In the pilot episode, Tonto rescues the Texas Ranger who is the lone survivor of an ambush by ... (Moore died in 1999 at the age of 85.) The original mask was purple felt, a color that showed ...

Jay Silverheels played Tonto and Clayton Moore played the Lone Ranger in the TV series ... He was one of TV original pulp heroes. Like many of the best Westerns ever, the show was loved, if ...

The Rangers are apparently wiped out, although one injured survivor is left. The survivor, nursed back to health by Tonto, swears to avenge the massacre and defeat "Colonel Jeffries" and his men.

In the 1930s, an elderly Tonto tells a young boy the tale of John Reid, the Lone Ranger. An idealistic lawyer, he rides with his brother and fellow Texas Rangers in pursuit of the notorious Butch ...

However, historically the main target audience for "The Lone Ranger" has been those of all ages. And since an aged Tonto is recounting this story to a young boy — far younger than 13 — we ...

The movie is narrated by Tonto, played by Johnny Depp (“Dark Shadows”), who comes to life in a museum in California to tell his story to a boy wearing a mask reminiscent of the original Lone Ranger’s.

To this end, John Reid disguises himself and becomes the great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger. With the help of Tonto, the pair go to rescue President Ulysses S. Grant (Jason Robards Jr ...