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John Todd (born Fred McCarthy, 1877 – July 14, 1957) was an American radio actor. A former stage actor known for Shakespearean roles, Todd soon gained work at Detroit radio station WXYZ, as part of director James Jewell's rep company, with roles on the various series produced by the station. His most famous work was on The Lone Ranger
. He played a local sheriff in some of the show's earliest episodes, but on the twelfth broadcast, which aired February 25, 1933, Todd first played his most famous role, the masked man's Indian sidekick Tonto. In reality a bald, stocky man of Irish descent in late middle age, Todd occasionally donned a wig for publicity photos, but was usually replaced by a Native American performer for public appearances. 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.

Other radio roles 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. Preston's superior in the Northwest Mounted Police.

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