Rest In Peace John Hart

[Fordzilla]

It is with a heavy heart that I am announcing the passing of John Hart. He was a long time business associate of mine..... and a close friend. John has passed away at the age of 91.

John was a pioneer of road racing back in the early days in California. He designed & layed out the Willow Springs track with Bill Pollack. He was friends with & raced with all the big names of yesteryear including Briggs Cunningham. John not only raced but also filmed/photographed many of the events.

John was also an actor & most remembered for his portrayal of the Lone Ranger for the 1952 television season. He also was Hawkeye in "Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans"(with Lon Chaney Jr), Narbo in "Rawhide" (with Clint Eastwood), "Jack Armstrong All-American Boy", with Elvis in "Viva Las Vegas" (John was the Pit Crew Chief) & the list goes on including dozens of "B" westerns & hundreds of Hollywood film & movie parts.

John put his career on hold & entered WWII in it's early days & fought the entire War in the Pacific Theatre. -A true Patriot.

He was the last of the Silver Screen cowboys & I'm going to miss him. I worked as his agent for a decade & a half. He was a great friend & he touched many lives.

Rest in Peace John.........................Salute

[392cobra]

Sorry to hear of the passing of your friend,John Hart.

I watched him EVERY Saturday morning in The Lone Ranger.

I had no idea about a lot of the other things he was involved with.Impressive !

God Bless him and his family & friends.

[Joe Wicked]

One of my favorite western actors. He was one of the great pioneers.

[trularin]

Sorry to hear of his passing.

It sounds like he had a wonderful life.

[Fordzilla]

Thanks guys, Here is some of his Film & TV credits:


JOHN HART FILM CREDITS: John Hart appeared in these movies: The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) as Lucas Striker, Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978)(TV), as Jake Terry The Gift of Love (1978)(TV), as the Justice of the Peace John Hus (1977), Invisible Strangler (1976), Blood Voyage (1976) as psychiatrist, Gemini Affair (1974) as Bob, Only with Married Men (1974)(TV) as minister, The Great Ice Rip-Off (1974)(TV) as Klein salesman, Santee (1973) as Cobbles, Blackenstein (1973) as Dr. Stein, Simon King of the Witches (1971) as a doctor, The Phynx (1970) as the Lone Ranger, Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968), The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967), Django spara per primo (1967), Riot on Sunset Strip (1967) as a police officer named Pritchard Hold, On! (1966) as a detective The Cincinnati Kid (1965) (uncredited) as a poker player The Sandpiper (1965) as a state trooper Day of the Nightmare (1965) as Dr. Philip Crane, 36 Hours (1964) (uncredited) as Perkins, Viva Las Vegas starring Elvis (1964) (uncredited) as a mechanic, Marnie (1964) (uncredited) as the Reverend Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) as officer, The Man from the Diner's Club (1963), It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) (uncredited) as a policeman, Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962) (TV) (voice) as Billings, Stage Manager, Milkman, Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) as the marshall, The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962), Ada (1961,) Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961), Go Naked in the World (1961), The Subterraneans (1960), Noose for a Gunman (1960) as Barker, Bells are Ringing (1960), The Shaggy Dog (1959) (uncredited) as a police broadcaster, Vice Raid (1959) as the final thug at Malone's Office, Inside the Mafia (1959) as a state trooper, Diary of a High School Bride (1959) as policeman, Wolf Dog (1958) (uncredited) as Andy Bates, The Ten Commandments (1956) (uncredited) as the ambassador from Crete, Perils of the Wilderness (1956), The Crooked Web (1955) as Charlie Holt, The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) as Sergei, Adventures of Captain Africa (1955) as Captain Africa (The Phantom), Dial Red O (1955), Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954), The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) as Jenkins, Caribbean (1952) as Stuart, Texas City (1952) as the first Sergeant, Wild Stallion (1952) (uncredited) as a corporal, Thief of Damascus (1952) (uncredited), Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952) (uncredited) as Commissioner's Aide, The Longhorn (1951) as Moresby, Fury of the Congo (1951) as a guard named Emmett, Stage Coach Driver (1951) as Slim, Stage to Blue River (1951) as Kingsley, Warpath (1951) as Sergeant Plennert, Texas Lawmen (1951) as Marshal Dave, Colorado Ambush (1951) as a gambler, Hit Parade of 1951 (1950) as bandit, Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) (uncredited) as a henchman in Chapter 3, Champagne for Caesar (1950) as executive, Pirates of the High Seas (1950) as Jenkins aka Earl Turner [Ch.1], Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949) as Pedro, El Paso (1949) (uncredited), Batman and Robin (1949)as John Tex Granger, Midnight Rider of the Plains (1948) as Crane, a Carson henchman in white shirt I Love Trouble (1948), The Plunderers (1948) (uncredited) as Tom, Brick Bradford (1947) as Dent, Jack Armstrong (1947) as Jack Armstrong Vacation Days (1947) as Big Jim, Last of the Redmen (1947) as a sergeant, The Vigilantes Return (1947) as henchman, North West Mounted Police (1940) (uncredited) as Constable Norman, $1000 a Touchdown (1939) as Buck, Disbarred (1939) as reporter, Persons in Hiding (1939) as male stenographer, Touchdown Army (1938) as Cadet Battle, Hunted Men (1938) as young man at the party, Illegal Traffic (1938) as Davis, King of Alcatraz (1938) as 1st Radio Operator, Prison Farm (1938) as "Texas" Jack, Tip-Off Girls (1938) as driver, Dangerous to Know (1938), The Buccaneer (1938), Daughter of Shanghai (1937) as a sailor
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JOHN HART TELEVISION CREDITS: The Greatest American Hero" (1981) as "The Lone Ranger" in the episode "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" (April 29, 1981), "Happy Days" (1974) as "The Lone Ranger" in the episode "Hi Yo, Fonzie Away" (Feb. 9, 1982), "The Addams Family" (1964) as Scotty in the episode "Progress and the Addams Family" (April 23, 1965), "The Lieutenant" as Captain Quincy in the episode "The Alien" (December 28, 1963), "Ben Casey" (1961) in the episode "Behold a Pale Horse" (Feb. 26, 1962), "The Jack Benny Program" in the episode "Final Show of the Season" (May 1, 1960), "National Velvet" as the veternarian in the episode "Stable Mates" (January 8, 1962), "National Velvet" as Dr. Loomis in the episode "The Experiment" (December 11, 1961), "National Velvet" as Doc Loomis in the episode "The Fall" (October 9, 1961), "Perry Mason" (1957) as Jamison Selff in the episode "The Case of the Wrathful Wraith" (Nov. 7, 1965), "Perry Mason" (1957) as Dion in the episode "The Case of the Thermal Thief" (Jan. 14, 1965), "Rawhide" (1959) as Narbo in the episode "Prairie Fire" (March 19, 1965), "Rawhide" (1959) as Harley Leer in the episode "The Meeting" (December 25, 1964), "Rawhide" (1959) as Narbo in the episode "Abilene" (May 18, 1962), "Rawhide" (1959) in the episode "The Devil and the Deep Blue" (May 11, 1962), "Rawhide" (1959) in the episode "Reunion" (April 6, 1962), "Rawhide" (1959) in the episode "The Child Woman" (March 23, 1962), "Rawhide" (1959) as Narbo in the episode "The Pitchwagon" (March 2, 1962), "Rawhide" (1959) as Narbo in the episode "The Captain's Wife" (Jan. 12, 1962), "Rawhide" (1959) as Narbo in the episode "Twenty-Five Santa Clauses" (Dec. 22, 1961), "Rawhide" (1959) as Spence in the episode "The Gentleman's Gentleman" (Dec. 15, 1961), "Rawhide" (1959) as the sheriff in the episode "The Lost Tribe" (Oct. 27, 1961), "Rawhide" (1959) as Rep One in the episode "The Sendoff" (Oct. 2, 1961), "Rawhide" (1959) as George in the episode "Incident of the New Start" (March 3, 1961), "Rawhide" (1959) as sheriff in the episode "Incident of the Broken Word" (Jan. 20, 1961), "Rawhide" (1959) as Nate Johnson in the episode "Incident of the Challenge" (Oct. 14, 1960), "Rawhide" (1959) as Murdoch in the episode "Incident of the Champagne Bottles" (March 18, 1960), "Rawhide" (1959) as a posse member in the episode "Incident of the Sharpshooter" (Feb. 26, 1960), "Rawhide" (1959) in the episode "Incident of the 13th Man" (Oct. 23, 1959), "Congressional Investigator" (1959) as Mr. Kirby in the "Fallout Shelter Racket", "Shotgun Slade" (1959) in the episode "Marked Money" (Nov. 16, 1959), "Bat Masterson" (1958) as Jacobs in the episode "A Picture of Death" (Jan. 14, 1960), "Bat Masterson" (1958) as Wilson in part two of the episode "The Conspiracy" (June 24, 1959), "Bat Masterson" (1958) as Wilson in part one of the episode "The Conspiracy" (June 17, 1959), "World of Giants" (1959) in the episode "The Smugglers" Nov. 7, 1959), "Leave It To Beaver" (1957) as the Park Ranger in the episode "A Night In The Woods" (June 9, 1962), "Leave It To Beaver" (1957) as a construction worker in the episode "Beaver Plays Hooky" (Jan. 22, 1959), "Leave It To Beaver" (1957) as the Scoutmaster in the episode "Lonesome Beaver" (Feb. 28, 1958), "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin" (1954) as Sharps in the episode "Grandpappy's Love Affair" (Nov. 14, 1958), "Fury" (1955) as Val Benton in the episode "The Miracle" (Feb. 25, 1956), "Hawkeye and The Last of The Mohicans" (1956-1957) as Nat "Hawkeye" Cutler in 39 episodes, "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" (1955) as Mort Elborn in "Girl from Vancouver" (Dec. 8, 1955), "Tales of The Texas Rangers" (1955) as Steve MacDonald in the episode "The Shooting of Sam Bass" (Oct. 15, 1955), "Tales of The Texas Rangers" (1955) as Sam Crane in the episode "Double Edge" (Oct. 8, 1955), "I Love Lucy" (1951) as Jim Stevens in the episode "Don Juan Is Shelved" (March 21, 1955), "I Love Lucy" (1951) as the lifeguard in the episode "The Hedda Hopper Show" (March 14, 1955), "I Love Lucy" (1951) as Tom Henderson in the episode "Lucy Changes Her Mind" (March 30, 1953), "Sky King" (1951) as Mr. Blake in the episode "Two-Gun Penny" (September 20, 1952), "Gangbusters" (1952) as Capt. Hobart in "Bayless Case", "The Lone Ranger" (1949) as "The Lone Ranger" (1952-1953)(Season 2), "The Lone Ranger" (1949) as Duke in the episode "Sheriff of Gunstock" (July 27, 1950), "The Lone Ranger" (1949) as a Sergeant in the episode "Rifles and Renegades" (May 4, 1950)