Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer
The Social Network star will play the masked hero, while Depp promises to redefine the character of Tonto, which has long been a career goal.
The Social Network star will play the masked hero, while Depp promises to redefine the character of Tonto, which has long been a career goal.
The first to play the virtuous lawman on television after years of radio serials, Moore was known to wear his mask on camera — and off.
As the hero's trust sidekick, Silverheels became a legend in his own right, though controversy surrounded the broken English the show's producers forced him to speak — Silverheels himself was deeply intelligent and well spoken.
Powell and Thundercloud starred in the first Lone Ranger serial, produced in 1938 and for years out of print until it was sliced together in 1939.
Livingston starred in a hardly-seen film called The Lone Ranger Rides Again in 1939. He preferred his face to be seen, which, of course, rubs up against all that the Lone Ranger stands for.
John Hart played the role of the Lone Ranger for the third season of the TV show while Moore sat out during a contract dispute. He's seen here reprising the role on an episode of Happy Days.
Spilsbury played The Lone Ranger while Horse played Tonto in the 1981 film The Legend of the Lone Ranger. Spilsbury's voice ended up being mostly dubbed over with James Keach's, and the film was a total bomb.
The WB put out a TV movie starring Michael Murray as The Lone Ranger and Arcand as Tonto; it was meant to be a back entrance pilot, but it did not perform well enough to become a series.