![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Actor Born: December 3, 1917 Death: September 20, 2009 Biography:Broad-shouldered leading man "John Hart" was signed to a standard contract by Paramount in 1938. He appeared in a few "B"s like "Tip-Off Girls" (1938) and "King of Alcatraz" (1938) before his option was permitted to lapse. Returning to Hollywood after World War II, Hart worked as a journeyman actor in low-budget films: his biggest assignment of the late 1940s was the title role in the Columbia serial "Jack Armstrong" (1947). When "Clayton Moore" left the "Lone Ranger" TV series during a salary dispute in 1952, Hart was hired to play the Masked Rider of the Plains in 26 "Ranger" episodes. The replacement did not go unnoticed, and soon fans were demanding the return of Moore. Five years later, Hart co-starred with Lon Chaney Jr. in the Canadian-filmed syndicated TVer Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans. He spent the next two decades essaying small roles in films and TV shows and also worked prolifically... Full Biography
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