Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger: SilverChief, (Originally called Dusty until Silver Cup Bread took over as sponsor, renamed Silver). Two horses played Silver--the Clayton Moorehand-picked Tennessee Walking Horse White Cloud and the Morab half-Arabian/half-Saddlebred stallion Tarzan's White Banner, renamed Hi-Yo Silver by the show's owner George Trendle. In 1952"Hi-Yo Silver" became Silver #2 taking the place of Silver #1 in the television series while John Hart briefly stepped into the role of The Lone Ranger. Silver #2 was trained by the famous trainer and handler, Glenn Randall who also trained Roy Roger's Trigger. Silver #2 had an opposite temperament from the first Silver being a high strung stallion who was quite skittish of camera sounds. The following year, Clayton Moore returned to take his place as the Lone Ranger and continued to use Silver #2 but Silver #1 would often return to fill the role when scenes required a calm and obedient horse. One such scene in which Silver #1 received the Animal Award of Excellence required Silver to drag The Lone Ranger to water. Silver #1 was used for fear that Silver #2 might shy from the camera sounds and step on Clayton. But for all his skittishness, Silver #2 was the horse that Clayton always toured with and used for publicity events. Silver's TV show stunt double with and used for publicity events. Silver's TV show stunt double Traveler eventually had a stint as the University of Southern California Trojan horse. Silver Chief was horse ridden by Thomas Mitchell in"Gone With the Wind" and not any of the Lone Ranger's horses. Clayton Moore was so popular with the public, His Hollywood Star is the only one to have his name and his character's name on it.
Jay Silverheels (Mohawk Indian) as Tonto in the "Lone Ranger": Scout, White Feller (white horse that Tonto was not allowed to ride in the series) and Paint. Scout was faster then any of the "Silvers" and Silverheels had to rein him in when they were running side by side. Hopalong Cassidy's horse also played Silver. Tonto used to refer to the Lone Ranger as "Kemo Sabe" which meant Faithful Friend; in Apache it meant White Shirt and in Navajo it meant Soggy Shrub.
