- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6914 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 5, 1987. He was the only person to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with both his name and the character that he was famous for playing. His star says, "Clayton Moore, The Lone Ranger".
- In 1988 when his pair of Colt 45s were stolen, he was given an unprecedented legal courtesy by the State District judge who allowed Moore to testify in his trademark white hat and dark glasses explaining, "I didn't want to be the one to reveal the identity of the Lone Ranger!".
- "The Lone Ranger" premiered on WXYZ-AM radio in Detroit, MI, in 1933. The show was created because WXYZ, a small station, could not afford network programs. After getting the role in the television series The Lone Ranger (1949), Moore had to train his voice to sound more like the radio Lone Ranger, Brace Beemer. Moore's favorite character was "The Ol' Prospector", in which the Lone Ranger would dress up as a crotchety old miner and infiltrate places to gather information. He used the character on his home answering machine in Calabasas, CA, and would greet callers with it.
- In 1952 when John Hart assumed the role of "The Lone Ranger" for 52 episodes on ABC, CBS began showing reruns of the first 78 episodes (1949-51) with Moore as "The Lone Ranger", on Saturday afternoons. When Moore returned to the series in 1954, he was seen as the "only Lone Ranger", twice weekly, on ABC and with reruns on CBS.
- Adopted a baby girl, Dawn Angela, in December 1958.
- "Silvercup Bread" was the original sponsor of "The Lone Ranger" on radio. Hence, the use of silver bullets and his horse named "Silver".
- Inducted into the Stuntman's Hall of Fame (1982).
- In an earlier "masked" role, he was the title character in Ghost of Zorro (1949).
- Of the nearly 200 appearances that Moore made with co-star Jay Silverheels, they appeared together in only four features where they did not play the Lone Ranger and Tonto: Kit Carson (1940), Perils of Nyoka (1942), The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) and The Black Dakotas (1954).
- Received the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame (1990).
- Having a history of heart trouble, he died at 9:20 am PST of a heart attack, at West Hills Regional Medical Center in West Hills, Los Angeles, California.
- The Lone Ranger (1949) premiered on September 15, 1949, exactly one day after his 35th birthday.
- Liked to quote and live by "The Lone Ranger Creed" written by Fran Striker around 1940, which began, "I believe that to have a friend, a man must be one" and included moral lessons such as, "God put the firewood there, but every man must gather and light it himself".
- He is one of very few (or if not the only one) considered to have been a famous television actor whose face is largely unknown to the public. His full face was never shown on the 'Lone Ranger' television series (apart from wearing the mask, his character would be in disguise wearing a beard, revealing the upper-half of his face in the process).
- When the lawsuit prevented Moore from wearing his Lone Ranger mask from 1979 to 1984, he landed an endorsement deal with Foster Grant sunglasses. He appeared with the character's blue shirt, red neckerchief, and white hat, with wrap-around dark sunglasses standing in for the mask.
- Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (1990).
- Appears as The Lone Ranger, with his horse Silver, on a 44¢ USA commemorative postage stamp in the Early TV Memories issue honoring The Lone Ranger (1949), issued 11 August 2009.
- During his hiatus from The Lone Ranger (1949) in 1952-53, he appeared in three serials: Radar Men from the Moon (1952), Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger (1952) and Jungle Drums of Africa (1953).
- Is the face of God in L.A. artist Kent Twitchell's mural of "The Holy Trinity" painted on the exterior of Otis Parson's Institute in downtown Los Angeles.
- Moore's Lone Ranger mask is on permanent display in the Museum of American Popular Culture at the Smithsonian Institution and is considered one of their 101 Greatest Objects, as noted in the book by Dr. Richard Kunin.
- Appeared as The Lone Ranger welcoming guests to Frontierland on Disneyland's opening day July 17, 1955.
- He performed a trifecta with regard to appearing with the contemporary western heroes of the day. In 1948, one year before assuming the role of The Lone Ranger, he appeared in the Roy Rogers feature The Far Frontier (1948). During his hiatus from "The Lone Ranger" (1952-53), he appeared in four television episodes - three times on The Gene Autry Show (1950) and as outlaw Trimmer Lane in Lawless Legacy (1952).
- Best remembered as television's "The Lone Ranger".
- Inducted into the Golden Valley [Minnesota] Hall of Fame (2013).
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