<P> "Bass Reeves: The Real Lone Ranger" is the title and subject of Legends and Lies: The Real West (2015). </P> <P> "Bass Reeves - The Real Lone Ranger" is also the title and subject of Gunslingers (2015). Reeves is portrayed by Joseph Callender . </P> <P> Popular speculation that Reeves was an inspiration for the fictional Lone Ranger may have originated from the 2006 Reeves biography . Burton wrote, "Bass Reeves is the closest real person to resemble the Lone Ranger". Reeves was never a Texas Ranger, however . Records of the creation of the Lone Ranger radio and television series show no evidence that Reeves was an influence . </P> <P> Reeves figures prominently in an episode of How It's Made, in which a Bass Reeves limited - edition collectors' figurine is shown in various stages of the production process . </P>

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