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John Hart‌

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Birthday

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John Hart

Los Angeles, California, USA

John Hart

Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1917-12-13

Popularity

star4.1

Biography

John Lewis Hart, 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 having replaced Clayton Moore in 1952 in the television series, The Lone Ranger for one season from 1952 until 1953. 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 and North West Mounted Police. 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 film serial. Hart did stunt work and acted in numerous Westerns 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, and by 1954 the producers returned Moore to the role. According to Clayton Moore's autobiography I Was That Masked Man, Moore never knew why he was replaced by Hart, and also stated that he had not sought a pay increase. Hart acted in minor roles in two episodes of The Lone Ranger before being asked to replace Clayton Moore for the entire third season. The episodes were "Rifles and Renegades" (#34) and "Sheriff at Gunstock" (#46). Hart continued to act in films for more than two decades, appearing in films of several genres, almost always in supporting roles. Hart appeared twice in on the TV series I Love Lucy as Lucy's old boyfriend and again in the Hollywood episodes as a lifeguard at the hotel pool. In 1955, Hart starred in The Adventures of Captain Africa, which was originally intended to be a new movie about famous comic book hero The Phantom. However, licensing issues forced Columbia Pictures re-film the entire serial and re-christen the hero "Captain Africa." Hart also had numerous supporting roles in the Highway Patrol TV series. In 1965 Hart made two brief appearances on the TV series Perry Mason, including the role of title character and murder victim Jamison Selff in "The Case of the Wrathful Wraith." In the 1970 film The Phynx, Hart played the Lone Ranger alongside Jay Silverheels as Tonto, spoofing their characters. Hart's last theatrical film appearance was in 1981's The Legend of the Lone Ranger in which he appeared as a newspaper editor. He appeared in the television series Happy Days as the Lone Ranger in the episode "Hi Yo, Fonzie Away". In this episode Fonzie, played by Henry Winkler, meets his childhood hero, the Lone Ranger, for his birthday. Hart's other major late appearance was in an episode of The Greatest American Hero, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, where Hart gives the title character an inspiring speech about heroism.

Movie Credits

Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas‌
star6.2
calendar 1964

The Gift of Love

The Gift of Love‌
star5.5
calendar 1978

Bonnie's Kids

Bonnie's Kids‌
star5.7
calendar 1973

Revenue Agent

Revenue Agent‌
star1.0
calendar 1950

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid‌
star5.0
calendar 1978

The Crooked Web

The Crooked Web‌
star5.9
calendar 1955

Prince of Pirates

Prince of Pirates‌
star7.5
calendar 1953

Dial Red O

Dial Red O‌
star4.9
calendar 1955

The Phynx

The Phynx‌
star3.5
calendar 1970

Wolf Dog

Wolf Dog‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

The Cincinnati Kid

The Cincinnati Kid‌
star7.0
calendar 1965

Marnie

Marnie‌
star7.1
calendar 1964

Vacation Days

Vacation Days‌
star4.0
calendar 1947

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments‌
star7.8
calendar 1956

Persons in Hiding

Persons in Hiding‌
star3.5
calendar 1939

Warpath

Warpath‌
star5.8
calendar 1951

Only with Married Men

Only with Married Men‌
star5.0
calendar 1974

The Centerfold Girls

The Centerfold Girls‌
star5.5
calendar 1974

The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd

The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd‌
star4.0
calendar 1953

The Fighting Redhead

The Fighting Redhead‌
star5.8
calendar 1949

Day of the Nightmare

Day of the Nightmare‌
star5.1
calendar 1965

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

Atlantis: The Lost Continent‌
star5.2
calendar 1961

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

The Legend of the Lone Ranger‌
star5.1
calendar 1981

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol‌
star6.3
calendar 1962

The Man Who Loved Redheads

The Man Who Loved Redheads‌
star5.1
calendar 1955

Blackenstein

Blackenstein‌
star3.0
calendar 1973

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

The Courtship of Eddie's Father‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

Adventures of Captain Africa

Adventures of Captain Africa‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

The Living Bible

The Living Bible‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

36 Hours

36 Hours‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

Noose for a Gunman

Noose for a Gunman‌
star5.3
calendar 1960

Brick Bradford

Brick Bradford‌
star6.0
calendar 1947

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?‌
star5.2
calendar 1968

Jack Armstrong

Jack Armstrong‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

The Sandpiper

The Sandpiper‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

Special Agent

Special Agent‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

North West Mounted Police

North West Mounted Police‌
star6.3
calendar 1940

Hold On!

Hold On!‌
star4.2
calendar 1966

Gemini Affair

Gemini Affair‌
star1.0
calendar 1975

Blood Voyage

Blood Voyage‌
star4.3
calendar 1976

The Roommates

The Roommates‌
star5.6
calendar 1973

El Paso

El Paso‌
star5.6
calendar 1949

The Longhorn

The Longhorn‌
star5.7
calendar 1951

Stage to Blue River

Stage to Blue River‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Cowboy and the Prizefighter

Cowboy and the Prizefighter‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Prison Farm

Prison Farm‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

Kansas Territory

Kansas Territory‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Astral Factor

The Astral Factor‌
star4.0
calendar 1978

Vice Raid

Vice Raid‌
star6.1
calendar 1959

Stagecoach Driver

Stagecoach Driver‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Welcome to Arrow Beach

Welcome to Arrow Beach‌
star5.0
calendar 1974

Along the Mohawk Trail

Along the Mohawk Trail‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk

The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Riot on Sunset Strip

Riot on Sunset Strip‌
star4.3
calendar 1967

Last of the Desperados

Last of the Desperados‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

Mondo Inferno

Mondo Inferno‌
star5.0
calendar 1964

Champagne for Caesar

Champagne for Caesar‌
star7.1
calendar 1950

The Great Ice Rip-Off

The Great Ice Rip-Off‌
star7.0
calendar 1974

Disbarred

Disbarred‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

King of Alcatraz

King of Alcatraz‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

$1,000 a Touchdown

$1,000 a Touchdown‌
star2.0
calendar 1939

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

The Bible According to Hollywood

The Bible According to Hollywood‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

The Pathfinder

The Pathfinder‌
star4.0
calendar 1952

The Subterraneans

The Subterraneans‌
star4.8
calendar 1960

Illegal Traffic

Illegal Traffic‌
star6.7
calendar 1938

The Diary of a High School Bride

The Diary of a High School Bride‌
star4.6
calendar 1959

Caribbean

Caribbean‌
star5.8
calendar 1952

Son of the Guardsman

Son of the Guardsman‌
star5.0
calendar 1946

Tv Credits

Happy Days

Happy Days‌
star7.7
calendar 1974

Tales of Wells Fargo

Tales of Wells Fargo‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Leave It to Beaver

Leave It to Beaver‌
star7.0
calendar 1957

Highway Patrol

Highway Patrol‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy‌
star8.0
calendar 1951

Pete and Gladys

Pete and Gladys‌
star6.5
calendar 1960

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans‌
star4.8
calendar 1957

National Velvet

National Velvet‌
star7.5
calendar 1960

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Ben Casey

Ben Casey‌
star5.7
calendar 1961

The Addams Family

The Addams Family‌
star8.0
calendar 1964

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

Sam

Sam‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Gang Busters

Gang Busters‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Lieutenant

The Lieutenant‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger‌
star6.8
calendar 1949

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

The Nineties

The Nineties‌
star7.1
calendar 2017

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger‌
star6.8
calendar 1949

The Case of the Dangerous Robin

The Case of the Dangerous Robin‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Maigret

Maigret‌
star6.9
calendar 1960

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

The Greatest American Hero

The Greatest American Hero‌
star7.3
calendar 1981

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy‌
star8.0
calendar 1951