John Todd (actor)

[3] On Broadway, Todd appeared in The Flower of the Ranch (1908), Experience (1918), Lusmore (1919), Macushia (1920), The Mask of Hamlet (1921), and Money in the Air (1932).

[5] Todd was a bald and stocky man of Irish descent, though he occasionally donned a wig for publicity photos.

With the exception of a brief period where he was replaced by a real Native American, Todd played Tonto for almost the entire radio run, and was the only original cast member heard on the final broadcast, on September 3, 1954.

Trendle had a reputation for keeping his performers working for low pay even when the show was a big money maker.

Other radio roles for Todd included recurring but less significant parts on The Green Hornet as Dan Reid, the title character's father and the now elderly version of the Lone Ranger's nephew, and on Challenge of the Yukon, as Inspector Conrad, Sgt.