
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.

DeMille’s 1938 film “The Buccaneer,” Hart played small roles in a string of films before he was drafted into the Army in 1941.

He used to surf this whole coast in the late ‘30s and after the war.”Ī Los Angeles native who launched his Hollywood career as a bit player in Cecil B. “He had dementia in his last years,” she said Tuesday, “but he was very happy living by the ocean. 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. 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. Those who say Clayton Moore are correct, at least partially.

Most TV fans of a certain age know the answer to the question, “Who played the Lone Ranger?”
