Clayton Moore

(Courtesy of Eddie Moore)

Above are Eddie Moore and Clayton Moore in a photo from the 1962 or 1963 State Fair in Columbia, South Carolina. Many years later, Clayton autographed the photo.

(Courtesy of Stan Segal)

Above - Stan Segal (left) and son Jeff (right) surround a smiling Clayton Moore. Photo taken September 1979, approximately a week before Moore's 65th birthday, at a film convention at the Biltmore Hotel in New York City. Notice the wraparound sunglasses and the different 'uniform' on Moore - this was during the legal battles when he was restrained from wearing the LR costume and mask.

(Courtesy of Ancel Cook)

Above - Clayton Moore and Ancel Cook at Tommy Corrigan's restaurant in Thousand Oaks, California (Tommy is Ray 'Crash' Corrigan's son). Photo taken about 1996 during a ceremony honoring Eddie Dean.

(Courtesy of Ancel Cook)

Above from L-to-R are Clayton Moore, Eddie Dean and Virginia Mayo at the Newhall, California annual walk of fame banquet in the late 1990s.

LINKS ON CLAYTON MOORE AND JAY SILVERHEELS

Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has information on Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels:
Clayton Moore: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0138194/
Jay Silverheels: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798855/

Episode guide to the many Lone Ranger TV shows: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041038:

YouTube has many commercials, interviews, and LR episodes with Moore: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22clayton+moore%22..

Daniel Neyer's "The Files of Jerry Blake" serial website has a webpage on Clayton Moore in his cliffhangers for Columbia and Republic: https://filesofjerryblake.com/serial-heroes/clayton-moore/

Half hour video - the LR TV series opener was titled "Enter the Lone Ranger" and was originally broadcast on September 15, 1949: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=putXSdjlztE

Video clips - Moore and his Lone Ranger personna did TV commercials for General Mills, Jeno's Pizza, Aqua Velva, Dodge autos, more: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22clayton+moore%22+%2B%22commercials%22

After the TV series ended, there were legal battles about Moore wearing the LR costume and mask: https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/tv/court-ordered-unmasking-lone-ranger

Steve Jensen had a site on Clayton Moore and The Lone Ranger. But it was no longer online when I checked in June, 2026: https://claytonmoore.tripod.com/index.html
Good news! Jensen's website is archived at the Internet Archive Wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://claytonmoore.tripod.com/index.html

Actor Jay Thomas appeared on the David Letterman Show and talked about an early (and funny) experience when he was a young DJ and Clayton Moore did a personal appearance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2ZWRlpNYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfpZsue5vas

The Smithsonian has a Clayton Moore collection which was donated by his daughter Dawn: https://www.si.edu/object/archives/sova-nmah-ac-0727

Getty Images has dozens of Moore and Lone Ranger images: https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/clayton-moore

Mark Largent's Lone Ranger website is at: http://www.endeavorcomics.com/largent/lr1.html
Largent's site has The one Ranger Creed which was written by Fran Striker: http://www.endeavorcomics.com/largent/ranger/creed.html

Mary Spooner had a website with biographies of Moore and Silverheels. Her site is no longer online but is archived at the intetnet Archive Wayback Machine:
Clayton Moore: https://web.archive.org/web/20220529150006/http://www.celebhost.net/claytonmoore/
Jay Silverheels: https://web.archive.org/web/20251007174014/http://www.celebhost.net/claytonmoore/jay.html

The 'Northern Stars - Canadian History of Hollywood' site is no longer online. They had a page devoted to Jay Silverheels, and a copy is available at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20231209155224/https://www.northernstars.ca/silverheels_jay_bio/

The Lone Ranger's Creed, as written by Fran Striker in the 1930s, can be found at: http://www.endeavorcomics.com/largent/ranger/creed.html

Rick Bulger's Lone Ranger site was no longer working when I checked in October, 2023: http://theloneranger.webs.com/
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine has a saved version of the website at: https://web.archive.org/web/20210613085429/https://theloneranger.webs.com/

C. Craig Coomer had a website on his uncle, Clayton Moore, and there were lots of images including many family photos. But it was no longer online when I checked in June, 2026: https://nimst.tripod.com/cgi-bin/UC1.html
Good news! His website is archived at the Internet Archive Wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20260216030403/https://nimst.tripod.com/cgi-bin/UC2.html

Fran Striker, Jr. provided some info on the definition and use of the term 'kemo sabe' which was used in the Lone Ranger TV and radio shows: https://web.archive.org/web/20230408014444/http://www.old-time.com/misc/kemo.html

And there's some more info on the term 'kemo sabe' at The Straight Dope website: https://www.straightdope.com/21342134/in-the-old-lone-ranger-series-what-did-kemosabe-mean

ON THE TRAIL OF CLAYTON MOORE

Illinois, Cook County Birth Register - Jacob Moore was born September 14, 1914 in Cook County, Illinois: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N76V-GHP?lang=en

World War II draft registratiion dated October 16, 1940 in Los Angeles for Jack Carlton Moore. He was born September 14, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois. He lived at 2617 Ellendale Place, Los Angeles; employer was Edward Small, General Service Studio Production, anf a notation of "New contract starting Nov. 2nd." https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGXY-19TJ?lang=en

World War II Army Enlistment Record - Jack C. Moore lived in Los Angeles, had 3 years of high school, occupation was Actor, and enlisted in the Army on October 1 1942: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMK5-1DY?lang=en

Marriage license application affidavit has 'Nelllie Sally Allen' as his wifes name and they tied the knot in Mohave County, Arizona in 1943. That was his second marriage.

1950 census in Los Angeles for Jack C. Moore and wife Sally. His occupation was Actor - Television: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XGW-DQ84?lang=en

Find A Grave has info and photo of the grave markers of Clayton Moore and wife Sally at Forest Lawn - Glendale:
Clayton Moore: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8451/clayton-moore
Sally Angela Moore (1912-1986): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9518/sally-angela-moore
(Note: Confusion with her name - their 1943 marriage license affidavit has her as Nelllie Sally Allen.)

Find A Grave has info on Jay Silverheels: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4407/jay-silverheels