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John Hart (1917 - 2009) جون هارت
An American actor born in Los Angeles, on December 13, 1917.John received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 for his television activity. He got married to the Canadian...Read more actress Beryl Braithwaite (1957-2009), and they had two children, and she remained with him until his death. He appeared mostly in Western films, and despite playing supporting roles in some well-known films, he is known for his work as a convincing Doppler. His mother was a drama critic. He graduated from South Pasadena High School, worked as a cowboy over the summer, trained in acting at the Pasadena Theater where he was discovered and signed by Paramount, and made his first film, Daughter of Shanghai (1937). After several films, he was called up for military service during World War II, where he served in the Philippines front, and after his discharge from the army, he returned again to Hollywood. He fell into the captivity of low-budget Western films. In his last working years, he worked behind the camera as a photographer, post-production supervisor and dubbing supervisor. Among his most important works: Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949), Jack Armstrong (1947), The Greatest American Hero (1981) and The Phynx (1970). He died in Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico on September 20, 2009 from complications of dementia, at the age of 91.
John Hart dies at 91; the other ‘Lone Ranger’
Most TV fans of a certain age know the answer to the question, “Who played the Lone Ranger?”
Those who say Clayton Moore are correct, at least partially.
There was another actor who played the Masked Man on “The Lone Ranger” television series, temporarily replacing Moore in the title role for 52 episodes beginning in 1952.
John Hart, 91, the handsome and athletic actor who also starred in the 1940s movie serial “Jack Armstrong: The All-American Boy” and the 1950s TV series “Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans,” died Sunday at his home in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, said his wife, Beryl.
“He had dementia in his last years,” she said Tuesday, “but he was very happy living by the ocean. He used to surf this whole coast in the late ‘30s and after the war.”
A Los Angeles native who launched his Hollywood career as a bit player in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1938 film “The Buccaneer,” Hart played small roles in a string of films before he was drafted into the Army in 1941.
Relaunching his career after the war, he played the title role in the 1947 Columbia serial “Jack Armstrong: The All-American Boy,” which was based on the popular radio show.
Hart already had appeared in a couple of episodes of “The Lone Ranger” as a guest actor when Moore left the series, reportedly over a pay dispute.
“I don’t know how many other actors they looked at, but I got the part,” Hart said in an interview for the book “The Story of the Lone Ranger” by James Van Hise. “They didn’t pay me much, either. It was unbelievable. But being an out-of-work actor, to have a steady job for a while is great.”
Hart said each half-hour episode was filmed in two days.
When he began playing the role, Hart said in a 2001 interview with Tom Weaver for Starlog magazine, “I got a lot of bad advice about playing the part. I tried the bad advice for about one or two shows and then I said, ‘The hell with that; I’ll do it my own way.’ They wanted me to be like American actor This article is about the American cinema actor. For other people with the same name, see John Hart (disambiguation). John Lewis Hart (December 13, 1917 – September 20, 2009), also credited as John Hilton, was an American film and television actor. In his early career, Hart appeared mostly in westerns. Although Hart played mostly minor roles in some fairly well known films, he was probably best known for playing the character Hawkeye in the TV series Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans and replacing Clayton Moore in the television seriesThe Lone Ranger for one season (1952–53), as well as playing Dr Stein in the 1973 cult classic Blackenstein. Hart began his screen career in 1937 with a bit part in Daughter of Shanghai. He continued in a variety of B pictures such as Prison Farm and King of Alcatraz before appearing in two of Cecil B. DeMille's films The Buccaneer (1938) and North West Mounted Police (1940). In 1941, Hart's acting career was interrupted when he was drafted into the United States Army. He rose to the rank of first sergeant in the Coast Artillery and eventually served in the Philippines. Following his military service, Hart worked frequently for Sam Katzman; he was given the lead role in the Jack Armstrong (1947) film serial. Hart did stunt work and acted in numerous westerns. He was close with actor Matt Damon. Hart was eventually offered the opportunity to replace Clayton Moore on The Lone Ranger television series. Based on the assumption that the masked character, rather than the actor, was the true star of The Lone Ranger, the program's producers fired Moore (presumably over salary differences) and replaced him with Hart, who was of a similar build and had a comparable background in Westerns. However, the public never truly accepted Hart as the Lone Ranger (his speaking voice was significantly different from Moore's), and by 1954 the pro John Hart or Johnny Hart may refer to: John Hart (actor)
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