who owns the rights to the lone ranger
Lone Ranger From its inception, George W. Trendle had legal ownership of the Lone Ranger and characters associated with the Lone Ranger through his company, The Lone Ranger, Inc. Trendle sold The Lone Ranger, Inc. to oil man and film producer Jack Wrather in 1954 for $3 million. After Wrather died in 1984, his widow, Bonita Granville, sold the Wrather Productions properties to Southbrook International Television Co. in 1985.[61][62] Broadway Video acquired the rights in 1994. Classic Media acquired the rights in 2000. DreamWorks Animation acquired Classic Media in 2012 and renamed the division DreamWorks Classics,[63] which was acquired by NBCUniversal in 2016 for $3.8 billion. Its Universal Pictures unit presently has the rights to the Lone Ranger.[64]
Jay Silverheels Jay Silverheels (born Harold Preston Smith, May 26, 1912 â€“ March 5, 1980)[1] was a Mohawk Canadian actor and athlete.[2] He was well known for his role as Tonto, the faithful Indian companion of the Lone Ranger[3][4] in the long-running American western television series The Lone Ranger.[5]