Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Lone Ranger"
Possum River Bridge (Aired December 5, 1945)
Tonto was played throughout the run by actor John Todd (although there were a few isolated occasions when he was replaced by Roland Parker, better known as Kato for much of the run of sister series The Green Hornet), and other supporting players were selected from Detroit area actors and studio staff. These included Jay Michael (who also played the lead on Challenge of the Yukon aka Sgt. Preston of the Yukon), Bill Saunders (as various villains, including Butch Cavendish), Paul Hughes (as the Ranger's friend Thunder Martin and as various army colonels and badmen), future movie star John Hodiak, Janka Fasciszewska (under the name Jane Fae), and others.
THIS EPISODE:
December 5, 1945. Program #2008/1233. Syndicated. "Ben Jackson"/"Possum River Bridge". Music fill for local commercial insert. A rancher is trying to burn the wheat grown by the "nesters," and also to burn down the bridge over the Possum River. Brace Beemer, John Todd, George W. Trendle (writer, creator, producer), Fran Striker (writer). 28:36. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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