Boxcars711 Overnight Western "The Lone Ranger" - Webster's Big Fire (04-01-42)

Boxcars711 Overnight Western "The Lone Ranger" - Webster's Big Fire (Aired April 1, 1942)

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. The part of nephew Dan Reid was played by various child actors, including Bob Martin, James Lipton, and Dick Beals. The last new radio episode of the Lone Ranger was aired on September 3, 1954.

THIS EPISODE:

April 1, 1942. Program #1434/647. Syndicated. "Jim Blake"/"Webster's Big Fire". Music fill for local commercial insert. The Webster Fur Company is trying to put its Mountain City competition out of business. Brace Beemer, John Todd, Fran Striker (writer). 29:01. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.