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  Brace Beemer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
'Brace Beemer' (December 9, 1903 - March 1, 1965) was an American radio actor and announcer at radio station WXYZ, Detroit, Michigan.
He served as the announcer for The Lone Ranger from its first broadcast in 1933.
Beemer took over as the voice of The Lone Ranger (alias John Reid), from 1941 to the end of jjkhhhhhhhhhhhthe series in 1955.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brace_Beemer   (133 words)

  
 Lone-Ranger
Brace Beemer, the mythic Lone Ranger, was a true American hero.
Brace Beemer's son was about to sell him the Lone Ranger's pistols.
Richard Beemer said he wanted his dad's guns to go to a place where they would be appreciated and not to a dealer who would put them up for resale.
home.gwi.net /~fawcetoy/Lone-Ranger.htm   (1421 words)

  
 Copyright 2006 J. David Goldin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Brace Beemer, John Todd, Frank Russell, Harry Goldstein, Rollon Parker, Elaine Alpert, Ernie Winstanley.
Brace Beemer, Fred Foy (announcer), Cy Harrice (commercial spokesman), John Todd, Rollon Parker, Harry Goldstein, Elaine Alpert, Frank Russell, Steve McCarthy (writer).
Brace Beemer, Fred Foy (announcer), John Todd, Frank Russell, Elaine Alpert, Rollon Parker, Paul Sutton, Ernie Winstanley, Betty Joyce (writer).
www.radiogoldindex.com /cgi-local/p3.cgi?ArtistName=Ellis&ArtistNumber=09762   (6899 words)

  
 Wabash County Museum--A Tribute to Brace Beemer: The Lone Ranger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Wabash County Museum--A Tribute to Brace Beemer: The Lone Ranger
Brace Beemer dramatically reads the part of the Lone Ranger.
Brace Beemer's horse Silver who made publicity appearances with him and who retired to the Beemer home in Michigan.
www.museum.wabash.il.us /Exhibits/Beemer/LoneR.htm   (88 words)

  
 Wild Fire's Lone Ranger Pics with Silver
Truth is: Brace's horse was actually named "Silver's Pride" but he did prefer to do promotions with his Silver's Pride rather than the white horse "Hero" (By the way, the very first horse to ever portray Silver in public on July 30, 1933) that the radio station rented to represent "Silver".
Brace Beemer was the narrator for the radio show at that time and was going to portray The Ranger and a rented trained horse named "Hero" owned by Carl A. Romig was filling the role of Silver.
Brace Beemer's "Silver's Pride" lived to be 29 also, passing in 1966 in Michigan on the Beemer's farm.
www.iowalink.com /users/kbar/silver.htm   (2047 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Radio (Death of the Lone Ranger)
Beemer's voice was noticeably deeper than Graser's, however, so a gimmick had to be employed to gradually ease him into the role.
The gimmick used was to have the Lone Ranger shot and badly wounded at the beginning of the next script, an injury that left him unable to speak for several days as he struggled to recover from his wounds and a fever.
Brace Beemer was the Lone Ranger for the next thirteen years, until the radio series ended with its last live broadcast on
www.snopes2.com /radiotv/radio/ranger1.htm   (789 words)

  
 The Death of Earle Graser - Lone Ranger.
And finally, the first broadcast with Brace Beemer as the replacement.
There were other Lone Rangers at first--a man named Deeds, who lasted only a few weeks; a George Stenius and then Brace Beemer.
When Beemer was promoted he was chosen from among five men who tried for the Lone Ranger part.
www.otr.com /radio_in_transition.shtml   (915 words)

  
 Jacksonville's Financial News and Daily Record
Brace Beemer, a regular in the saloon, approached the two with a whiskey bottle in his hand, prepared to enforce the warning.
In her opening statement, plaintiff’s attorney Megan Schuman recounted the lawman’s history and his vow to bring in 100 criminals for each of the five Rangers who were ambushed with him.
Sara Shahly countered that her client, Beemer, should be found not liable because the two strangers knew Indians were not welcome in the New Republic.
www.jaxdailyrecord.com /showstory.php?Story_id=41083   (811 words)

  
 Wild Fire's Lone Ranger Pages
He was chosen over the radio Lone Ranger at the time, Brace Beemer, who also vied for the part.
Brace was an accomplished horseman, very familiar with the six shooter, owning a matched pair of pearl gripped colt 45's, had a commanding physical presence due to his 6'3" height, and his voice was known to all from the radio show.
Clayton, on the other hand, was old hat to film, also familiar with the six shooter and horses from his many previous western roles and had great physical presence due to his atheletic abilities.
www.iowalink.com /users/kbar/range.htm   (795 words)

  
 Lone Ranger on the Radio
Brace Beemer had returned to the role to which he was destined to become so closely
Beemer was a strapping 6 feet, three inches tall — an outdoorsman who was both an expert rider and a crack shot, a
Beemer’s personal favorite was a light gray hue.
www.lonerangerfanclub.com /lonerangerradio.html   (1173 words)

  
 Lone Ranger 1937-1941 .. episodic log
BRACE BEEMER, previously the show's announcer, takes over the role and IS the Lone Ranger until the series end in 1955.
The transistion from Graser to Beemer was handled very well and increased the audience with its mini-series format over the last 2 weeks.
Brace carried on as though nothing had happened.
www.otrsite.com /logs/logl1011.htm   (749 words)

  
 The Lone Ranger
Brace Beemer played the title character for thirteen years and was required by contract to restrict his radio acting to that one role until the program left the air.
from Harold True, Brace Beemer (who later played the title role after the original Ranger died), Harry Golder, Charles Woods, and THEN Bob Hite, and ultimately Fred Foy.
It would be my guess that Fred Foy is so closely identified with the role because he was the only announcer on the tv version of the series.
www.broadcasting101.ws /loneranger.htm   (850 words)

  
 Fred Foy- The Voice of the Lone Ranger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I asked him if the cast at the time thought they were part of history, he said no. All they knew was that the show was beautifully written (either by Fran Striker, Dan Beatty or the other writers) and that the show had an amazing following.
Playing twice weekly for 23 years, north americans stayed glued to their radio sets and Brace Beemer and John Todd were the Lone Ranger.
Brace Beemer performed each show only once as he was so competent that Fred Foy would read his lines during the practice and Brace would come in for the broadcast.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/western_collectibles/47153   (508 words)

  
 Untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Charles Livingstone, the director, was an extraordinary man to work with and moved onto the TV series upon Fran Strikers insistence.
If they would have known what their value would have been today, they would have kept them he said.
He was kind enough to send me a copy of "Curly Scott", it is a good recording and you can hear the difference between Fred Foy and Brace Beemer.
www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/western_collectibles/47153   (618 words)

  
 "Hi-Yo Silver, Away!" - The Lone Ranger
The immense popularity achieved by "The Lone Ranger" eventually led to the formation of the Mutual Broadcasting System (MBS), and in a short while, it was being heard coast to coast.
The first Lone Ranger of importance was Earle Graser followed by Brace Beemer in 1941.
Brace Beemer played The Lone Ranger on radio from 1941 to 1955.
www.antiqueshoppefl.com /archives/rnuhn/loneranger.htm   (1390 words)

  
 Wabash County Museum--A Tribute to Brace Beemer: The Lone Ranger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Barbara Beemer Daniel is Brace Beemer's daughter who came to Mt. Carmel for Lone Ranger Days.
The Lone Ranger was used to advertise Merita bread.
On loan from Larry Reynolds, this Lone Ranger gun and holster were very popular toys in the 1940’s and 1950’s.
www.museum.wabash.il.us /Exhibits/Beemer/BraceBEx.htm   (96 words)

  
 Tri-State Media
The Brace Beemer exhibit will reopen in its new location.
The centerpiece of the exhibit is a suit worn by radio's longest-running and best-known Lone Ranger, born in Mt. Carmel.
Other smaller exhibits which were favorites in the past have been renewed - the music room with its square grand piano and a new addition; the church exhibit from earlier this year; the Brubeck dollhouse; a new research library; and surgical tools and other medical items, including Dr. Harold A. Elkins' desk.
www.tristate-media.com /articles/2005/11/03/mtcarmelregister/news/news1.txt   (345 words)

  
 Price.htm
Earle Graser was the next to follow in the Lone Ranger role for radio from April 16, 1933-April 1941 (Largent).
One of the most remembered of the rangers is Brace Beemer who played the Lone Ranger from April 1941-September 3, 1954 (Largent).
Beemer’s voice was so well known that Clayton Moore, a tv actor that played the Lone Ranger, tried to imitate his voice for the tv series (Largent).
people.uncw.edu /rohlerl/rohler/Price.htm   (987 words)

  
 beemer - OneLook Dictionary Search
Beemer : Columbia Gazetteer of North America [home, info]
beemer : English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom [home, info]
Phrases that include beemer: beemer type, bleedin' beemer, brace beemer
www.onelook.com /?w=beemer   (119 words)

  
 [No title]
Away!” To make sure that no one intruded on our Sunday radio heroes, we hauled a red Pendleton blanket from the den, arranged two living room chairs back-to-back and then lay the blanket over them to form a tent.
Further, this guy Clayton Moore took over Brace Beemer’s role, and one of our first heroes disappeared from our lives.
Brace Beemer would understand what we almost lost.
home.att.net /~w.giersbach/Brace_Beemer.doc   (1192 words)

  
 Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Although George W. Trendle is given the bulk of the credit for both creating and enhancing the Lone Ranger idea, it was the voice of Brace Beemer who carried this successful radio program for twenty-one most listened to years on radio.
For the first six broadcasts, an actor named Jack Deeds played the Mask Rider, and was replaced by George Stenius who continued the role for three months Stenius then quit, Brace Beemer then WXYZ station manager, was selected to play the Lone Ranger.
The Lone Ranger made the transition from radio to television in late 1949.Trendle did not give the part to Brace Beemer, instead, the Lone Ranger was portrayed by a veteran actor –stuntman, Clayton Moore, Moore had performed in many of the top serials produced by Republic Pictures and also in many western features.
home.comcast.net /~sandra.travers/biography.htm   (1534 words)

  
 Fred Foy
Trendle, the show’s creator, had asked Foy to understudy Brace Beemer just in case something happened.
“Brace came in to do the show and he had the worst case of laryngitis,” Foy said.
So with Beemer out of action, Foy stepped in and played the lead for the one episode.
www.lonerangerfanclub.com /fredfoy.html   (1132 words)

  
 www.theCrimsonCollector.com - Case of Raymond Meurer
The workers probably never knew what history was made in those rooms, they never took the time to stop and listen to the radio waves, nor imagine a time when....
George W Trendle, Fran Striker, Charles B Livingstone watched as Brace Beemer, and John Todd stood around the microphones.
To the Ranger fan, he had in his possession, a possibly unused Brace Beemer interview, and who knows what else on the reel to reel tapes.
cmp.bravepages.com /cc_articles/meurercase.html   (758 words)

  
 The Lone Ranger
Announcers heard over the years were Harold True, Brace Beemer, Harry Golder, Charles Wood, Bob Hite and Fred Foy (who also took over the role of The Lone Ranger for one broadcast).
Brace Beemer and John Todd star in these NBC re-broadcasts that we offer here.
Brace Beemer's first appearance as the Lone Ranger
www.audio-classics.com /radiomemories/theloneranger.html   (1641 words)

  
 The OTR Podcast - The Lone Ranger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Lone Ranger was played by three different actors during its long run.
George Senius (George Seaton) between January and May 1931, Earle Graser between May 1933 and April 1941 then, Brace Beemer between April 1941 and Sept 1954.
Brace Beemer had previosly been the show's announcer but took the role of The Lone Ranger after the death of Earle Graser in a car accident.
www.otrpodcast.com /shows/westerns/loneranger.html   (215 words)

  
 Old Time Radio's The Lone Ranger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Brace Beemer narrated the program during the time that Earle Graser played the part of the Ranger.
Graser was killed in an auto accident on April 8, 1941, and for aperiod of several broadcasts the Ranger was supposedly very ill and wasn’t heard except for heavy breathing.
After a sufficient time had passed, Beemer became the Ranger.
www.ogcc.com /lone.html   (551 words)

  
 The death of The Lone Ranger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The first real Lone Ranger was radio announcer Earl Grasser at station WXYZ in Detroit, a station owned by George Trendle, an entrepreneuring lawyer who had hired Fran Striker, the writer that created the character of the Ranger, and launched the series in 1933.
Grasser died in an automobile accident and was replaced by another WXYZ announcer, Brace Beemer, who remained the voice of the Ranger until radio was surpassed by television.
When Trendle hired Clayton Moore to be the television version of the Ranger, Moore was advised to listen to old transcriptions of Grasser and Beemer to get the commanding voice of the Ranger down.
www.toad.net /~andrews/ranger.html   (866 words)

  
 The Men Who Donned the Mask   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The more famous of the radio Rangers, mostly due to his playing it longer than anyone else.
Beemer had been narrator on the show back in 1933.
His voice was so identified with the role, that Clayton Moore imitated his speech patterns in the early episodes of the television series.
www.endeavorcomics.com /largent/ranger/actors.html   (264 words)

  
 In the Limelight: John Fawcett's Life-Long Passion
I found old time radio and listened again to Brace Beemer on the Lone Ranger as I worked on my art.
So Charles Flander's art and Brace Beemer's voice were my versions of the Lone Ranger.
An original cowboy shirt and boots worn by Brace Beemer and Roy Rogers are on display, as well as Gene Autry's Rodeo saddle and an original 1950s Lone Ranger and Tonto Dell comic book cover painting.
scoop.diamondgalleries.com /scoop_article.asp?ai=566&si=127   (1031 words)

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