After Dusty's death, the Ranger and Tonto proceeded to Wild Horse Canyon and happened upon Silver.
THE LONE RANGER TV SERIES
The Lone Ranger's original horse was a chesnut mare named Dusty, who was shot and killed by Butch Cavendish as he and Tonto were pusuing. It continued in this medium until the late 1950s, becoming the longest-running Western series in radio/television history (Gunsmoke and Bonanza ran much longer. What happened to Silver Lone Ranger's horse? The masked man and Tonto rode from radio to TVwith a hearty heigh-ho Silver, away, accompanied by Rossinis stirring William Tell Overture. And so Silver-or rather the four and then-some horses that played Silver-had to be naturally white and carefully cleaned and groomed throughout the shoot.Īlso Know, who played silver in the Lone Ranger? Clayton Moore But with a white horse, you can't fudge it.
You might say he was born for the part.įurthermore, how many horses were used as silver in the Lone Ranger?
The horse was a natural for animal scouts looking for the right horse to play the famous steed called Silver in the The Lone Ranger reboot. Take the 10-year-old Thoroughbred quarter horse called Silver who happened to be born with a pure white coat.