Quotes

I've been the "other" Lone Ranger for 50 years. There are worse things people could call me.

I had big parts in lousy movies and lousy parts in big movies. I never made a lot of money, but it sure was fun.

[about director Spencer Gordon Bennet] I got to know him very well at Columbia. If he got ahead on a shooting schedule, he got really excited . . . pushing like hell, you know. But if he was behind or just going along, he [took it in stride]. Really a nice guy.

[on Ben Welden] A neat guy. He always knew his stuff. A nice type . . . reliable actor that was all over the place. I liked him a lot.

[on the process of starring as The Lone Ranger]: We worked six days a week, every other week. We worked Monday through Sunday. The scripts ran 30-some pages...we shot every episode in two days. I'd have anywhere from 15, 16, 17 pages of dialogue to memorize. I'd get up at 5 a.m. with a cup of coffee to start memorizing my lines.

[on (briefly) replacing Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger]: I don't know how many other actors they looked at, but I got the part. 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.