The Lone Ranger: Enter the Lone Ranger(9/15/1949) Season 1, Episode 1. John Reid (Clayton Moore), the sole surviving Texas Ranger of a murderous ambush, becomes the great masked hero with his companion, Tonto (Jay Silverheels). Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Glenn Strange, George Lewis, Tristram Coffin, Jack Clifford. Director: George B. Seitz Jr.