Does The Lone Ranger Ranch still exist?

Corriganville, which came to be known as Lone Ranger Ranch in the credits, and now remains as a cement slab or two, lies not more than a few miles away in the same general area.
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Did Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels get along?

Your father and co-star Jay Silverheels continued their relationship for years after the show ended, and often appeared together. They had a very, very deep bond.
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What happened to the original Lone Ranger?

He was 85. Moore died of a heart attack at West Hills Regional Medical Center in the San Fernando Valley, according to his publicist, Katy Sweet Public Relations. “I always wanted to be a policeman or a cowboy, and I got to do both,” Moore wrote in his 1996 autobiography, “I Was That Masked Man.”
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Where was the opening scene of The Lone Ranger filmed?

It runs about 30 seconds and was filmed — and it was film, not video, in those days — entirely on the Iverson Movie Ranch, in 1956.
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Where was Johnny Depp's Lone Ranger?

The movie, with a budget reported to exceed $200 million, shot 80 percent of its principal photography in New Mexico, according to Marshall Moore, director of the Utah Film Commission. The production also filmed in Utah, Arizona, Colorado and California.
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Why did they REPLACE the LONE RANGER in season 3 of the TV series?



Where did Johnny Depp film The Lone Ranger?

Disney's big-budget feature production of The Lone Ranger built Western sets for extensive filming in New Mexico. Based on the classic 1950s TV series, the film features Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as Ranger John Reid.
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Is kemosabe a real word?

The NYPL also notes that “kemosabe” is an actual word in two Native American languages. In Apache, it means “white shirt.” Who knows — maybe Tonto also had to do the Ranger's laundry and was actually constantly reminding him to avoid grass stains.
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Was Tonto a real Indian?

Tonto is a fictional character; he is the Native American (either Comanche or Potawatomi) companion of the Lone Ranger, a popular American Western character created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker.
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What's the meaning of kemosabe?

Happy trails, kemosabe. Kemosabe means “friend,” popularized by The Lone Ranger radio and TV show.
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Why did Tonto leave the Lone Ranger?

Silverheels played Tonto for the entire run of the television series, from 1949 to 1957 (with one short period in 1955 when he suffered a heart attack and some filming shots required a double). To watch the entire first episode of The Lone Ranger, click here.
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What did the Lone Ranger call Tonto?

Noting that tonto in Spanish means “stupid” or “crazy,” some people have pointed out that kemosabe sounds a lot like the Spanish phrase quien no sabe, “he who doesn't understand.” (In Spanish-language versions of The Lone Ranger, Tonto is called Toro, Spanish for bull.)
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What was Jay Silverheels real name?

Silverheels's real name was Harry J. Smith, born into a prominent Mohawk-Seneca family at Six Nations of the Grand River, Ont., 75 miles west of Buffalo.
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Who was the original Tonto?

Jay Silverheels (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980) was an Indigenous Canadian actor and athlete. He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger in the American Western television series The Lone Ranger.
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Who was Tonto's horse?

Tonto's horse was called Scout. When the Lone Ranger shouted "Hi-ho, Silver-away!" Tonto would mumble "Get-um up, Scout".
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Did Tonto wear a mask?

But even after accomplishing his goal, the Lone Ranger decided it was for the greater good to continue to help pave the way for law and order in the untamed Western territories, and with Tonto still at his side, he continued to wear the mask and maintain the identity of the Lone Ranger.
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Is Steve Silverheels related to Jay Silverheels?

Chief Steve Silverheels has Seneca/Mohawk Iroquois heritage from his father, Jay Silverheels who played Tonto in the TV series “The Lone Ranger.” He has Jewish heritage from his mother.
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Did the Lone Ranger do his own stunts?

"In the very opening scene of the Lone Ranger show he was on (his horse) Silver on top of the hill. That was really his stunt double Wayne Burson and his stunt horse. Wayne did all the horse riding.
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What does gone full Tonto mean?

New Word Suggestion. completely mad (Spanish "tonto" = silly, stupid) The Defence Secretary could have used “similar adjectives” to describe Boris Johnson when he told troops that Vladimir Putin had gone “full tonto”, Russia has said. [
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What does Tonto mean in Comanche?

Tonto is the Native-American partner of the Lone Ranger. He is from the Potawatomi tribe (an Apache in the 2003 television film, but a Comanche in the 2013 film). His name means "Crazy One" or "The Fool" in Spanish.
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What does Tonto mean in Apache?

The neighboring Western Apache ethnonym for them was Koun'nde ("wild rough People"), from which the Spanish derived their use of Tonto ("loose", "foolish") for the group.
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How much money did The Lone Ranger lose?

The film received generally negative reviews from critics, and grossed only $260.5 million worldwide against an estimated $225–250 million production budget and an additional $150 million in marketing costs, making it one of the biggest box-office bombs of all time, losing Disney over $160-190 million.
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Why did The Lone Ranger flop?

Disney's Lone Ranger Was Far Too Expensive

With an estimated budget of $225-250 million plus $150 million in marketing costs, The Lone Ranger would've unavoidably struggled to cover its costs, regardless of its general reception.
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What was The Lone Ranger's real name?

A small history was created for their character: he was a former Texas ranger but one who now worked alone. Hence his moniker—the Lone Ranger. Later, via his first film appearances in 1938, the Ranger's back story was even more fully fleshed out. His real name was John Reid.
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