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
The Lone Ranger (serial) of "Dick Tracy Returns" later in 1938. It was filmed between 28 November and 31 December 1937. At nineteen days, this was the shortest production for a Republic serial until "Zombies of the Stratosphere" in 1952. The serial's production number was 794. The bulk of the outdoor action in the serial "The Lone Ranger" was filmed at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Calif., where Republic shot virtually all of its serials, along with most of its B-Westerns, during the studio's life span — and where the later TV series "The Lone Ranger" would also shoot much of its outdoor