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The Lone Ranger (1956 Film)
''The Lone Ranger'' is a 1956 Western film based on ''The Lone Ranger'' television series starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels. ''The Lone Ranger'' was the first of two theatrical features based on the series; it was followed by ''The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold'' in 1958. Screenplay Somewhere In Texas, the legendary masked man known as The Lone Ranger and his native colleague Tonto work to discover the reason why several white people are being massacred by some masked Indians. Meanwhile, a rich farmer known as Mr. Kilgore has a cruel plan in hand against the local Indian tribe: to provoke a war involving the natives and white ranchers. Kilgore plans to exploit "Spirit Mountain" in the Indian territory for its silver deposits. The Lone Ranger realizes that the natives wanted to keep settlers away so they would not discover and take control of the silver deposits. Kilgore, using his ranch hands disguised as Indians, attempts to begin a fierce conflict that would ...
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Stuart Heisler
Stuart Heisler (December 5, 1896 – August 21, 1979) was an American film and television director. He was a son of Luther Albert Heisler (1855–1916), a carpenter, and Frances Baldwin Heisler (1857–1935). He worked as a motion picture editor from 1921 to 1936, then worked as a film director for the rest of his career. Heisler directed the 1944 propaganda film '' The Negro Soldier'', a documentary-style recruitment piece aimed at getting African-Americans to enlist in the U.S. military during World War II. He found commercial and critical success in the late forties directing Susan Hayward in two of her breakthrough performances. He received an Oscar nomination in 1949 for his contribution to the visual effects of the film ''Tulsa''. Partial filmography As editor *'' The Love Light'' (1921) * '' They Shall Pay'' (1921) *'' Cytherea'' (1924) *'' Tarnish'' (1924) * '' The Silent Stranger'' (1924) *'' In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter'' (1924) *'' Stella Dallas'' (1925) *' ...
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The Lone Ranger And The Lost City Of Gold
''The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold'' is a 1958 American Western film in Eastmancolor released by United Artists. The second of two theatrical features specifically based on and continuing the TV show ''The Lone Ranger'' it stars Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels, reprising their roles from the TV series. The first feature film was 1956's ''The Lone Ranger''. No further films based on this specific version of the characters were made after this one. Plot Three Indians were brutally murdered by a gang of hooded outlaws. Each one possessed a silver medallion, which were sections cut off from a large silver plaque which served as a treasure map to a secret location where a large amount of gold is reputedly stashed. Two more medallions are unaccounted for, and The Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore) and his friend Tonto (Jay Silverheels) must use all their resources to intercept the gang, prevent further carnage and save the owners of the medallions. Cast * Clayton Moore as The L ...
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Johnson Canyon (Juab County, Utah)
Johnson Canyon is a valley or canyon in Juab County, Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea .... Its creek drains the eastern watershed of the South Mountains and divides those mountains from the Deep Creek Range / Deep Creek Mountains to the east. The mouth of the canyon is at an elevation of . Its source is at the head of the canyon at an elevation of at . References Valleys of Utah Landforms of Juab County, Utah {{Utah-geo-stub ...
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Kanab
Kanab ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Kane County, Utah, United States.Find a County
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The area where Kanab is located was first settled in 1864, and the town was founded in 1870 when 10 families moved into the area. Named for a



Zon Murray
Emery Zon Murray (April 13, 1910 – February 2, 1979) was an American actor. Death Zon Murray died in 1979. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Filmography * '' The El Paso Kid'' * '' Ghost of Hidden Valley'' * '' Song of the Sierras'' * '' Jack Armstrong'' * '' Rainbow Over the Rockies'' * '' West of Dodge City'' * ''The Law Comes to Gunsight'' * '' Code of the Saddle'' * '' Trail of the Mounties'' * '' Oklahoma Blues'' * '' False Paradise'' * ''Grand Canyon Trail'' * ''Blood on the Moon'' * '' Crossed Trails'' * '' Gun Law Justice'' * '' Trails End'' * '' Son of a Bad Man'' * ''Grand Canyon'' * ''The House Across the Street'' * '' Captain China'' * '' The Kid from Texas'' * '' Night Riders of Montana'' * '' Along the Great Divide'' * ''Fort Worth'' * '' Hurricane Island'' * '' Oklahoma Justice'' * ''Pecos River'' * '' Border Saddlemates'' * ''Laramie Mountains'' * ''Montana Territory'' * ''Carson City'' * '' Cripple Creek'' * '' Old Ove ...
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Lane Chandler
Lane Chandler (born Robert Clinton Oakes, June 4, 1899 – September 14, 1972) was an American actor specializing mainly in Westerns. Biography Early life Chandler was raised on a ranch near Culbertson, Montana, the son of a horse rancher. The family relocated to Helena, Montana, when he was a youngster, and he graduated from high school there. He briefly attended Montana Wesleyan College, but quit to drive a tour bus at Yellowstone National Park. Career In the early 1920s, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and started working as an auto mechanic. His real-life experiences growing up on a horse ranch landed bit parts for him in westerns from 1925, for Paramount Pictures. Studio executives suggested changing his name to Lane Chandler, and as such he began achieving leading roles opposite stars like Clara Bow, Greta Garbo, Betty Bronson and Esther Ralston. His first lead role was in '' The Legion of the Condemned''. As a silent film star, Chandler performed well, b ...
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Mickey Simpson
Mickey Simpson (December 3, 1913 – September 23, 1985) was an American supporting actor of burly roles, probably most familiar as "Sarge," the bigoted diner owner in the 1956 film ''Giant''. He appeared in over 175 films and television episodes. Career Born Charles Henry SimpsonCalifornia Draft Registration Card - Charles Henry Simpson (October 16, 1940), National Personnel Records Center (St. Louis, Missouri) to Fred and Bertha Rogers Simpson, his paternal heritage was Irish.U.S. Census for 1920, Rochester Ward 15, Monroe, New York; Roll: T625_1123; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 168 He was the eldest of four sons, one of whom, Richard, died in childhood. When his father, a contractor, was unable to work following the 1929 stock market crash, his mother supported the family as a waitress. By his twenties, Simpson had grown into a hulking figure and considered a boxing career. He has been referred to in some sources as the 1935 "New York City Heavyweight Boxing Champion," bu ...
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Charles Meredith (actor)
Charles Meredith (August 27, 1894November 28, 1964)Charles H Meredith in the California, U.S., Death Index, 1940–1997, retrieved from Ancestry.com was an American stage, film, and television actor, who also directed plays and taught in college drama departments. His screen career came in two widely separated phases: as a leading man for silent films in the early 1920s, and as a character actor for films and television from 1947 through 1964. He was a series regular on television shows ''Rocky Jones, Space Ranger'' and ''The Court of Last Resort''. Early life Charles Howard Meredith was born in Knoxville (Pittsburgh), Knoxville,This is not the Knoxville, Pennsylvania in Tioga County. a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 for Charles Howard Meredith, retrieved from Ancestry.com He was the second of four children for Benjamin Franklin Meredith, a school teacher, and his wife Rosabel Fleming, a daughter of English immigrants.19 ...
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Frank De Kova
Frank de Kova (March 17, 1910 – October 15, 1981) was an American character actor in films, stage, and TV. Biography De Kova was born in New York City. He was a teacher at a school in New York before joining a Shakespeare repertory group. He made his Broadway debut in ''Detective Story'', and was discovered by director Elia Kazan. Moving to Hollywood, he appeared in ''Viva Zapata!'' (1952) as the Mexican Colonel, and '' The Big Sky'' (1952) with Kirk Douglas. He played Abiram in '' The Ten Commandments'', appeared in ''Cowboy'' (1958) with Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon, and in '' The Mechanic'' (1972) with Charles Bronson and Jan-Michael Vincent and the Ralph Bakshi film '' American Pop''. He did much television work, including a role as Mafia hitman Jimmy Napoli in the ABC crime drama ''The Untouchables'', and an occasional recurring role in ''Gunsmoke'' as "Tobeel", a Kiowa Indian who is a friend of Marshal Matt Dillon. He played the Arapaho Medicine Man in the ''Wagon Tr ...
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Michael Ansara
Michael George Ansara (; April 15, 1922 – July 31, 2013) was an American actor. A Syrian-American, he was often cast in Arabic and American Indian roles. His work in both film and television spanned several genres including historical epics, Westerns, and science fiction. He portrayed Cochise in the television series '' Broken Arrow'' 1956-1958, Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart in the NBC series '' Law of the Plainsman,'' Commander Kang in '' Star Trek: The Original Series'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', and '' Star Trek: Voyager'', Kane in the 1979–1981 series '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'', and provided the voice for Mr. Freeze in the DC Animated Universe. Ansara was married three times, each time to an actress. He was first married to Jean Byron, who played Patty Duke's mother on '' The Patty Duke Show''. They divorced in 1956. While starring in the '' Broken Arrow'' series, he met and married Barbara Eden. They appeared in the 1961 film '' Voyage to ...
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John Pickard (American Actor)
John M. Pickard (June 25, 1913 – August 4, 1993) was an American actor who appeared primarily in television Westerns. Early life Pickard was born in Lascassas in Rutherford County, near Murfreesboro in Middle Tennessee. He graduated from the Nashville Conservatory in Nashville, Tennessee. His first acting roles were small parts in films, mostly uncredited, beginning in 1936 as a dueling soldier in the picture '' Mary of Scotland'', based on the 16th century queen, Mary of Scotland. Career Pickard returned to acting after the war and appeared in supporting roles in scores of Westerns and action dramas before landing the starring role in the syndicated television series, '' Boots and Saddles'', set in an Arizona fort in the late 19th century. His second film role, also uncredited, came in John Wayne's '' Wake of the Red Witch'' (1948). Pickard's first television guest-starring roles were in crime dramas in 1951 and 1952, respectively -- ''Racket Squad'', with Reed Had ...
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Robert J
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including En ...
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