Lee Powell (actor) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Lee Powell (actor) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Lee Powell (born Lee Berrian Powell; May 15, 1908 Long Beach,

California â€" July 30, 1944 Tinian) was a film actor known for

leading or other major roles in several serials and b-westerns. He was

the first actor to portray The Lone Ranger on Film. During World War

II he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and participated in combat on

several Pacific Islands, on one of which he died.Powell attended the

University of Montana with dramatics, football, and track as his main

interests. After various stock work he tried his luck in

Hollywood.Making his first appearance uncredited in Under Two Flags

(1936), Powell gained fame for playing the suspect who turned out to

be The Lone Ranger and one of The Fighting Devil Dogs in 1938 serials.

He was the first actor to portray the Lone Ranger on film. In addition

to making films for Republic Pictures, Powell also appeared in

Universal Pictures Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe serial, made one

Western for the soon-to-be-defunct Grand National Pictures and made

the six Western programmer films of the Frontier Marshals series, in

which each of the three leads (the others being Bill "Cowboy Rambler"

Boyd and Art Davis) played a lawman bearing his own name, for

Producers Releasing Corporation. Between films Powell also appeared in

Barnett Brothers circus being billed as The Lone Ranger until

litigation had him change his billing. Powell met and married Norma

Rogers, a circus bareback rider and the daughter of the circus

owner.Powell enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on 17 August

1942, serving in the 2nd Pioneer Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment of

the 2nd Marine Division. Achieving the rank of sergeant, Powell

actively fought in the Battle of Tarawa and Battle of Saipan.
Lee Powell (actor) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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