shepard menken played tonto in the animated tv series the lone ranger in 1980.
shepard menken played tonto in the animated tv series the lone ranger in 1980.
who played tonto in the animated tv series the lone ranger in 1980?
shepard menken
bullet::::- ivan naranjo - tonto









































bullet::::- alan oppenheimer - various characters









































bullet::::- erika scheimer - various characters









































bullet::::- jay scheimer - various characters









































bullet::::- lou scheimer - various characters









































bullet::::- frank welker - various characters









































from 1982-83 season, the lone ranger series had continued on cbs on sunday morning at part of the mini cbs lineup at lone ranger/zorro, which ran for 30 minutes in short cut versions, starting with showing zorro, then the lone ranger.
the lone ranger (1980 tv series)
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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