shepard menken played tonto in the lone ranger 1966 series.
shepard menken played tonto in the lone ranger 1966 series.
who played tonto in the lone ranger 1966 series?
shepard menken
the lone ranger's voice was provided by michael rye, who had portrayed "jack armstrong: the all-american boy" on radio. shepard menken played tonto. the narrator in the opening title was marvin miller. other "guest voices" were provided by paul winchell, agnes moorehead and hans conried.









































section::::other media.:animation.:"the tarzan/lone ranger adventure hour", early 1980s.
lone ranger
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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