John Hart only played the role of the title character on "The Lone Ranger" for one season and 52 episodes, but he made an everlasting impression with his solid acting and rugged good looks. Previously, Hart had played a couple of supporting roles in two episodes of the first season, but returned as the main character for every episode of the third season, in Clayton Moore's absence. Like Moore, Hart also started acting in the late 1930s, appearing in many westerns in addition to "The Lone Ranger."

Following his brief stint as The Lone Ranger, Hart continued regularly acting through the late-1970s, and his final appearance was on the TV show "Happy Days," where he reprised his role as The Lone Ranger. In 1970, he appeared in "The Phynx" as The Lone Ranger, alongside Jay Silverheels as Tonto, where they played humorous versions of their former characters.

Apart from his acting career, Hart was also an actual, real-life cowboy growing up, albeit part-time, and his wife of 52 years, Beryl Braithwaite, was 19 years his junior. He was also a filmmaker, had his own Hollywood Star, and was a veteran of the Second World War in the U.S. Army. Hart died in 2009 at the age of 91, and was reportedly suffering from dementia.

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