Clayton Moore Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Founder's Award, part of the Golden Boot Awards, in 1998
• Won the Golden Boot Award in 1983, along with the likes of Roy Rogers and Gene Autry
• Received the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1990
• Inducted into the Stuntman's Hall of Fame in 1982
• Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1987 and is the only star to have both their name and their character name
• Was a circus acrobat at the age of eight and worked his way up to aerialist, appearing in the 1934 World Fair
• Once worked as a male model in New York City after a knee injury
• Quote: "I will continue wearing the white hat and black mask until I ride up into the big ranch in the sky․"
• Quote: "Once I got the Lone Ranger role, I didn't want any other․ I like playing the good guy․"
• Best known for his role as "The Lone Ranger," which first began in 1949
• Appeared on a commemorative postage stamp in the Early TV Memories issue honoring "The Lone Ranger," which was issued in 2009