NAMES IN THE NEWS : Lone Ranger Role Actor’s Dream

OKLAHOMA CITY — Clayton Moore says playing the Lone Ranger on the long-running television series fulfilled a childhood dream.

“When I was a kid, I wanted to be a policeman or a cowboy and I got the white hat,” Moore said Saturday night as he was inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame’s Hall of Great Western Performers.

“I will always wear it because I believe in the good guys.”

Moore also paid tribute to the late Jay Silverheels, who played Tonto on “Lone Ranger.”

“I had help along the way. Tonto was always there. I wish here he was here with me tonight,” Moore said.

Also inducted into the hall was actor James Garner, who played the lead role in the television program “Maverick,” and was in the movie “Support Your Local Sheriff,” among other Western films.