Lone Ranger the 2006 Reeves biography. Burton wrote, "Bass Reeves is the closest real person to resemble the Lone Ranger". Burton also documents that Reeve's career as a law man was widely known and celebrated in his time. Burton cites many similarities between Reeves and the Lone Ranger (wearing disguises, having a Native American partner, riding a white and grey horse, giving out silver keepsakes, possessing legendary marksmanship and horsemanship etc.) Other suggested inspirations were Zorro and Robin Hood. The radio series inspired a spinoff called "The Green Hornet," which depicts the son of the Lone Ranger's nephew Dan, Britt Reid, originally
Lone Texas Ranger the hears and minds of the townspeople. "Lone Texas Ranger" (1945) was based on the characters created in Fred Harman’s comic strip, Red Ryder. The film was premiered in Los Angeles on May 20, 1945 and then opened June 11, 1945. The film was later re-released on July 22, 1949. Lone Texas Ranger Lone Texas Ranger is a 1945 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet starring Wild Bill Elliott in the role of Red Ryder and costarring as Little Beaver, actor "(Bobby)" Robert Blake. It was the eighth of twenty-three Red Ryder feature films that would be produced