S9.com / Biographies /
Jack Carlton Moore(Moore, Clayton)
Born: 1914 AD
Died: 1999 AD, at 85 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Actors, Entertainers, Stunt Performer
Died: 1999 AD, at 85 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Actors, Entertainers, Stunt Performer
1914 - Jack Carlton Moore or Clayton Moore born on the 14th of September in Chicago, Illinois. He was an American actor best known for playing the fictional western character The Lone Ranger.
1934 - He grew up in Chicago and started as a circus acrobat at age 8, appearing as an aerialist at the World's Fair.
1938 - He then went to New York City, where he worked as a male model, and entered the film world as a bit player and stuntman.
1940 - At the suggestion of producer Eddie Small, he changed his first name to Clayton, and began appearing in B movies, mostly as a bad guy.
1949 - 1952 - With Jay Silverheels playing the part of Tonto, his faithful Indian companion, he was the Lone Ranger from the show's debut, when he was fired in a salary dispute. At the time, he was television's most popular western star, but he was replaced by Jack Hart, who lasted only one season.
1949 - His first role as the masked man was that of Zorro, in the movie "Ghost of Zorro". To win the part of the Lone Ranger on the television show, he had to change his voice to sound like the popular radio star of the Lone Ranger show.
1952 - 1958 - During his television unemployed period, he returned to making movies, including "Radar Men from the Moon" and "Jungle Drums of Africa", to enhance his movie career. He also appeared as The Lone Ranger in two movies, "The Lone Ranger", and "The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold".
1957 - Fans demanded the return of Clayton Moore and the next year he was rehired at an even larger salary, continuing in the series until its end.
1982 - Best remembered for his role of "The Lone Ranger" on the television series of the same name. He was inducted into the Stuntman's Hall of Fame.
1990 - Received the Western Heritage Award from the Cowboy Hall of Fame.
1999 - Died of a heart attack on the 28th of December in Los Angeles, California.
2004 - He is currently the only person to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with both his name and the character he was known for playing; his star reads "Clayton Moore, the Lone Ranger."
1934 - He grew up in Chicago and started as a circus acrobat at age 8, appearing as an aerialist at the World's Fair.
1938 - He then went to New York City, where he worked as a male model, and entered the film world as a bit player and stuntman.
1940 - At the suggestion of producer Eddie Small, he changed his first name to Clayton, and began appearing in B movies, mostly as a bad guy.
1949 - 1952 - With Jay Silverheels playing the part of Tonto, his faithful Indian companion, he was the Lone Ranger from the show's debut, when he was fired in a salary dispute. At the time, he was television's most popular western star, but he was replaced by Jack Hart, who lasted only one season.
1949 - His first role as the masked man was that of Zorro, in the movie "Ghost of Zorro". To win the part of the Lone Ranger on the television show, he had to change his voice to sound like the popular radio star of the Lone Ranger show.
1952 - 1958 - During his television unemployed period, he returned to making movies, including "Radar Men from the Moon" and "Jungle Drums of Africa", to enhance his movie career. He also appeared as The Lone Ranger in two movies, "The Lone Ranger", and "The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold".
1957 - Fans demanded the return of Clayton Moore and the next year he was rehired at an even larger salary, continuing in the series until its end.
1982 - Best remembered for his role of "The Lone Ranger" on the television series of the same name. He was inducted into the Stuntman's Hall of Fame.
1990 - Received the Western Heritage Award from the Cowboy Hall of Fame.
1999 - Died of a heart attack on the 28th of December in Los Angeles, California.
2004 - He is currently the only person to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with both his name and the character he was known for playing; his star reads "Clayton Moore, the Lone Ranger."
| | Page last updated: 9:58am, 02nd Apr '07 |
Related Books
  |
I Was That Masked Man by Clayton Moore (Paperback - Aug 25, 1998) Clayton Moore was the actor who fixed a burning image in millions of baby boomer minds and whose TV character spawned uncountable little white suits, cowboy hats, and black masks on children all over...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
 |
  |
I Was That Masked Man (ISBN: 0878339396) by Clayton with Frank Thompson Moore (Hardcover - May 17, 1996) |
|
  |
Six Degrees of Warren Beatty: A Hollywood Novel by Clayton Moore (Paperback - Dec 17, 2003) "Do you believe in heaven? People say every person's heaven is different depending on what they wanted in life.""Well, somehow I doubt God has prepared for me the world's largest whorehouse with free... Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
 |
Lancaster Valour - The Valour and the Truth by Clayton Moore (Paperback - May 17, 1995) |
|
 |
SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES - Volume 3, number 2 - November Nov 1935: Ordeal by Nitro; Tuareg Treasure; A Man Rides Home; Traitress' Wages; Master of Paradise; Diana Daw; Dark Victory; Here Come the Devils; Cursed Be the Head; Code of the Northland by Anonymous. (editor) (E. Hoffmann Price; Robert Leslie Bellem; Cary Moran; Lew Merrill; Carl Moore; Clayton Maxwell; Arthur Wallace; C. A. M. Donne; Ellery Watson Calder; Hugh Speer) (Paperback - May 17, 2008) |
|
 |
SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES - Volume 5, number 2 - November Nov 1936: The Purple Heart of Erlik; Passion's Puppets; The Power Smashers; Hashish from Hoshepur; Diana Daw; Rainbow's End; Bitter Vengeance; High Steel; Seaport Town; Blood on the Moon by Anonymous. (editor) (Sam Walser - Robert E. Howard; Lew Merrill; Robert Leslie Bellem; Carl Moore; Clayton Maxwell; Hugh Speer; Willis Vachel Keith; Jerome Severs Perry; Kirk Rand; John Bard) (Paperback - May 17, 2008) |
|
Related DVDs
  |
The Truman Show (Special Collector's Edition) (DVD) The whole world is watching--literally--every time Truman Burbank makes the slightest move. Unbeknownst to him, in this hauntingly funny film by Peter Weir, his entire life has been an unending soap...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
Ultimate TV Westerns - 150 Episodes (DVD) Platform: DVD MOVIE Publisher: MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT Packaging: RETAIL BOX Rating: EVERYONE Welcome to the greatest compilation of... Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
Horror 250 Movie Pack (DVD) Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
