Hi-Yo, Silver Gone Away: Famed Lone Ranger Announcer Fred Foy Dies at 89

Voice Over Blog ^ | 12/23/10 | Mike Spring

[Tanniker Smith]

There are some things that we retain as memories that immediately bring fond thoughts of the past. The incredible voice of Fred Foy in the Lone Ranger radio and television series certainly qualifies!

For everyone interested in truly inspiring classic voice work, here is the script he made famous.

Hi-Yo, Silver! A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty “Hi-Yo Silver”… The Lone Ranger! With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early West. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoof-beats of the great horse Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again!

[Jemian]

Born on a mountain top in Tennessee,
Greenest state in the Land of the Free,
Raised in the woods so’s he knew every tree,
Killed him a b’ar when he was only three.

Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.

[mrsmith]

Our mother once ran into the living room to see what “classical music” show had her young sons’ rapt attentions LOL!
Lone Ranger and like free TV shows well organized here:
http://www.solie.org/ClassicTV/

[Ditto]

although I keep seeing a Royal Mounted Police Force guy in my mind.

That was Sargent Preston of the Yukon, and his lead sled dog, Yukon King.

BTW. A trivia question for Freepers old enough to remember the Lone Ranger Radio program. Who did the voice of the Lone Ranger?

[GOYAKLA]

http://www.lonerangerfanclub.com/lonerangerradio.html
Radio’s Lone Ranger, Brace Beemer.
In photo looks to me a little like aheavy John Wayne.

[Tanniker Smith]

Now that I is a link I'll have to check out!

Thank you, from one Smith to another!