Lone Ranger became a juvenile sidekick to the Masked Man, is Dan Reid. When Trendle and Striker later created "The Green Hornet" in 1936, they made this Dan Reid the father of Britt Reid, alias the Green Hornet, thereby making the Lone Ranger the Green Hornet's great-uncle. Throughout "The Lone Ranger" radio series, Dan was played by Ernest Winstanley, Bob Martin, Clarence Weitzel, James Lipton and Dick Beals. The Lone Ranger's nephew made his first appearance in "Heading North" (December 14, 1942) under the name "Dan Frisby", the grandson of Grandma Frisby. The two lived in an area described as "the high
The Lone Ranger (2013 film) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures initially scheduled the film for a mid-2011 release date, but "" replaced it because the latter was considered a priority for the studio and that "The Lone Ranger" did not have a director. After Gore Verbinski signed for director, "The Lone Ranger"'s release date was moved to December 21, 2012. Budget concerns and negotiations resulted in a production delay so the release date was pushed to May 31, 2013. By mid-2012, DreamWorks Pictures' "Robopocalypse" was facing its own production delays and could not meet its July 3, 2013 release date and therefore Disney had "The