Moore often was quoted as saying he had "fallen in love with the Lone Ranger character" and strove in his personal life to take The Lone Ranger Creed to heart. (Wrather's planned motion picture remake, The Legend of the Lone Ranger, was released in 1981 and was a critical and commercial failure.) This Lone Ranger and Silver was crappy looking and was in no way dressed as the prior Lone Ranger and Silver therefore was not accepted by the fans. For a time he worked in publicity tie-ins with the Texas Rangers baseball team. He eventually won the suit, and was able to resume his appearances in costume, which he continued to do until shortly before his death. Moore responded by changing his costume slightly and replacing the mask with similar-looking wraparound sunglasses, and by counter-suing Wrather. This move proved to be a public relations disaster. Though many men have played the part of the masked man in the past seven decades, only one will truly be remembered as the Lone Ranger - Clayton Moore. His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is the only one to include his character's name. Moore lived a life true to the Lone Ranger Creed. Moore married Clarita Petrone in 1992 and they remained together until his death in 1999. Six months later Moore married Sally's nurse, Connie, but they divorced within three years. Very quietly, in 1985, the restraining order was lifted and Moore was once again allowed to appear as the Lone Ranger. The movie quickly bombed, fueled by the backlash over Moore's mask. Two years later a new Lone Ranger was introduced when The Legend of the Lone Ranger hit theaters. Moore landed the role.ĭisaster struck in 1979 when the Wrather Corporation placed a restraining order on Moore, prohibiting him from wearing the mask and appearing as the Lone Ranger. As creator/producer of the "The Lone Ranger" radio show (with writer Fran Striker), Trendle was about to launch the television version. Moore's career advanced in 1949, when George Trendle spotted him in Ghost of Zorro.
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