ivan naranjo played tonto in the lone ranger 1980 series.
ivan naranjo played tonto in the lone ranger 1980 series.
who played tonto in the lone ranger 1980 series?
ivan naranjo
jay silverheels portrayed the arguably best-remembered version in "the lone ranger" television series. this was the highest-rated television program on the abc network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".









































ivan naranjo, a blackfoot/southern ute actor from colorado, voiced the character in "the tarzan/lone ranger adventure hour".









































michael horse portrayed tonto in the film "the legend of the lone ranger" (1981). 









































johnny depp's depiction was the most recent portrayal in disney's 2013 film "the lone ranger".









































section::::character.
tonto
tonto made his first appearance on the 11th episode of the radio show "the lone ranger". two conflicting origin stories have been given for the character tonto and how he came to work with the lone ranger. as originally presented, in the december 7, 1938, radio broadcast, reid had already been well established as the lone ranger when he met tonto. in that episode cactus pete, a friend of the lone ranger's, tells the story of how the masked man and tonto first met. according to that tale, tonto had been caught in the explosion when two men dynamited a gold mine they were working. one of the men wanted to kill the wounded tonto, but the lone ranger arrived on the scene and made him administer first aid. the miner subsequently decided to keep tonto around, intending to make him the fall guy when he would later murder his partner. the lone ranger foiled both the attempted murder and the framing. no reason was given in the episode as to why tonto chose to travel with the lone ranger, rather than continue about his business.
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