Mary Moore (m. 1940–1942)
Mark	The white Horse Silver he rode as the titular character
Fact	Best remembered as TV's "The Lone Ranger."
Payments	Earned $1,500 /week (1954-1957) from The Lone Ranger (1949)

Clayton Moore was born on September 14, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were both vaudeville performers, and his father was also a circus clown. Clayton began performing at a young age, appearing in his parents’ act and also working as a stuntman. He attended high school in Los Angeles and then studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse.

Clayton’s first film role was in the 1938 western The Lone Ranger, and he would go on to appear in over 100 films and television shows. He is best known for playing the title character in the 1950s television series The Lone Ranger. Clayton also did voice work for many animated films and television shows, including The Jetsons and Super Friends.

In addition to his acting career, Clayton was an accomplished pilot and owned his own airplane. He was also an avid photographer and enjoyed fishing and hunting.

Clayton Moore died on December 28, 1999 at the age of 85. His legacy as the Lone Ranger lives on, and he is fondly remembered by fans around the world.

General Info

Full Name	Clayton Moore
Date Of Birth	September 14, 1914
Died	December 28, 1999, West Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Height	1.85 m
Profession	Actor, Model
Nationality	American

Family

Spouse	Clarita Moore (m. 1992–1999), Connie Moore (m. 1986–1989), Sally Allen (m. 1943–1986), Mary Moore (m. 1940–1942)
Children	Dawn Angela Moore

Accomplishments

Nominations	TV Land Favorite Crimestopper Award
Movies	The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold, Ghost of Zorro, Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory, Jungle Drums of Africa, Kansas Pacific, The Crimson Ghost, Jesse James Rides Again, G-Men Never Forget, Son of Geronimo, The Cowboy and the Indians, The Far Frontier, Adventures of Frank and Jesse James, R...
TV Shows	The Lone Ranger

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0138194

Marks

#	Marks / Signs
1	Deep voice
2	Blue shirt,white cowboy hat, black mask, and red scarf he wore as The Lone Raner
3	The white Horse Silver he rode as the titular character

Salary

Title	Salary
The Lone Ranger (1949)	$1,500 /week (1954-1957)
The Lone Ranger (1949)	$500 /week (1949-1951 seasons)

Quotes

#	Quote
1	[on working with Bela Lugosi in Black Dragons (1942)] [He] seemed like a nice man. He was very courteous, but he generally stayed to himself working on his lines.
2	[in 1982] Clayton Moore and The Lone Ranger are one and the same. I'm proud that I decided to wear the white hat for the rest of my life.
3	[on 2/4/85, about his Lone Ranger costume] I will continue wearing the white hat and black mask until I ride up into the big ranch in the sky.
4	Once I got the Lone Ranger role, I didn't want any other. I was playing the good guy.
5	Playing him [the Lone Ranger] made me a better person.

Facts

#	Fact
1	Is the face of God in L.A. artist Kent Twitchell's mural of "The Holy Trinity" painted on the exterior of Otis Parson's Institute in downtown Los Angeles.
2	Appeared as The Lone Ranger welcoming guests to Frontierland on Disneyland's opening day July 17, 1955.
3	In 1988 when his pair of Colt 45s were stolen, he was given an unprecedented legal courtesy by the State District judge who allowed Moore to testify in his trademark white hat and dark glasses explaining, "I didn't want to be the one to reveal the identity of the Lone Ranger!".
4	Moore's Lone Ranger mask is on permanent display in the Museum of American Popular Culture at the Smithsonian Institution and is considered one of their 101 Greatest Objects, as noted in the book by Dr. Richard Kunin.
5	He was born on the 100th anniversary of the writing of the Star Spangled Banner.
6	Inducted into the Golden Valley [Minnesota] Hall of Fame in 2013.
7	He performed a trifecta with regard to appearing with the contemporary western heroes of the day. In 1948, one year prior to assuming the role of The Lone Ranger, he appeared in the Roy Rogers feature The Far Frontier (1948). During his hiatus from "The Lone Ranger" (1952-53), he appeared in four TV episodes - three times on The Gene Autry Show (1950) and as outlaw Trimmer Lane in Hopalong Cassidy: Lawless Legacy (1952).
8	In 1952 when John Hart assumed the role of "The Lone Ranger" for 52 episodes on ABC, CBS began showing reruns of the first 78 episodes (1949-1951) with Moore as "The Lone Ranger", on Saturday afternoons. When Moore returned to the series in 1954, he was seen as the "only Lone Ranger", twice weekly, on ABC and with reruns on CBS.
9	Appears as The Lone Ranger, with his horse Silver, on a 44¢ USA commemorative postage stamp in the Early TV Memories issue honoring The Lone Ranger (1949), issued 11 August 2009.
10	"Silvercup Bread" was the original sponsor of "The Lone Ranger" on radio. Hence, the use of silver bullets and his horse named "Silver".
11	In an earlier "masked" role, he was the title character in Ghost of Zorro (1949).
12	During his hiatus from The Lone Ranger (1949) in 1952-1953 he appeared in three serials: Radar Men from the Moon (1952), Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger (1952) and Jungle Drums of Africa (1953).
13	Of the nearly 200 appearances Moore made with co-star Jay Silverheels, they appeared together in just four features where they did NOT play The Lone Ranger and Tonto: Kit Carson (1940), Perils of Nyoka (1942), The Cowboy and the Indians (1949), and The Black Dakotas (1954).
14	The Lone Ranger (1949) premiered on September 15, 1949, exactly one day after his 35th birthday.
15	Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1990.
16	Adopted a baby girl, Dawn Angela, in December of 1958.
17	He is the only person to have a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame with both his name AND the character he was famous for playing. His star says, "Clayton Moore, The Lone Ranger".
18	Liked to quote and live by "The Lone Ranger Creed" written by Fran Striker around 1940, which began, "I believe that to have a friend, a man must be one" and included moral lessons such as, "God put the firewood there, but every man must gather and light it himself".
19	Having a history of heart trouble, he died at 9:20 am PST of a heart attack, at West Hills Regional Medical Center in West Hills, Los Angeles.
20	"The Lone Ranger" premiered on WXYZ-AM radio in Detroit, MI, in 1933. The show was created because WXYZ, a small station, could not afford network programs. After getting the role in the TV series The Lone Ranger (1949), Moore had to train his voice to sound more like the radio Lone Ranger, Brace Beemer. Moore's favorite character was "The Ol' Prospector", in which the Lone Ranger would dress up as a crotchety old miner and infiltrate places to gather information. He used the character on his home answering machine in Calabasas, CA, and would greet callers with it.
21	Received the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1990.
22	Inducted into the Stuntman's Hall of Fame in 1982.
23	Best remembered as TV's "The Lone Ranger."

Pictures

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Movies

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Adventures of Kit Carson	1952	TV Series	Outlaw leader
Barbed Wire	1952		Rutledge Henchman (uncredited)
Montana Territory	1952		Deputy George Ives
Desert Passage	1952		Dave Warwick
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok	1952	TV Series	Larson
Night Stage to Galveston	1952		Clyde Chambers (uncredited)
Mutiny	1952		Lt. Peters, USN (uncredited)
The Hawk of Wild River	1952		The Hawk
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory	1952		Buffalo Bill Cody
Captive of Billy the Kid	1952		Paul Howard
Radar Men from the Moon	1952		Graber
Cyclone Fury	1951		Grat Hanlon
Sons of New Mexico	1949		Henchman Rufe Burns
Bandits of El Dorado	1949		B. F. Morgan
The Cowboy and the Indians	1949		Henchman Luke
Masked Raiders	1949		Matt Trevett
South of Death Valley	1949		Henchman Brad
The Gay Amigo	1949		Lieutenant
Frontier Investigator	1949		Scott Garnett
Bride of Vengeance	1949		Long Bowman (uncredited)
Ghost of Zorro	1949		Ken Mason
Riders of the Whistling Pines	1949		Henchman Pete
Sheriff of Wichita	1949		Raymond D'Arcy
The Far Frontier	1948		Tom Sharper
The Plunderers	1948		Wounded Night Rider (uncredited)
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James	1948		Jesse James, aka John Howard
Marshal of Amarillo	1948		Art Crandall
G-Men Never Forget	1948		Agent Ted O'Hara
Along the Oregon Trail	1947		Gregg Thurston
Jesse James Rides Again	1947		Jesse James
Heldorado	1946		Joe (uncredited)
The Crimson Ghost	1946		Louis Ashe
The Bachelor's Daughters	1946		Bill Cotter
Target - Invisible	1945	Documentary short	Radar Operator (uncredited)
Outlaws of Pine Ridge	1942		Lane Hollister
Perils of Nyoka	1942		Dr. Larry Grayson
Hello, Annapolis	1942		Charles (uncredited)
Black Dragons	1942		Dick Martin
Tuxedo Junction	1941		Bill Bennett
International Lady	1941		Sewell
The Son of Monte Cristo	1940		Lt. Fritz Dorner
Kit Carson	1940		Paul Terry
Zorro's Fighting Legion	1939		Fernando (uncredited)
Radio Hams	1939	Short	Ship Radio Operator (uncredited)
Tell No Tales	1939		Wilson (as Jack Carlton)
Broadway Serenade	1939		Cameraman (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden	1939		Intern (uncredited)
Four Girls in White	1939		Intern (uncredited)
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor	1939		Hospital Interne (as Jack Carlton)
Spring Madness	1938		Dartmouth College Student (uncredited)
Secrets of an Actress	1938		Theater Usher (uncredited)
The Texans	1938		Slim (uncredited)
Cowboy from Brooklyn	1938		Rodeo Timekeeper (uncredited)
When Were You Born	1938		Assistant District Attorney (as Jack Moore)
Crime School	1938		Reporter Covering 'Escape' (uncredited)
Go Chase Yourself	1938		Reporter (uncredited)
Thunder Trail	1937		Cowboy (uncredited)
Forlorn River	1937		Cowboy (uncredited)
The Greatest American Hero	1986	TV Series	Arm Wrestler
Lassie	1959	TV Series	The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold	1958		The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger	1949-1957	TV Series	The Lone Ranger Lone Ranger John Reid
The Lone Ranger	1956		The Lone Ranger
The Red Skelton Hour	1955	TV Series	The Lone Ranger
Apache Ambush	1955		Jironza Cave Sentry / Townsman (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again	1955	TV Movie	The Lone Ranger
Passion	1954		Lieutenant (uncredited)
The Black Dakotas	1954		Stone (uncredited)
The Gene Autry Show	1953-1954	TV Series	Tom Golden, Carnival Owner / Bud, Kidnap Henchman / Slim Edwards - Conquistador
Gunfighters of the Northwest	1954		Constable Bram Nevin
Annie Oakley	1954	TV Series	Henchman
Down Laredo Way	1953		Chip Wells
Bandits of Corsica	1953		Ricardo
Kansas Pacific	1953		Henchman Stone
Jungle Drums of Africa	1953		Alan King (as Clay Moore)
The Range Rider	1952-1953	TV Series	Placer Dan Meighan / Martin Wickett
Hopalong Cassidy	1952	TV Series	Trimmer Lane
The Legend of the Lone Ranger	1952		The Lone Ranger
Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger	1952		Jim Scott (as Clay Moore)
The Raiders	1952		Boone Logan (uncredited)

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Wages of Sin	2007	special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
ABC's 40th Anniversary	1994	TV Special	Himself
Cliffhangers! Adventures from the Thrill Factory	1993	Video documentary	Himself
The 7th Annual Golden Boot Awards	1989	TV Special	Himself
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion	1979	TV Movie documentary	Himself
ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration	1978	TV Special	Himself
Wide Wide World	1958	TV Series documentary	The Lone Ranger
The Ed Sullivan Show	1956	TV Series	Himself
What's My Line?	1951	TV Series	Himself - Mystery Guest

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Pioneers of Television	2014	TV Mini-Series documentary	Lone Ranger - the Lone Ranger
Kemosabe Version 1.0	2007	Short	Lone Ranger
The Canadians	2000	TV Series	The Lone Ranger
The Stan Freberg Commercials	1999	Video	The Lone Ranger (segment "Show Us Your Pizza Roll Pack")
Television: The First Fifty Years	1999	Video documentary	Lone Ranger
Action Heroes of Movies & T.V.: A Campy Compilation	1989	Video documentary	The Lone Ranger
Years of Lightning	1981	TV Series documentary	The Lone Ranger
It's Showtime	1976	Documentary	Himself - as The Lone Ranger (uncredited)
Code 645	1966	TV Movie	Ted O'Hara
Cyclotrode 'X'	1966	TV Movie	Louis Ashe
Nyoka and the Lost Secrets of Hippocrates	1966	TV Movie	Dr. Larry Grayson
Retik, the Moon Menace	1966	TV Movie	Graber
U-238 and the Witch Doctor	1966	TV Movie	Alan King (as Clay Moore)
Ghost of Zorro	1959		Ken Mason
Missile Monsters	1958		Ashe (uncredited)
The Titled Tenderfoot	1955		Judd Larson
Flying Disc Man from Mars	1950		Lewis Ashe (Chs. 1-2, 10) (uncredited)

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1998	Founder's Award	Golden Boot Awards
1987	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Television	On 5 June 1987. At 6914 Hollywood Blvd.
1983	Golden Boot	Golden Boot Awards