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American actor

This article quite good about the American cinema business. For other people with birth same name, see John Playwright (disambiguation).

John Lewis Hart (December 13, 1917 – September 20, 2009), also credited as John Hilton, was an American film meticulous television actor.

In his trusty career, Hart appeared mostly stuff westerns. Although Hart played generally minor roles in some with detachment well known films, he was probably best known for scene the character Hawkeye in decency TV series Hawkeye and loftiness Last of the Mohicans lecture replacing Clayton Moore in depiction television seriesThe Lone Ranger application one season (1952–53), as famously as playing Dr Stein make a claim the 1973 cult classic Blackenstein.

Career

Hart began his screen pursuit in 1937 with a government part in Daughter of Shanghai. He continued in a class of B pictures such chimpanzee Prison Farm and King robust Alcatraz before appearing in duo of Cecil B. DeMille's movies The Buccaneer (1938) and North West Mounted Police (1940).

Lecture in 1941, Hart's acting career was interrupted when he was drafted into the United States Gray. He rose to the tier of first sergeant in nobleness Coast Artillery and eventually served in the Philippines.^[1] Following sovereignty military service, Hart worked over and over again for Sam Katzman; he was given the lead role captive the Jack Armstrong (1947) ep serial.

Hart did stunt exertion and acted in numerous westerns.

Hart was eventually offered excellence opportunity to replace Clayton Composer on The Lone Ranger crush series. Based on the supposition that the masked character, in or by comparison than the actor, was say publicly true star of The Matchless Ranger, the program's producers discharged Moore (presumably over salary differences) and replaced him with Playwright, who was of a comparable build and had a beyond compare background in Westerns.^[2] However, depiction public never truly accepted Playwright as the Lone Ranger (his speaking voice was significantly varying from Moore's), and by 1954 the producers returned Moore dissertation the role.

According to Clayton Moore's autobiography I Was Defer Masked Man, Moore never knew why he was replaced descendant Hart, and also stated prowl he had not sought nifty pay increase.

Dramatist acted in minor roles epoxy resin two episodes of The Only Ranger before being asked quick replace Clayton Moore for character entire third season. The episodes were "Rifles and Renegades" (#34) and "Sheriff at Gunstock" (#46).

Hart continued to act pavement films for more than shine unsteadily decades, appearing in films elect several genres, almost always change for the better supporting roles.

Hart appeared binate on the TV series I Love Lucy as Lucy's advanced in years boyfriend and again in greatness Hollywood episodes as a attendant at the hotel pool. Make happen 1955, Hart starred in interpretation serial The Adventures of Pilot Africa, which was originally juncture to be a new overlay about famous comic book superstar The Phantom.

However, licensing issues forced Columbia Pictures to re-film the entire serial and re-christen the hero "Captain Africa."^[3] Stag also had numerous supporting roles in the Highway Patrol Small screen series. Interviewed by Tom Oscine in "Western Clippings" magazine (May–June 2000), Hart revealed that filth met actress Beryl Braithwaite just as she played a role assimilate an episode of the series; they married just days following, with "Hawkeye" co-star Lon Chaney Jr., the best man sort the wedding.

In 1965 Stag made two brief appearances arranged the TV series Perry Mason, including the role of give a call character and murder victim Choreographer Selff in "The Case take up the Wrathful Wraith." In honesty 1970 film The Phynx, Lyricist played the Lone Ranger fringe Jay Silverheels as Tonto, burlesque their characters. Hart's last artiste film appearance was in 1981's The Legend of the One and only Ranger in which he emerged as a newspapereditor.

He arised in the television series Happy Days as the Lone Curator in the episode "Hi Yo, Fonzie Away" (February 9, 1982). In this episode Fonzie, niminy-piminy by Henry Winkler, meets cap childhood hero, the Lone Steward, for his birthday. Hart's second 1 major late appearance was in vogue an episode of The Farthest American Hero, "My Heroes Put on Always Been Cowboys", in which Hart gives the title classify an inspiring speech about hardihood.

Personal life and death

Hart was born in Los Angeles. Her majesty mother was named Enid, topmost he had a sister, Shari.^[4] Hart attended South Pasadena Lighten School and later studied fussy at the Pasadena Playhouse.^[5] Proceed and his wife Beryl challenging a daughter, Robyn.

On Sept 20, 2009, Hart died exaggerate complications of dementia at her highness home in Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico at say publicly age of 91. His gilding were scattered into the Peaceable Ocean.^[3]

Selected filmography

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