On the radio, the Lone Ranger was played by Brace Beemer, a big, strapping man with a voice like a redwood tree. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad.

Champion of justice "The Lone Ranger" and trusty steed Silver rode across the Wild West and into American lore for the first time on this day in history, Jan. 30, 1933.

It didn’t stop there. For two decades, there were over 3,000 radio episodes featuring the Lone Ranger as he rides across the ...

In 1933 when Beemer as the Lone Ranger made a personal appearance at Detroit’s Belle Isle on the occasion of an annual public-school field day, over 100,000 showed up to see him.

While John Todd played Tonto through the radio show’s entire run, several men voiced the Lone Ranger. A little-known actor named Jack Deeds was the first person to don the mask.

Radio programs provided a source of inspiration, with heroes like the Lone Ranger and The Shadow getting embroiled in deadly capers. But they also promoted old-fashioned American family values and ...

When men begin to dress like soldiers and vigilantes, we shouldn’t be surprised when they start acting like both.

The Lone Ranger had an original script that definitely pushed the boundary a bit too far for its time. In modern-day media, it would fit right in with current media trends in violence, but the ...